Skills & Employment Schemes 2026

Skills and Employment 2026 is dedicated to government schemes that promote vocational training, workforce development, employment generation, and career advancement opportunities across India.... Read More Skills and Employment 2026 is dedicated to government schemes that promote vocational training, workforce development, employment generation, and career advancement opportunities across India. The section includes programmes related to job training, apprenticeships, entrepreneurship development, self-employment support, placement assistance, digital skills, industrial training, and workforce development introduced by the Central and State Governments. It provides simplified information on eligibility criteria, training benefits, financial assistance, certification programmes, stipends, and application procedures available in 2026. Designed for students, job seekers, workers, women, and aspiring entrepreneurs, the section helps users understand opportunities for improving employability and professional growth. With skill enhancement and job creation remaining key national priorities, these schemes continue to support economic participation, workforce readiness, and sustainable employment opportunities across different sectors in India. Read Less

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Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana - Short Term Training

A skill development scheme by Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship for school/college dropouts/unemployed aged 15-45 at PMKVY Trainin...

Ministry Of Skill Development And Entrepreneurship

Counselling

Dropout

Kaushal

Placement

Skill

Training

Unemployed

Vikas

Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act

An employment scheme by the MoRD, providing provide at least 100 days of guaranteed wage employment in a financial year to every rural household wh...

Ministry Of Rural Development

Employment

Job

Labour

Panchayat

Unskilled

Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana - Recognition Of Prior Learning

A skill development scheme by Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship that enables Indian youth with prior learning experience or skills...

Ministry Of Skill Development And Entrepreneurship

Industry Training

Kaushal

Skill

Vikas

National Action Plan for Skill Development of Persons with Disabilities

A dedicated skill development program aimed at providing high-quality vocational training with a focus on PwDs. The objective is to enhance the ski...

Ministry Of Social Justice and Empowerment

Citizen Empowerment

DBT

Employment

Person With Disability

PwD

Skill

Training

Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan - Internship Program

The 'Internship Program' as part of the Framework for Implementation of Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Revamped Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan (RGSA)...

Ministry Of Panchayati Raj

Internship

Research Scolars

Students

Vocational Training in Tribal Areas

The scheme will be implemented for the benefit of the Scheduled Tribes as well as PTGs and can be taken up anywhere in the country but priority wil...

Ministry Of Tribal Affairs

Financial Assistance

Scheduled Tribe

Tribal Areas

Vocational Training

VTC

National Handicrafts Development Programme: Infrastructure And Technology Support: EMPORIA

In the scheme "Infrastructure and Technology Support: EMPORIA" assistance would be provided for the setting up of emporia. These would be set up in...

Ministry Of Textiles

Artisan

Business

Entrepreneurship

Exhibition

Weaver

Assistance to Training Institutions Scheme

The scheme aims to provide financial assistance for creation, strengthening, and expansion of training institutions under MSME for skill developmen...

Ministry Of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

ATI

EDI

Financial Assistance

MSME

Training

Skill Loan Scheme

A Skill loan scheme by Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship to provide loan upto Rs. 1,50,000 to student who has secured admission in...

Ministry Of Skill Development And Entrepreneurship

Polytechnics

Skill Development

Student

SMILE - Comprehensive Rehabilitation For Welfare Of Transgender Persons – Skill Development And Training

The scheme aims to provide employment opportunities to the person belonging to transgender person community by providing them market-oriented skills.

Ministry Of Finance

Skill Developemnt

Training

Transgender

RMEWF-Financial Assistance For Vocational Training Of Widows Of ESM

The scheme aims to provide financial assistance to widows of ex-servicemen to help them become self-reliant through vocational training.

Ministry Of Defence

Employment

Grant

Vocational Training

Widows Of Ex-Servicemen

Women Scientist Scheme-C

A scheme by MoST for female candidates with a break in their career interested in addressing societal challenges through viable S&T interventions. ...

Ministry Of Science And Technology

Post-graduation

Science

Scientist

Skill

Technology

Women

Amended Technology Upgradation Fund

The Ministry of Textiles introduced the Amended Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme (ATUFS). This scheme aims to facilitate investment, employment, ...

Ministry Of Textiles

Employment

Export

Import

Investment

Productivity

Deen Dayal Upadhyay Grameen Kaushalya Yojana

DDU-GKY focuses on the rural poor youth and its emphasis on sustainable employment through the prominence and incentives given to post-placement tr...

Ministry Of Rural Development

Education

Employment

Placement

Skill

Training

Youth

ICAR Emeritus Scientist

The ICAR Emeritus Scientist Scheme is a structural method of tapping the Brain and skill bank of the outstanding superannuated professionals of NAR...

Ministry Of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare

Emeritus

Retirement

Scientist

Pradhan Mantri Dakshta Aur Kushalta Sampann Hitgrahi (PM-DAKSH)

The scheme "PM-DAKSH", launched by the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment (MoSJ&E), aims to empower socially, educationally, and economically...

Ministry Of Social Justice and Empowerment

Economically Weaker Section

Employment

Other Backward Class

Scheduled Caste

Skill

Stipend

Training

National Scheme of Apprenticeship Training

The primary goal of this scheme is to bridge the gap in practical experience for fresh Graduate Engineers, Diploma holders, and 10+2 Vocational pas...

Ministry of Education

Apprentice

Skill

Student

Training

Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) Internship

The SECI Internship Policy is designed to provide practical experience to students in the renewable energy sector. The program aims to give interns...

Ministry Of New and Renewable Energy

Graduate

Internship

Post-Graduate

Stipend

Student

National Handicrafts Development Programme: Infrastructure And Technology Support: URBAN HAAT

The scheme "Infrastructure & Technology Support: URBAN HAAT" is introduced is to set up a permanent marketing infrastructure in towns/ metropolitan...

Ministry Of Textiles

Artisan

Entrepreneurship

Handicraft

Handloom

Infrastructure

Technology Support

Urban Haat

Weaver

Comprehensive Handicrafts Cluster Development Scheme

The scheme aims to provide financial assistance, infrastructure development, skill upgradation, and market linkage support to artisans, craftsmen, ...

Ministry Of Textiles

Infrastructural Support

Market Access

Skill Development

Technology Upgradation

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