With reference to the Skill India Campaign, which of the following statement(s) is/are correct?
1. Prime Minister had launched the Skill India Campaign in July 2015.
2. The main objective of this Camp

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With reference to the Skill India Campaign, which of the following statement(s) is/are correct?
1. Prime Minister had launched the Skill India Campaign in July 2015.
2. The main objective of this Campaign was to train India's Youths in information technology.
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Correct — A, 1 only. Statement 1 is true: Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Skill India Mission/Campaign on 15 July 2015 (also observed as World Youth Skills Day). Statement 2 is false: the campaign's aim was broad, multi-sector skill development — to make over 40 crore people employable across diverse trades and industries by 2022 — not narrowly to train youth in information technology. Since only statement 1 holds, the answer is 1 only.

Why the other options are wrong — (b) Reverses the truth values — statement 2 (IT-only objective) is the false one, and statement 1 (July 2015 launch) is the true one.  (c) Statement 2 is wrong: Skill India covers a wide range of sectors and trades, not just information technology, so both cannot be correct.  (d) Statement 1 is factually correct — the campaign was indeed launched in July 2015 — so 'neither' is wrong.

Concept: The Skill India Mission (launched 15 July 2015) is an umbrella initiative to equip Indians with employable skills. Its flagship components include the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY), the National Skill Development Mission, the National Policy for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship 2015, and the network of Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) — all coordinated under the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (created 2014).

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