According to the Union Budget 2023-24, how many Skill India International Centres are to be set up across different States to skill youth for international opportunities?

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Correct — C, 30. In the Union Budget 2023-24 (presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on 1 February 2023), the government announced that 30 Skill India International Centres would be set up across different States to skill youth for international opportunities, as part of the Budget's skilling push alongside PMKVY 4.0.

Why the other options are wrong — (a) Overstates the figure — the Budget speech specified 30, not 40 centres.  (b) Too low — the announced number was 30.  (d) Not the figure announced; the Budget committed to 30 such centres.

Concept: The 2023-24 Budget treated skilling for overseas employment as a formal target: 30 'Skill India International Centres' to standardise training and certification for jobs abroad. It sat alongside PMKVY 4.0 (courses in AI, coding, robotics, drones) and a Unified Skill India Digital Platform, aligning Indian workers' skills with foreign labour-market requirements.

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