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. Select the correct answer from the codes given below.
- (a)1 only
- (b)2 only
- (c)Both 1 and 2
- (d)Neither 1 nor 2
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.
- (b)2 only — Reverses the truth values — statement 2 (IT-only objective) is the false one, and statement 1 (July 2015 launch) is the true one.
- (c)Both 1 and 2 — Statement 2 is wrong: Skill India covers a wide range of sectors and trades, not just information technology, so both cannot be correct.
- (d)Neither 1 nor 2 — Statement 1 is factually correct — the campaign was indeed launched in July 2015 — so 'neither' is wrong.
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).
The date in statement 1 is easy to accept (July 2015 is well documented). The distractor is statement 2's claim that the campaign is about information technology — a plausible-sounding but wrong narrowing. Skill India spans construction, textiles, healthcare, automotive, hospitality and dozens of other sectors, so an 'IT-only' objective fails.
- Skill India Mission launched by PM Narendra Modi on 15 July 2015 (World Youth Skills Day).
- Objective: broad, multi-sector skill development (target of skilling ~30–40 crore people by 2022 (figures vary by source)) — not IT-specific.
- Flagship scheme: Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY).
- Run by the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (established November 2014).
- Narrowing Skill India's objective to a single sector (e.g. IT) — it is deliberately broad and multi-sector.
- Confusing the campaign's launch year (2015) with the ministry's creation year (2014).
UPPSC/UPSC test Skill India as a statement-based current-affairs question — pairing a correct launch date/detail with a false 'objective/scope' statement to catch candidates who over-narrow the scheme.
No directly related past PYQ was found.
- practice — not a real PYQ
The flagship skill-training scheme under the Skill India Mission is:
- (a)Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY)
- (b)MGNREGA
- (c)Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana
- (d)Startup India
Answer(a) Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) — the flagship short-term skilling scheme of Skill India.
- practice — not a real PYQ
The Skill India Mission was launched on 15 July 2015, a date also observed as:
- (a)World Youth Skills Day
- (b)World Population Day
- (c)International Literacy Day
- (d)World Environment Day
Answer(a) World Youth Skills Day — Skill India was launched on this date, 15 July.