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?
- (a)40
- (b)20
- (c)30
- (d)50
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.
- (a)40 — Overstates the figure — the Budget speech specified 30, not 40 centres.
- (b)20 — Too low — the announced number was 30.
- (d)50 — Not the figure announced; the Budget committed to 30 such centres.
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.
Budget questions reward the exact number, and '20/30/40/50' all sound plausible. Anchor to 30, and file it with the other headline skilling items (PMKVY 4.0, Skill India Digital) so the figure stays attached to its scheme.
- Union Budget 2023-24, presented 1 Feb 2023 by Nirmala Sitharaman
- 30 Skill India International Centres across different States
- Purpose: skill youth for international / overseas job opportunities
- Announced with PMKVY 4.0 and a Unified Skill India Digital Platform
- Confusing the count (30) with other Budget figures
- Assuming the centres are for domestic jobs — they target international opportunities
UPPSC/UPSC ask the exact number or the scheme a Budget line belongs to — memorise scheme + figure together.
No directly related past PYQ was found.
- practice — not a real PYQ
The Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) is implemented by which ministry?
- (a)Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship
- (b)Ministry of Education
- (c)Ministry of Labour & Employment
- (d)Ministry of Rural Development
Answer(a) Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE).
- practice — not a real PYQ
The Skill India International Centres announced in Budget 2023-24 are chiefly meant to:
- (a)set up new IITs
- (b)prepare and certify youth for overseas jobs
- (c)run rural literacy drives
- (d)fund start-up incubators
Answer(b) prepare and certify youth for jobs abroad.