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Preface

This is our 7th edition of Yojana Gist released for the month of October, 2015 on Skill

Development. Yet the message delivered in the last edition remains the same. Yojana Magazine

(released by Ministry of I&B) is increasingly finding a place in the questions of both UPSC

Prelims and Mains. Every Issue of Yojana deals with a single topic comprehensively sharing

views from a wide spectrum ranging from academicians to policy makers to scholars. The

magazine is essential to build an in-depth understanding of various socio-economic issues.

From the exam point of view, however, not all articles are important. Some go into scholarly

depths and others discuss agendas that are not relevant for your preparation. Added to this is

the difficulty of going through a large volume of information, facts and analysis to finally extract

their essence that may be useful for the exam.

We are not discouraging from reading the magazine itself. So, do not take this as a document

which you take read, remember and reproduce in the examination. Its only purpose is to equip

you with the right understanding. But, if you do not have enough time to go through each and

every Yojana magazine, you can rely on the content provided here for it sums up the most

essential points from all the articles in Yojana.

You need not put hours and hours in reading Yojana and making its notes in pages. We believe,

a smart study, rather than hard study, of Yojana can improve your preparation levels. Hence,

instead of giving you a gist of articles, we are providing a Q&A format from both Prelims and

Mains that can make you understand How to read Yojana?

Think, learn, practice and keep improving! That is the key to success.

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Introduction

Skill development is critical for achieving faster, sustainable and inclusive growth on the one

hand and for providing decent employment opportunities to the growing young population on

the other. The demographic window of opportunity available to India would make India the skill

capital of world. India would be in position to meet the requirement of technically trained

manpower not only for its growing economy but also of the aging advanced economies of the

world. Young population is an asset only if it is educated, skilled and finds productive

employment. If this happens then our dream of realizing Indias potential to grow at 10 per cent

or more per annum for a substantial period of time can become a reality.

Boston Consultancy Groups study in 2007 had clearly indicated that by 2020 while India will

have surplus of 56 million working people, the rest of the world will encounter a shortage of 47

million working people. However, skilling this large and growing young population from an

exceedingly small base would be a big challenge for India. The skill strategy for the Twelfth Plan

would have to accordingly model for these skill challenges in termsof outreach, quality,

systemic/institutional setups, current status of skill development efforts and various economic

policies proposed in the Twelfth Plan.

Structural shifts in the economy in terms of increase in contribution of secondary and

territorysectors to GDP and demographic dividend have implications for skills development

strategy. India will have about 63 per cent of its population in the working age group by 2022.

Chinas demographic dividend would start tapering off by 2015, but India would continue to

enjoy it till 2040. India needs to provide skills and training to its young workforce if this window

of opportunity is not to be lost.

~Excerpts from 12th Five Year Plan

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Prelims Oriented MCQs A.Vocational Training falls under the

1. Concurrent list 2. State List 3. Union List 4. Union & Concurrent List

Ans: Concurrent list

B.Indian Army in the 1965 war had captured the strategically important Raja and Rani posts

from Pakistan. But they had to return these posts following an agreement between the two

countries. Select the correct agreement from the following options:

1. Co-operation on Post War Agreement 2. Tashkent Agreement 3. War and Rehabilitation 4. 1965: War and Peace Agreement

Ans: Tashkent Agreement

C.NSDCs Financing Initiatives provide funding through the following:

a) Loan b) Equity c) Grants

A. Both a and c

B. Both b and c

C. Only c

D. All of the above

Ans: All of the above

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D. What is the main objective behind UDAAN Scheme for J&K youth training?

A. Provide semi-skilled/skilled workers to meet the industry demands

B. Employability to Women

C. Rehabilitate them economically and emotionally

D. National Integration

Ans: National Integration

E. Consider the newly approved districts

A. BiswanathChariali B. Hojai C. South Salmara-Mankachar D. Charaideo

These districts belong to the State of:

Assam

Meghalaya

Sikkim

Arunachal Pradesh

Ans: Assam

( + West KarbiAnglong)

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Mains Questions for Practice

1. With a bigger bulge in the middle of the Age Pyramid, India boasts of a situation wherein

by 2020, she will have the youngest population among all four leading economies. What are

the basic components that need to be taken care of, to facilitate this timely encash?

2. Can a legislation regarding Right to Skill serve, as a connecting point for the

transformation of unskilled youth to a skilled workforce? Describe the challenges and suggest

a way ahead.

3. MSMEs are labour-intensive and have the capability to create more jobs to cater to a

young demographic country. Discuss the importance of this convergence in making Skilled

India and Make in India a success?

4. Discuss the salient features of Din Dayal Antyodaya Yojana (DAY)

Best Regards

~IASbaba