PMKVY | The big skilling illusion

In early June, Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC), chaired by senior Congress leader K.C. Venugopal, turned the spotlight on the Narendra Modi government’s flagship skilling programme, the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY). Drawing on a damning performance audit by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG), the panel flagged serious shortcomings in the scheme’s implementation, saying it had fallen well short of its stated objectives.