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The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship held the send-off for India's WorldSkills Shanghai 2026 contingent at Kaushal Bhawan, New Delhi.
Seventy competitors — India's largest-ever team — will contest 63 skill categories at the 48th WorldSkills Competition in Shanghai from 22 to 27 September 2026.
India enters 11 skill categories for the first time, including Unmanned Aerial Systems, Aircraft Maintenance, Optoelectronic Technology and Software Testing.
India's ranking has moved from 29th in 2015 to 13th at WorldSkills Lyon 2024, where it won four Bronze medals and 12 Medallions for Excellence.
A WorldSkills India Champions Club was announced with a first cohort of 16 former competitors and medallists as mentors.
Composite Central Sector Scheme of MSDE, continued and restructured by the Union Cabinet till 2026 with an outlay of Rs 8,800 crore for 2022-23 to 2025-26.
Key: Merges three components into one scheme — PMKVY 4.0, the Pradhan Mantri National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (PM-NAPS) and the Jan Shikshan Sansthan (JSS) Scheme.
Short-term skilling and upskilling component of the Skill India Programme; announced in the Union Budget 2023-24.
Key: Implementation period runs from 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2026.
India's national skill competition, organised by NSDC under MSDE every two years to identify talent across 63 industry-aligned skill categories.
Key: National winners go on to represent India at the WorldSkills Competition; the 2025-26 edition was held at Greater Noida.
Global membership body that runs the biennial WorldSkills Competition and sets international benchmarks in vocational skills; founded 1950 with 89 member countries and regions.
Not-for-profit public limited company incorporated on 31 July 2008 under Section 25 of the Companies Act, 1956; funds and catalyses private vocational training capacity and runs IndiaSkills and the WorldSkills India campaign.
Overarching regulator of vocational education and training, notified on 5 December 2018; subsumed the National Skill Development Agency and the erstwhile National Council of Vocational Training, and sets minimum standards for training entities.
Functional arm of MSDE responsible for long-term training, including the country's Industrial Training Institute network.
GS Paper 2 > Social Justice > Human Resource and Skill Development
General Awareness > Current Affairs and Government Schemes
The "Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana" (PMKVY) is the flagship scheme of which Ministry?
Answer: Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
'Recognition of Prior Learning Scheme' is sometimes mentioned in the news with reference to
Answer: Certifying the skills acquired by construction workers through traditional channels.
With reference to Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana, consider the following statements: 1. It is the flagship scheme of the Ministry of Labour and Employment. 2. It, among other things, will also impart training in soft skills, entrepreneurship, financial and digital literacy. 3. It aims to align the competencies of the unregulated workforce of the country to the National Skill Qualification Framework. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Answer: 2 and 3 only
Biennial international vocational skills contest run by WorldSkills International; the 48th edition is at Shanghai, 22-27 September 2026.
India's national skill competition held every two years by NSDC under MSDE; its winners form the WorldSkills contingent.
WorldSkills recognition awarded to competitors who meet the international standard of excellence without placing in the top three.