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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