Skill India Digital Hub Enables Unified Skilling Ecosystem

The Skill India Digital Hub (SIDH) was launched in September 2023 as a Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) to bring together the entire skilling ecosystem on a single platform. Key Objectives of SIDH: To provide seamless access to skilling, certification, and other skill development related opportunities through a single unified platform; To enable end-to-end digital services for candidates, training providers, assessment agencies and employers; To ensure digitally verifiable and portable credentials for all certified candidates; and To integrate with other government platforms through interoperable APIs to promote a unified skilling ecosystem. Key Features of SIDH: Discovery of skilling courses across multiple schemes; Digital management of the complete training lifecycle from enrolment to certification; Digital credentialing enabling tamper-proof, portable and verifiable certificates; Integration with various platforms including National Career Service, eShram, GSTN, BHASHINI and so on, and Real-time monitoring dashboard with analytics for all stakeholders. Budget Allocation and Expenditure: The financial structuring for SIDH has been designed in a phased manner. The Development Cost has been fully funded under the SANKALP scheme, while the Annual Maintenance Contract (AMC) expenditure has been managed through the Skill India Program Details of fund utilization till FY 2024-25 are as under: Development: Fund & Utilization (SANKALP) SANKALP Approved Amount (₹) Total Disbursement (₹) 10th Programme Approval Board 92,70,58,720.00 40,35,79,090.00 15th Programme Approval Board 74,91,92,510.18 75,33,69,547.00 16th Programme Approval Board 88,36,01,828.07 1,18,08,81,724.00 Total 2,55,98,53,058.25 2,33,78,30,361.00 AMC: Fund & Utilization (Skill India Program) Particular FY23-24 (₹ in Crore) FY24-25 (₹ in Crore) Actual Expenditure 21.02 37.44 The progress in onboarding of stakeholders on Skill India Digital Hub (SIDH) at the national level is as follows: Category Nationwide Count Training Providers (after Desktop Assessment) 13,035 Assessment Agencies 2,626 Candidates enrolled under PMKVY 33,47,294 Candidates certified under PM Vishwakarma (PMV) 23,74,295 Candidates enrolled under Other Govt. Schemes 11,01,996 Candidates enrolled...