SANKALP (Skills Acquisition and Knowledge Awareness for Livelihood Promotion)

iAbout This Scheme

World Bank-supported programme to strengthen the institutional mechanisms for skill development, improve quality and market relevance of training, and enhance access to skilling for marginalised youth with outcomes-based financing framework.

🎁Key Benefits

• Improved quality of skill training through outcomes-based funding
• District Skill Committees strengthened for better local planning
• Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) for informal workers
• Special focus on districts with low Human Development Index
• Strengthens NSQF implementation across sectors
• Enhanced placement support for marginalised youth

✅Eligibility Criteria

• 1
  Youth seeking skill training in SANKALP-covered districts
• 2
  Special focus on SC/ST, minorities, women, and youth from LWE districts
• 3
  Benefits flow through PMKVY and other skill programmes implemented under SANKALP framework

📝How to Apply

❓Frequently Asked Questions