Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Mansukh Mandaviya addresses the ‘CII’s Annual Business Summit 2025’, in New Delhi, Friday, May 30, 2025. (PTI Photo/Vijay Varma) (PTI05_30_2025_000169B)
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Union Labour Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Friday said every university in the country will have an ‘Education to Employment Lounge’ to upskill students for jobs. It would be run by industry bodies, but logistics would be provided by the central government, the Minister explained.
Speaking at a session of the CII Annual Business Summit 2025, Mandaviya compared the job opportunities created during the ten years of the Modi government with that of the Manmohan Singh-led UPA regime.
“In the last decade, 17 crore job opportunities opened in India. Earlier in the previous decade, 4.5 crore jobs were created,” he said.
While the BJP-led NDA has been in power since 2014 till now, the UPA regime was from 2004 to 2014.
The unemployment rate in the country is 3.2 per cent, around the same level in the developed world, the Minister remarked.
He attributed the availability of employment to India becoming an investment destination.
On the Education to Employment Lounge, he stated, “I will run the platform in collaboration with the government, industry bodies and universities”.
“All youth will get job opportunities according to their qualification in this career lounge,” he was hopeful.
“Cluster-based”
At the under development “cluster-based” Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs), skills relevant to the industry will be imparted to trainees, he said while reiterating CII and other industry bodies to develop the syllabus.
The universities or other educational institutions, however, will train the youth and certify them, making them ready for jobs.
Lauding the Prime Minister Internship Scheme (PMIS), Mandaviya expressed hope that 10 million youth will get job opportunities in “downstream companies” in the next 5 years.
“The government has also set up ‘National Career Service’ (NCS) portal, which is a one stop destination for seeking job opportunity by workers,” said the Minister.
Published on May 30, 2025
