**Executive Summary**
The Skill India Digital Hub (SIDH), launched in September 2023, serves as a unified Digital Public Infrastructure to consolidate India's skilling ecosystem. It aims to provide seamless access to training, digital certification, and employment linkages through a single platform integrated with various government services. Financial data through FY 2024-25 shows full funding for development via the SANKALP scheme and operational maintenance through the Skill India Program.
**Key Points / Main Content**
**Core Objectives and Features**
* **Unified Access:** Provides a single platform for discovery, enrollment, and certification across multiple skilling schemes.
* **Digital Lifecycle Management:** Enables end-to-end digital services for candidates, training providers, and assessment agencies.
* **Verifiable Credentials:** Issues tamper-proof, portable, and digitally verifiable certificates for all certified candidates.
* **Interoperability:** Integrates with other government platforms (e.g., NCS, eShram, GSTN, and BHASHINI) via APIs.
* **Monitoring:** Features a real-time dashboard with analytics for stakeholder tracking and performance monitoring.
**Financial Allocation**
* **Development Funding:** Fully funded under the SANKALP scheme, with a total disbursement of ₹233.78 crore against an approved ₹255.98 crore.
* **Maintenance Expenditure:** Managed under the Skill India Program, with AMC expenditure rising from ₹21.02 crore in FY 2023-24 to ₹37.44 crore in FY 2024-25.
**Ecosystem Scale and Reach**
* **Institutional Onboarding:** Includes 13,035 training providers and 2,626 assessment agencies nationwide.
* **Course Diversity:** Offers nearly 3,000 courses, including 779 under PMKVY and 1,477 through Digital Learning Partners (DLPs).
* **Candidate Enrollment:** Over 33 lakh candidates enrolled under PMKVY and 23.74 lakh certified under PM Vishwakarma.
* **Employment Integration:** The Job Exchange page aggregates vacancies from the National Career Service (NCS) and JobX (NSDC) to connect certified learners with employers.
**Impact Analysis**
**Candidates and Learners**
**Impact:** Learners benefit from improved transparency, reduced manual intervention, and the ability to discover and enroll in courses across various sectors through one interface.
**Action Required:** Candidates should use the platform to manage their training lifecycle and apply for vacancies through the Job Exchange page.
**Training Providers and Assessment Agencies**
**Impact:** These stakeholders benefit from digitized management of the complete training lifecycle, from initial enrollment to final certification.
**Action Required:** Providers must complete Desktop Assessment for onboarding and utilize the platform for real-time monitoring and reporting.
**Employers**
**Impact:** Employers gain direct access to a pool of certified candidates and can reach prospective employees more efficiently through automated vacancy aggregation.
**Action Required:** Employers should post vacancies on the NCS portal or JobX platform to ensure they are fetched and displayed on the SIDH Job Exchange.
**Government and Policy Makers**
**Impact:** Enhanced monitoring capabilities and real-time data help reduce duplication and ensure training programs are better aligned with industry demand.
**Action Required:** Use the integrated analytics dashboard to track state-wise progress and fund utilization across various skilling schemes.
Key Entities Referenced
Skill India Digital Hub (SIDH): A Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) platform launched in 2023 to unify the skilling ecosystem, providing access to certification, digital management of training lifecycles, and verifiable credentials.
Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE): The primary ministry responsible for the implementation of the Skill India Digital Hub and the oversight of the unified skilling ecosystem.
SANKALP: The government scheme that fully funded the development costs of the Skill India Digital Hub (SIDH).
National Career Service (NCS): A portal under the Ministry of Labour and Employment integrated with SIDH to provide a job exchange interface for connecting certified candidates with employers.
Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY): A major skilling scheme integrated into the SIDH platform, accounting for a significant volume of course offerings and candidate enrollments.
Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
SKILL INDIA DIGITAL HUB (SIDH) AND UNIFIED
SKILLING ECOSYSTEM
Posted On: 01 APR 2026 4:13PM by PIB Delhi
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:
i. To provide seamless access to skilling, certification, and other skill development related
opportunities through a single unified platform;
ii. To enable end-to-end digital services for candidates, training providers, assessment agencies and
employers;
iii. To ensure digitally verifiable and portable credentials for all certified candidates; and
iv. To integrate with other government platforms through interoperable APIs to promote a unified
skilling ecosystem.
Key Features of SIDH:
I. Discovery of skilling courses across multiple schemes;
II. Digital management of the complete training lifecycle from enrolment to certification;
III. Digital credentialing enabling tamper-proof, portable and verifiable certificates;
IV. Integration with various platforms including National Career Service, eShram, GSTN, BHASHINI
and so on, and
V. 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 through Digital Learning Partners (DLP) 32,46,385
SIDH features a Job Exchange page which aggregates vacancies posted by employers onboarded on JobX
(NSDC) and the National Career Service (NCS) portal of the Ministry of Labour and Employment
(MoLE). Employers post vacancies on their respective portals, and these are fetched and displayed on the
Job Exchange page of the SIDH platform, facilitating seamless connect between certified candidates and
prospective employers.
A wide range of courses are offered across multiple schemes on SIDH, including 779 courses under
PMKVY, 18 under PM Vishwakarma (PMV), 685 under other Government schemes, and 1,477 courses
through Digital Learning Partners (DLPs).
State-wise details of registered stakeholders and enrolment/certification data on SIDH are given at
Annexure-I.SIDH has improved access to skilling opportunities by enabling learners to discover and enroll in courses
across sectors through a single interface. The platform has enhanced transparency by digitizing assessment
and certification processes, enabling secure digital credentials and reducing manual interventions.
Further, SIDH strengthens linkage between skilling and employment by integrating with apprenticeship
and job opportunities. Specifically, integration with the National Career Service (NCS) portal of MoLE
and the JobX platform provides a direct connect between certified candidates and employers, allowing
employers to post vacancies and candidates to apply through the SIDH Job Exchange page. The
availability of real-time data and standardized processes has improved monitoring, reduced duplication,
and supported better alignment of training with industry demand.
Annexure-I
State-wise data of registered stakeholders and enrolment/certification under SIDH
State No. of PMKVY PMV Other DLP Assessment
Training (Enrolled) (Certified) Govt. (Enrolled) Agency
Providers Schemes (SIDH)
(DA (Enrolled)
approved)
ANDAMAN AND 3 1983 588 354 2485 3
NICOBAR
ISLANDS
ANDHRA 309 96774 172356 31782 216172 32
PRADESH
ARUNACHAL 33 19827 1392 1252 2334 0
PRADESH
ASSAM 263 157217 95168 55629 64658 65
BIHAR 685 146837 107705 73319 237286 195
CHANDIGARH 36 1544 289 2402 3937 17
CHHATTISGARH 275 31776 81396 17757 45850 248
DELHI 428 33846 324 1949 101502 154
GOA 21 482 11997 66 4651 3
GUJARAT 375 79886 183279 28211 116228 58HARYANA 687 139746 23265 19087 123441 60
HIMACHAL 136 36340 12784 25530 29219 39
PRADESH
JAMMU AND 245 144425 134146 13177 66342 24
KASHMIR
JHARKHAND 220 46296 32280 270009 77905 49
KARNATAKA 519 114558 490149 29010 124608 91
KERALA 171 28141 12695 8891 60799 196
LADAKH 11 1331 2548 55 862 1
LAKSHADWEEP 3 120 420 0 119 7
MADHYA 1046 374373 214842 22579 177924 149
PRADESH
MAHARASHTRA 1294 154877 212222 185608 412707 181
MANIPUR 166 30161 11109 937 6521 11
MEGHALAYA 27 13994 209 1224 3848 152
MIZORAM 23 13769 1334 1602 1216 4
NAGALAND 40 15717 1834 2234 2498 18
ODISHA 153 66676 84777 37546 101827 203
PUDUCHERRY 25 6170 246 2220 4295 1
PUNJAB 420 160182 7605 27681 57265 22
RAJASTHAN 1455 374027 238085 60365 157540 47
SIKKIM 23 7053 1400 934 1549 7
TAMIL NADU 474 156964 0 14704 158090 98
TELANGANA 194 56846 63488 15446 105243 52THE DADRA AND 5 1938 406 45 5203 10
NAGAR HAVELI
AND DAMAN
AND DIU
TRIPURA 53 27729 16066 5863 10007 10
UTTAR PRADESH 2828 666676 142385 88159 565053 319
UTTARAKHAND 145 59925 15506 17544 40966 37
WEST BENGAL 244 79088 0 38825 156235 63
Grand Total 13035 33,47,294 23,74,295 11,01,996 32,46,385 2626
This information was given by the Minister of State (Independent Charge), Ministry of Skill Development
and Entrepreneurship (MSDE), Shri Jayant Chaudhary in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.
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