**Summary:**
On June 27, 2025, Union Minister Shri Jayant Chaudhary unveiled the report "Skills for the Future: Transforming India's Workforce Landscape" in New Delhi. The report, independently developed by the Institute for Competitiveness (IFC), provides a data-oriented examination of India's skills landscape, focusing on educational attainment, occupational distribution, and technical and vocational education and training (TVET) attainment.
Minister Chaudhary emphasized the need to view skilling not merely as a supply-side intervention but as a demand-driven, market-aligned, and outcome-oriented ecosystem. He also suggested a robust employability index to monitor the impact of education and skilling on employment prospects. Secretary, MSDE, Shri Atul Kumar Tiwari, stressed the need for a corpus of literature around skilling with data and evidence and urged deep diving into structural changes around skilling, education, and the work continuum.
The report utilizes unit-level analysis of the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) to derive insights. Key findings from PLFS 2023-24 data indicate that 88% of India's workforce is in low-competency occupations, while only 10-12% are in high-competency roles. The report identifies five sectors accounting for over 66% of vocational training: IT and ITeS, Textile and Apparel, Electronics, Healthcare and Life Sciences, and Beauty and Wellness. It further identifies five high-potential regions within these sectors using Competitiveness Framework Analysis. This analysis integrates data from PLFS, PMKVY 4.0 dashboard, Sector Skill Councils (SSCs) dashboards, and the National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (NAPS) to evaluate sector-specific trends in training, certification, and alignment with industry needs.
The report recommends multifaceted and targeted interventions to develop a resilient and future-ready workforce. It also suggests a dedicated, standardized data collection system for skill requirement estimates to enable targeted evidence-based reforms and policies. Additionally, it recommends incentivizing industries to recruit from skill-certified talent pools, take accountability for creating market-aligned training, and offer higher wages.
The full report is available at: https://www.competitiveness.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/ReportSkillRoadmapFinalCompressed.pdf
Key Entities Referenced
Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship: A government ministry responsible for skill development and entrepreneurship initiatives in India.
Shri Jayant Chaudhary: Union Minister of State IC, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship and Minister of State, Ministry of Education.
Skills for the Future: Transforming Indias Workforce Landscape: Title of a report unveiled by Shri Jayant Chaudhary, focusing on India's skills landscape.
Institute for Competitiveness: An independent organization that developed the 'Skills for the Future' report.
New Delhi: The location where the report was unveiled.
Shri Atul Kumar Tiwari: Secretary, MSDE.
Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS): A survey used to analyze India's workforce and derive insights for the report.
PMKVY 4.0: Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana 4.0 dashboard mentioned in the policy.
Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
Union Minister Shri Jayant Chaudhary unveils report
on “Skills for the Future: Transforming India’s
Workforce Landscape”
Skilling is to be understood not merely as a supply-
side intervention, but as a demand-driven, market-
aligned, and outcome-oriented ecosystem that
addresses the evolving needs of industry and the
workforce: Union Minister Shri Jayant Chaudhary
Posted On: 27 JUN 2025 6:24PM by PIB Delhi
Union Minister of State (I/C), Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship and Minister of State,
Ministry of Education, Shri Jayant Chaudhary unveiled a report titled “Skills for the Future: Transforming
India’s Workforce Landscape”, developed by the Institute for Competitiveness today in New Delhi.
The report prepared by the Institute for Competitiveness (IFC) is an independent effort. Based on the data
available in the public domain, the report presents a detailed examination of the skills landscape in India,
focusing on educational attainment, occupational distribution, and attainment of technical and vocational
education and training of the workforce (TVET).
Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship and Minister of State for
Education, Shri Jayant Chaudhary, appreciated the initiative and said that such academic exercises help in the
betterment of government initiatives. He further added, “Skilling is to be understood not merely as a supply-
side intervention, but as a demand-driven, market-aligned, and outcome-oriented ecosystem that addresses the
evolving needs of industry and the workforce. We must deepen pathways between education, vocational
training and industry this includes recognise informal and experiential learning.”
Shri Jayant Chaudhary also suggested that a robust employability index will be helpful in monitoring the
impact of education and skilling on employment prospects of youth in evolving economic and technological
environment.
Congratulating the IFC team, Secretary, MSDE, Shri Atul Kumar Tiwari, said that skilling is an area of
academic enquiry. In this context, he also stressed on the need for creation of corpus of literature around
skilling with data and evidence and at the same time urged further deep diving into structural changes around
skilling, education and work continuum.
Chair of the Institute for Competitiveness, Mr. Amit Kapoor thanked the Ministry for the unveiling of the
report and expressed his commitment to working with the Ministry of Skill Development and
Entrepreneurship for furthering the skill agenda.
The report is a data-oriented examination of India's skills landscape against the backdrop of the emerging
knowledge-driven global economy. Unit-level analysis of the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) has been
used in the report to drive useful insights and suggest the way forward. Data analysis based on PLFS shows
that in 2023-24, 88% of India’s workforce is in low-competency occupations, while only 10-12% are in high-
competency roles.Using PLFS (2023-24) data, five sectors which accounted for over 66% of vocational training in India have
been identified. These sectors are IT and ITeS, Textile and Apparel, Electronics, Healthcare and Life
Sciences, and Beauty and Wellness. Further, five high-potential regions within these sectors have been
identified using Competitiveness Framework Analysis. The analysis integrates data from PLFS, PMKVY 4.0
dashboard, Sector Skill Councils (SSCs) dashboards, and the National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme
(NAPS) to evaluate sector-specific trends in training, certification, and alignment with industry needs.
The report has recommended multifaceted and targeted interventions to develop a resilient and future-ready
workforce. It has further recommended a dedicated, standardized data collection system to generate estimates
about skill requirements, enable targeted evidence-based reforms and policies. Further the industries need to
be incentivised to recruit from skill-certified talent pool and take accountability for creating market-aligned
training, besides offering them higher wages.
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