'Success of 'Make in India' programme depends on the success of 'Skill India' programme and radical labour reforms.' Discuss with logical arguments.
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PM Vishwakarma completes three years · 18 September 2026 · Covers one part · use it in the example
Illustrates how skilling traditional artisans links to manufacturing and enterprise goals, with its practical limits.
- The scheme's Samarthya pillar combines skill training with Udyam registration, while Samriddhi offers credit, toolkits, digital incentives and market links.
- About 24.4 lakh artisans completed basic training, but take-up of advanced training is weak because artisans lose daily earnings.
- Suggest common facility centres, raw material banks, public procurement from artisans and GI-based branding.
SEMICON India 2026 opens with a push from design to systems · 18 September 2026 · Covers one part · use it in the example
Shows that a high-tech manufacturing push depends on skilled manpower, linking Make in India to Skill India.
- Over 70,000 engineering students have been trained on electronic design automation tools, against a target of 1 lakh.
- SEMICON India 2026 included pavilions for workforce development, under the theme 'Silicon to Systems: Building the Ecosystem'.
- Note that skilled workers for fab operations are scarce, and call for training workers at scale.