PM-SETU
About
- PM-SETU (Pradhan Mantri Skilling and Employability Transformation through Upgraded ITIs) is a centrally sponsored scheme launched in 2025 to strengthen India’s vocational training ecosystem.
Industrial Training Institutes:
- Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) have been the backbone of vocational education and training in India since the 1950s, operating under State Governments.
- These institutes provide industrial and technical training post completion of a secondary level of education in science.
- The scheme envisages the upgradation of 1,000 Government ITIs across the country in a hub-and-spoke model comprising 200 hub ITIs and 800 spoke ITIs.
- Each hub will be connected to four spokes on average. Hubs will host innovation centres, training for trainers, production units and placement services.
- Spoke ITIs will improve access in regions farther from hubs.
- Collectively, PM-SETU will redefine India’s ITI ecosystem, making it government-owned but industry-managed, with global co-financing support from the World Bank and Asian Development Bank.
- The scheme also envisages strengthening of five National Skill Training Institutes (NSTIs) in Bhubaneswar (Odisha), Chennai (Tamil Nadu), Hyderabad (Telangana), Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh), Ludhiana (Punjab) as Centres of Excellence with global partnerships.
- A National Steering Committee chaired by the Secretary, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship would facilitate overall implementation of the scheme.