Cabinet Committee on Employment and Skill Development

•  This is supposed to provide direction to all policies, programmes, schemes and initiatives for skill development. 

•  The objective is increasing the employability of the workforce for effectively meeting the emerging requirements of the economy. 

•  It facilitates mapping the benefits of demographic dividend. 

•  The committee is required to enhance workforce participation, foster employment growth and identification. 

•  It will work towards removal of gaps between requirement and availability of skills in various sectors. 

•  The panel will set targets for expeditious implementation of all skill development initiatives and to periodically review the progress in this regard.