Skill India Mission target achieved, 1.07 cr trained till Jan 2021: Govt SECTIONS Share Synopsis As per the statement tabled by skills development minister Mahendra Nath Pandey in Rajya Sabha on Friday, 36.04 lakh candidates were trained under short term training (STT) component. Out of this, 18.95 lakh candidates have been placed (2.77 lakh – self-employed, 15.83 lakh – wage employed and 0.35 apprenticeship). Agencies Further, the minister said that based on the learning from implementation of PMKVY 1.0 (2015-16) and 2.0 (2016-20), the skills development ministry has launched PMKVY 3.0 on January 15, 2021 with an objective to train 8 lakh candidates in the ongoing financial year. Government has achieved its skilling targets with 1.07 crore youth trained by January 2021 under the Skill India Mission, skills development minister Mahendra Nath Pandey said. The government had set a target of training one crore youth between 2016-20 under its flagship scheme the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY).