Launch a multi-skills development programme in mission mode
“address the employability issue by initiating a multi-skills development programme in mission mode.”
AADHA ADHURAPartially kept
The verdict
Skill India launched on 15 July 2015 with a 2022 target. A later CAG finding cited in the source says it trained about 13.2 million people against a 500 million target (a different, larger target than the manifesto's programme promise).
Rule applied: Partially kept: 50–74% of the target met → 5
Implied deadline (end of term): 26 May 2019Confidence: mediumAI draft · review pending
5/10
Evidence timeline
- Other15 Jul 2015· WikipediasupportsSkill India ↗
“The campaign aimed to train over 30 crore people in India in different skills by 2022. Launch date: 15 July 2015.”
- Other1 Jan 2025· WikipediacontradictsSkill India ↗
“the Comptroller and Auditor General found the initiative had trained only 13.2 million individuals, of whom 11 million had been certified”
More jobs promises from this manifesto
Give high priority to job creation and entrepreneurship, with labour-intensive manufacturing and tourism
AADHA ADHURAPartially kept3/10
“Job creation: high priority, apparently of the kind that waits in a queue.”
Promise ID bjp-ls-2014-004 · drafted 4 Oct 2026 by research-agent · JSON