India’s 647 Rural Self Employment Training Institutes shift to digital platforms
The 647 Rural Self Employment Training Institutes are moving to a digital platform from paper-based assessments, aiming to improve transparency and speed. The reform links skills, certification, and credit, helping rural youth turn training into sustainable livelihoods.
- ✓The 647 Rural Self Employment Training Institutes are moving to a digital platform from paper-based assessments, aiming to improve transparency and speed.
- ✓Roy is a journalist with over 21 years of experience covering various news beats across different organisations such as Business Standard and The Tribune.
- ✓The reform links skills, certification, and credit, helping rural youth turn training into sustainable livelihoods.
This comes in the backdrop of the Union government’s push to standardize skill assessment and improve transparency across the expanding network.(HT)SummaryThe 647 Rural Self Employment Training Institutes are moving to a digital platform from paper-based assessments, aiming to improve transparency and speed. The reform links skills, certification, and credit, helping rural youth turn training into sustainable livelihoods.Gift this articleCheck your portfolioThis is a Mint Premium article gifted to you.Subscribe to enjoy similar stories.
Vijay C. Roy is a journalist with over 21 years of experience covering various news beats across different organisations such as Business Standard and The Tribune. In the past, he has covered beats such as finance, auto, MSME, commodities, FMCG, pharmaceutical, agriculture, IT/ITES, infrastructure and start-ups. He joined Mint in February 2025, and covers agriculture, food processing, fertilizers, environment and climate change, bringing over two decades of experience reporting on farm policy, food inflation, crop trade, and rural livelihoods.Vijay’s areas of reporting include food security and climate change policies, focusing on their impact on different stakeholders and their implications. His expertise lies in simplifying complex agri-economic issues such as edible oil import dependence, cotton and wheat trends, fertiliser subsidies, and climate-related risks. He has covered key developments including global supply disruptions and evolving trade policies, offering both macroeconomic perspective and field-level context. Known for his credible and balanced reporting, he follows a rigorous, fact-based approach that prioritises accuracy and context. He is driven by a commitment to public interest, aiming to make critical agricultural and economic issues accessible while contributing to informed policy and industry discussions.
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| Publication Date | 13 September 2026 |