NEW DELHI: A total of 900 Rashtrapati Bhavan employees today got certified under the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) across 18 job roles, as part of a programme being implemented by the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship. Honerable President Pranab Mukherjee met the employees who completed their training at Rashtrapati Bhavan. 

In all, 1,500 employees of Rashtrapati Bhavan have been roped in for the undergoing training under the programme, out of which 900 completed their training and got certified today. 

We are grateful to President Pranab Mukherjee for letting us conduct Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) for the employees at his residence. We hope this will inspire many other organisations in government and industry to get skill certification of their workforce done," Union Minister for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Rajiv Pratap Rudy said. PMKVY was introduced by the government in 2015. The scheme has a target to cover 24 lakh people with training of 14 lakh fresh entrants and certification of 10 lakh persons under Recognition of Prior Learning.