♦ Union Labour and Employment minister Mansukh Mandaviya released ‘India Skills Report 2025’ on 10 December 2024.
♦ The report prepared by industry body Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) in collaboration with Wheebox and All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE).
♦ It notes that management graduates (78%) has highest global employability, followed by engineering students (71.5%), MCA students (71%) and science graduates (58%).
♦ The report said, nearly 55% of Indian graduates are projected to be globally employable by 2025, an increase from 51.2% in 2024.
♦ India’s national employability stands at 54.8% indicating a significant pool of talent scoring above 60% on the Wheebox Global Employability Test (GET) with Maharashtra leading with 84% employability followed by Delhi (78%), Karnataka (75%), Andhra Pradesh (72%), Kerala (71%) and Uttar Pradesh (70%).
♦ According to the report, male employability is slightly higher (53.47%) than female (46.53%) with Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, and Uttar Pradesh emerging as top states with male employable resources while Rajasthan leads in female employability followed by Gujarat and Kerala.
♦ The report said 93.22% of users expressed strong interest in internships with Tamil Nadu showing the highest preference for internships, followed by Uttar Pradesh, Kerala, and Karnataka.