- STRIVE = Skill Strengthening for Industrial Value Enhancement
- Ministry: Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
- Objective: to improve access to quality and market-driven vocational training and apprenticeships.
- This scheme will incentivize ITIs to improve overall performance including apprenticeship by involving SMEs (Small Scale Enterprises), business association and industry clusters.
- It will develop a robust mechanism for delivering quality skill development training by strengthening institutions- National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC), State Skill Development Missions (SSDMs), Sector Skill Councils, ITIs and National Skill Development Agency (NSDA) etc.
- STRIVE is Rs 2200 crore central sector scheme with half funding will be World Bank loan assistance.