New Delhi, May 31 (UNI) Union Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Rajiv Pratap Rudy today said more than 1.04 crore youths have been trained under the Skill India Mission in the year 2015-16 which is 36.8 per cent higher than the previous year’s recorded data. 'In the current arrangement, 60 per cent of the trainings are directly under Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship while 40 per cent are with other Central ministries,' Mr Rudy said on the completion of two years of inclusive growth and development under the NDA government. The Minister said Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY), which was launched on July 15 last year by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, alone has witnessed more than 20 lakh people, of which 40 per cent are women candidates, being trained in their choices of skills. Further elaborating on endeavors and achievements made under the programme, he said in the past two years, the skill training and development ecosystem has seen transformational change through concerted efforts in terms of initiatives such as PMKVY, new ITIs with private/industry partnership and infusion of new ideas and finance through World Bank assistance. He said there is a paradigm shift in entrepreneurship education and development, amendments in Apprenticeship Act for increasing opportunities for the youth. Together these have, for the first time, brought in a new focus to skill development in the country. The Minister said at another level, there has been a consistent effort on coordination and convergence of innumerable schemes run by various ministries and departments across sectors and states, so as to bring them in conformity with the national standards, common norms and local requirements. A slew of policy level changes, he said, have been introduced with the launch of National Skill Development Policy and Mission as well. Today, there are more than 1,500 courses that have been aligned to National Skill Qualification Framework (NSQF). More UNI NY SW AE 1440