NITI Aayog Releases Report on ‘Revitalizing Apprenticeship Ecosystem: Insights, Challenges, Recommendations and Best Practices

• Policy report by NITI Aayog released 20 Feb 2026 diagnosing structural weaknesses in India's apprenticeship architecture and proposing 20 action-oriented recommendations across 5 pillars.
• Flags weak industry–academia linkages, fragmented regulation, and low MSME uptake as the chief constraints on scaling apprenticeships.
• Examinable for GS-II (Governance/Policy) & GS-III (Employment, Skill Development); ties together NAPS, NATS, Apprentices Act 1961, and Skill India.