MODERNIZATION OF ITI UNDER PM-SETU AND AVGC SKILLING

• PM-SETU (Pradhan Mantri Skilling and Employability Transformation through Upgraded ITIs) is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme to modernise 1,000 government ITIs and capacitate 5 NSTIs as National Centres of Excellence (NCoEs) for skilling, with a total outlay of ₹60,000 crore.
• The AVGC-XR NCoE (Animation, Visual Effects, Gaming, Comics & Extended Reality) is being set up as a Section 8 company in Mumbai to anchor sectoral skilling under the Media & Entertainment Skills Council (MESC).
• Together they drive skill-gap closure in two strategic axes: traditional industrial trades (via hub-spoke ITIs) and the creative-technology sunrise sector (AVGC-XR).