The National Skill Development Agency (NSDA) attempts to increase Employability of Youth in India.
It is a fully autonomous body, constituted with the approval of Union Cabinet of India.
The Union Cabinet of India held a meeting on January 31, 2013 in which the proposal for building the National Skill Development Agency (NSDA) was first endorsed, after the suggested plan was reviewed by a Group of Ministers.
The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government approved the proposal.
NSQF caters for diversity of the Indian education and training systems, development of a set of outcome-based nationally recognised qualifications for each level, provide progression pathways for further study, enable integrated learning through education and vocational training and work experience, foster lifelong learning through transparent, accountable and credible mechanism which recognises prior learning.