NAVYA (Nurturing Aspirations through Vocational training for Young Adolescent Girls)

Navysta (Nurturing Aspirations through Vocational training on young adolescent girls) is a Government of India initiative launched in June 2025 to empower girls of aspirational districts between the ages of 16-18 years. It is a ministry initiative of the Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (MSDE) and the Ministry of Women & Child Development (MWCD). NAVYA aims to fill in the gap that lies between education and livelihood through demand-led vocational edification. It also implements modules on the area of life skills, health, nutrition, financial literacy, and legal awareness to develop them in a wholesome manner. The scheme includes 19 states and 27 districts pertaining to modern job roles under the PMKVY 4.0 scheme.

Context 

• Young Empowerment Requirement-- The target demographic of this project is teenage girls in the underdeveloped parts of India who have low avenues of enhancing their talents and achieving financial autonomy.

• Government Priority-This falls under Aspirational Districts Programme, and women empowerment programmes to grow inclusively.

• Future Workforce Needs- Responds to the issue of employability in new areas such as AI, cybersecurity, green jobs.

Key Points

NAVYA objective

• Offer demand oriented vocational training in traditional and non-traditional sectors.

• Promote integrated progress by provision of modules on health/ hygiene/ nutrition/ financial literacy / life skills/ legal awareness.

• Facilitate employability, self-employment, and connections with internships, apprenticeships and employment.

• Need to reinforce gender-inclusive skills and offer a secure supportive training environment.

• Fill the gap between school and work and insure especially remote locations.

Coverage

• Applied in 19 States and 27 aspirational districts.

• It encompasses areas such as the Nuh (Haryana), Bastar (Chhattisgarh), Baramulla (J&K), Gadchiroli (Maharashtra) and Sonbhadra (UP) districts among others.

Training Plan

• The aim is to train 3850 adolescent girls under PMKVY 4.0.

• Target non traditional and contemporary employment positions:

  • Digital Marketing

  • Cybersecurity

  • AI-enabled services

  • Green jobs

• Additional emerging areas

  • Additional life skills, digital and financial literacy training.

Significance

• Improves gender justice in training interventions.

• Builds up the workforce of the future aligned to the Digital India and green economy ambitions.

• Increases social-economic independence of teenage girls who live in underserved communities.

Conclusion 

NAVYA initiative is a revolutionary action towards filling out educational and livelihood gaps among the adolescent girls in India. It integrates vocational training with life skills and digital literacy in enabling young women to meet the demands of an environment presenting a very fast-changing economy. This is in accordance with inclusive, gender equal and future-ready India.