Skill Impact Bond

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Recently, the Minister of State for skill development and entrepreneurship cited that Skill Impact Bond (SIB) as delivering measurable social impact.

About Skill Impact Bond

• It is an innovative financing tool aimed at improving employment outcomes for young people.
• Under this initiative, first skilling is provided to young people, and then provide them jobs or making them perform better within their current jobs.
• India’s Skill Impact Bond (SIB) was launched in November 2021.
• It is the country’s first development impact bond focused on employment.
• It is backed by the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship through the National Skill Development Corporation,
• Its objective is to benefit 50,000 young Indians over four years, with 60% of the beneficiaries being women.
• This innovative outcomes-based financing tool uses private sector capital and expertise, focusing on job placement and retention rather than merely on training and certification.

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How does it Work?

• There are ‘risk investors’ usually from the private sector who provide funding to service providers (organisations that deliver skills training and support job placement).
• Then there are outcome funders who repay the ‘risk investors’ if the programme has met its employment targets. There is also a third-party evaluator who verifies employment outcomes.

Source: TOI