The significant objective of this paper is to examine the importance of skill development initiatives in India. Further, this paper critically examines the impact of some important skill development programmes viz. (PMKVY), (PMKK), UDAAN, Vocational education in schools, CTS, Growth of ITI’s, STRIVE, IISCs and SANKALP. The present study is solely based on secondary information and data sources. The relevant data for the study has collected from the various skill development reports.