Ministry of Rural Development Signs MoU with National Academy of RUDSETI to Standardise RSETI Training and Boost Rural Skill Development

Key facts

• The Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) exchanged a Memorandum of Understanding with the National Academy of RUDSETI (NAR) on 12 October 2026 to establish uniform training standards, quality administration and capacity building across Rural Self Employment Training Institutes (RSETIs).
• The MoU was exchanged in the presence of Secretary Rohit Kansal, between Joint Secretary (Rural Skills) S. Sasikumar and NAR Director General Raju N. Kori.
• The partnership will improve candidate registration through Kaushal Panjee and Aadhaar-based face authentication via the Aadhaar Enabled Biometric Attendance System (AEBAS).
• It includes NSQF-aligned new-age courses, industry-benchmarked training aids, core Entrepreneurship Development Programme (EDP) courses notified by MoRD, and Training of Trainers, assessment and certification through the Unified Portal (kaushal.rural.gov.in).
• RSETIs have been given a training target of 6.35 lakh rural youth for the current year, covering women, SC/ST, PwD and other vulnerable groups, higher than the 2025-26 target.