The Rajasthan Skill and Livelihoods Development Corporation (RSLDC) on Tuesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a consortium of companies led by the Centre for Innovation in Public Policy
(CIPP) in association with the Hundred Million Jobs mission. The consortium includes implementation partners Generation India Foundation (GIF), Head Held High Foundation (HHH), and Saarv Solutions Private Limited (Saarv), to support the creation of 3.5 lakh jobs across Rajasthan.
The MoU was signed in the presence of Rishav Mandal, Managing Director, and Sunita Chaudhary, Deputy General Manager, RSLDC, with other senior leaders from the private sector including Harish Mehta, Co-Founder, 100 Million Jobs, and A.J. Patel, Co-Founder, 100 Million Jobs.
The partnership builds on Rajasthan’s strong economic momentum and the state government’s commitment, articulated earlier this year by Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma, to scale Rajasthan’s economy to USD 350 billion by 2030.
About The Partnership
The consortium partnership aims to enable large-scale job creation by strengthening demand-linked skill development and delivery of training through on-ground implementation across priority and aspirational districts. The initiative will focus on youth, women, and first-time job seekers in the NEET category, supporting pathways into employment across manufacturing, services, digital, and renewable energy sectors. The largest state in India by area and the seventh most populous, Rajasthan also has a working-age population of 63 percent and has recorded double-digit economic growth of over 12 percent, positioning it well to convert investment-led growth into sustained job creation, provided skills and local ecosystems are effectively aligned.
Speaking at the signing ceremony in Jaipur, Rishav Mandal, Managing Director, RSLDC, said: “With this collaboration, RSLDC continues to make strong progress in executing public-private partnerships in Rajasthan state to fuel our economy and enrich our people. Our focus now is to ensure that this growth translates into sustained job opportunities, and I am particularly bullish on the on-ground implementation planned for aspirational districts. I am also happy to see the focus being placed by our partners on working with ITIs and technical institutes to deliver training.”
Madan Padaki, Managing Trustee, Head Held High Foundation, noted: “Through this collaboration with RSLDC, we are focused on bringing our 'whole of district' approach to build local capacity, strengthen outreach, and ensure that youth in underserved communities can access training and guidance into sustained economic pathways.”
Arunesh Singh, CEO, Generation India Foundation, added, “We look forward to working in Rajasthan, a state with tremendous potential, thanks to its large and dynamic working-age population. Through this partnership with RSLDC and our consortium partners, we will bring Generation’s globally vetted seven-step methodology to help youth, women, and first-time job seekers—especially in aspirational districts—gain relevant skills and access steady, meaningful employment.”
Pradnya Paithankar, Founder and Director, Saarv Solutions, underscored: “Rajasthan leads nationally in renewable energy, ranking second in total installed renewable capacity and first in solar power. This positions the state strongly to build a skilled workforce across solar, EV, battery, and allied sectors. Our role is to support workforce planning and develop training pathways aligned to these emerging opportunities.”
Harish Mehta, Co-Founder, 100 Million Jobs, and A.J. Co-Founder, 100 Million Jobs, were in attendance representing Hundred Million Jobs, the non-profit initiative they co-founded and launched in Jaipur.
Speaking at the event, Harish Mehta added: “Jobs at this scale require a mission mindset and strong collaboration. Rajasthan has the opportunity to show how demand-linked skills and on-ground execution can work as one system. This partnership is designed as a repeatable model, not a one-off program. If done right, it can be replicated across states to drive large-scale employment.”
A.J. Patel concluded: “Rajasthan has the entrepreneurial depth to become a blueprint for job creation in India. As this consortium strengthens the ecosystem around entrepreneurs and skilled talent, I look forward to job creation becoming a natural outcome of this focused effort.”
K. Yatish Rajawat, Co-Founder, 100 Million Jobs, remarked: “This partnership reflects the intent of the Hundred Million Jobs mission, an initiative by CIPP to enable the creation of 100 million net jobs across India over the next decade. It marks the first of several such collaborations we aim to build with states across the country. As the convening, monitoring, and evaluation partner, our role is to help move from fragmented efforts toward coordinated execution and enable large-scale job creation.”
