In India, the school dropout rate has been quite high, the percentage of skilled population has been very low and the migration rate has been ever on the increase. Poverty remains a chronic condition for almost 30 per cent of India’s rural population especially members of scheduled castes, tribes and other excluded communities in the country's rural areas. The unskilled nature of the human resources available in the cities, the increasing demand for skilled labour and the high living standards in the urban areas have made the lives of the migrated poor and the marginalised groups more vulnerable.

Almost 400 million people - more than 85 per cent of the working population in India - work in the unorganised sector. Of these, at least 120 million are women. There has been no systematic and concerted attempts made to skill them better, update and diversify their skills. All formal vocational and technical training institutes demand for the minimum qualification the lowest being 10th passed. Even the CSR initiatives in skill training is also demanding minimum 10th pass. Most of the jobs in industry requires minimum 10th passed certificate. On the other hand those who are not able to reach even 10th standards are from the most marginalized communities and there are no institutes or organisations focusing on their wellbeing.