Consider the following statements: 1. The first East India Skills University is being setup in the state of Assam. 2. The PM-YUVA is a Central Sector Scheme for improving youth entrepreneurship in the country. Which of the following is correct?

About Skill India Mission: It was launched in the year 2015. It was launched with an aim of empowering the youth of the country with skill sets that will help them in enhancing their employability. IT set a target of skilling and assisting around 40 crore youth by the year 2022. It has various sub-schemes launched under the aegis of the mission. The first East India Skills University was established in Darrang district, state of Assam (Statement 1 is correct). The first National Skills University is likely to be established in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. Recently, the Maharashtra government cabinet cleared the proposal to set up the first state skill university. Objectives: Closing the gap between the skills people already and what is required by the industry. Skilling people with a primary purpose of employment generation. Have a ripple effect on poverty reduction and improvement in the standard of living. Increase the competence of Indians in the global skills sectors and also Indian businesses. Making Indians ready and helping them prepare for the future skill demands and probable job opportunities likely to come up in future. Quality and market relevance of the skills taught. Diversifying the existing skill development programs to address the contemporary challenges. Building a strong public-private partnership. Features : Emphasis on the traditional employment opportunities and fields: Weaving Cobbling Masonry Welding Nursing Blacksmithing, etc. Addition of new sectors like: Real-estate, Gem industry, Banking, Textiles, Jewellery, Tourism, Designing, Construction, etc. Sector-specific and customized needs-based programs for specific age groups. Various sub-schemes like PM Kaushal Yojana, PM-YUVA, Apprenticeship Program, etc. Pradhan Mantri-YUVA program : It is a sub-scheme under the Skill India Mission. It is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) (Statement 2 is incorrect). It envisions imparting distance vocational education free of cost to all the citizens through Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs) and e-learning systems. It also put forth the idea of social entrepreneurship and encouraging socially, economically and educationally backward communities like SCs, STs, Women, Differently-abled, etc. It has set up an online web-based platform that connects entrepreneurs, investors, financial institutions and business services like legal, technology services. Setting a National Mentor Network for building entrepreneurs. Thus, only statement 1 is correct. So the correct answer is option 1.