To match India's demand for skilled human resources and aspirations towards sustainable growth, a centrally sponsored scheme of vocationalisation of secondary and higher education was introduced by the Ministry of Human Resource Development in 2012 and updated in 2018.

The Pandit Sundarlai Sharma Central Institute of Vocational Education (PSSCIVE), an affiliate unit of the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) and member of the UNEVOC network, is a centre for research into and development of vocational education for a range of disciplines in line with India's National Skills Qualification Framework (NSQF).

By promoting learning outcome based vocational curricula, PSSCIVE aims to improve teaching-learning processes and with this employability and vocational skills to support occupational mobility and lifelong learning of India's workforce. The National Curriculum is developed by expert groups, made up of leading academics, professionals, policymakers, partner institutions, VET experts, industry representatives and teachers.

The agri-food industry employs roughly 44% of India's workforce, the majority of which have not received formal or informal training. The Department of Agriculture at PSSCIVE has developed several Agriculture and Food Processing courses for occupations such as, Micro-irrigation Technician, Vermicompost Producer and Bamboo Growers, which are now being taught by vocational schools across different states. As well as teaching technical knowledge and the skills needed to produce quality vermicompost using earthworms, food materials and vermicomposting techniques, the Vermicompost Producer course, for example, teaches communication, self-management and basic digital skills. The PSSCIVE is also working to integrate green skills across other disciplines under a set of general employability skills applicable to all sectors.

With the introduction of courses like these, PSSCIVE intends to increase India's share of the global food trade while prioritising sustainable approaches and the opportunity for women to play a greater role in the agriculture and food processing sectors.