Vocational Education and Training (VET) is an important element of the nation’s Education initiative. Vocational education & skill development both go hand in hand and are interrelated to each other. It is related to productivity. Vocational education prepares individuals for jobs and it is the need of the hour for every country to have strong vocational education system. It can be defined as skilled based education. In India there is a need of vocational education which enhances skill development as it is very low in percentage as compare to higher education. The Indian education system recognizes the role of education and particularly vocational education. The report of the Indian Education Commission (Kothari Commission (1964-66), set a number of goals to be pursued; one of them was “to vocationalize secondary education”. National Council for Vocational Training, an advisory body, was set up by the Government of India plays its important role in implementation of vocational education in India. Although there are lots many areas in which India is facing problems in vocational education implementation. The paper discuss about the challenges faced in the successful implementation of vocational education. The present paper also looks into the insight of existing policies and initiatives taken by the Government of India to increase the quality of vocational education & skill development in India.