Lok Sabha Question No. 3831 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-08-09
Subject: Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: S.SELVAKUMARA CHINNAYAN, HARINDER SINGH KHALSA, DHARAM VIRA GANDHI, P.K.SREEMATHI TEACHER

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3831 TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.08.2017

## SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

3831.  SHRI S. SELVAKUMARA CHINNAYAN:  SHRI HARINDER SINGH KHALSA:

SHRI DHARAM VIRA:

SHRIMATI PK. SREEMATHI TEACHER:

## Will  the  Minister  of  SKILL  DEVELOPMENT  AND  ENTREPRENEURSHIP  be pleased to state:

- (a) the  target  set  and  achieved  by  the  Government  for  development  of  skill  and entrepreneurship since its inception;
- (b) whether any monitoring mechanism is in place so that the allocated money for the scheme may not be misused and if so, the details thereof and if not the reasons therefor;
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  assessed  the  skilled  manpower  requirement  for different sectors and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether the Government has developed new schemes to support rural uneducated women and young entrepreneurs and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) whether the Government intends to create more jobs and ensure that training leads to a hassle free transition into jobs and is also planning to release a definition of skills in line with international standards?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) IN THE MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP (SHRI RAJIV PRATAP RUDY)

- (a) Ministry is implementing Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) on pan India  basis  with  an  objective  to  train  one  crore  youth  over  four  years  (2016-20)  with  an outlay  of  12,000  crore.  As  on  6 th July  2017,  30,67,000  candidates  have  been  trained  / undergoing training under PMKVY.
- (b) The guidelines of the PMKVY was modified to make it more transparent, effective and  target  oriented.  The  provision  of  continuous  monitoring  of  scheme  has  been envisaged. Under this self-audit reporting, call validations, surprise visits  and monitoring through  the  Skills  Development  Management  System  (SDMS)  have  been  adopted. Additionally, the process of accreditation and affiliation of TCs has been made completely transparent  and  they  have  to  mandatorily  go  through  SMART  for  accreditation.  Target allocation  to  TP/TC  is  linked  with  its  grading  which  are  based  on  achievement  of parameters contained in performance as well as compliance matrix.

(c) The  Human Resource Requirement  Reports  were  commissioned by  the  National Skill  Development  Corporation  (NSDC)  under  the  Ministry  of  Skill  Development  and Entrepreneurship.  The  objective  of  these  Reports  was  to  understand  the  sectoral  and geographical  spread  of  incremental  skill  requirements  across  24  high  priority  sectors between  2013-17  and  2017-22.  The  study  estimated  incremental  human  resource requirement of 103.4 million during 2017-2022 across these 24 sectors. (d) Pradhan  Mantri  Kaushal  Vikas  Yojana  (PMKVY)  is  for  all  sections  of  the  society including uneducated  women  and  young entrepreneurs. Further, Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (MSDE) is implementing Pradhan Mantri Yuva Udyamita Vikas  Abhiyaan  (PM-YUVA)  to  impart  entrepreneurship  education  and  training.  The scheme spans over five years (2016-17 to 2020-21) with a project cost of Rs. 499.94 crore with an aim to provide entrepreneurship education and training to over 14.5 lakh students throughout the country and is likely to create approx 30,000 start-ups over 5 years. (e) Under PMKVY 2016-20 scheme, the focus on employment has been significantly enhanced.  Scheme  incentivizes  Training  Centers  (TCs)/  Training  Partners  (TPs)  for facilitating placement of the trained candidates. TCs are mandated to organize placement/rozgar  melas  every  six  month  with  the  support  of  Sector  Skill  Council. Additionally, there is a special provision in the scheme to provide post placement support to women, PwDs and candidates from special areas (LWE, North East region and J&K). There  is  no  standard  international  definition  of  skills  and  the  manner  in  which skilled  manpower  is  assessed  may  also  differ  across  nations.  However,  effort  is  to estimate  skilled  manpower  in  a  way  which  is  most  comparable  to  the  practice  followed internationally.

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