Lok Sabha Question No. 5651 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-04-02
Subject: Skill Development for Differently Abled Persons
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: RAMESH POKHRIYAL NISHANK, MANSHANKAR NINAMA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5651 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.04.2018

## SKILL DEVELOPMENT FOR DIFFERENTLY ABLED PERSONS

## †5651. DR. RAMESH POKHRIYAL 'NISHANK', SHRI MANSHANKAR NINAMA:

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

- (a) whether  Skill  Development  Programmes  are  being  run  for  differently  abled persons in the country;

(b) if so, the details thereof;

- (c) the  number  of  persons  benefited  from  these  programmes  during  the  last  five years, State-wise and area-wise;
- (d) the  number  of  differently  abled  persons  who  got  employment  after  attending these programmes; and
- (e) the year-wise details of funds allocated under these programmes during the last four years?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER IN THE MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

(a) to (e) The Government is implementing various skill development programmes to  impart  short  term  and  long  term  training  to  provide  employable  skills  to  the  youth. Short  term  training  is  provided  through  the  Pradhan  Mantri  Kaushal  Vikas  Yojana (PMKVY), the flagship outcome-based skill training scheme of the Ministry. The scheme covers  all  sections  of  society  including  differently  abled.  PMKVY  provides  additional support  to  Persons  with  Disabilities  (PwD)  in  the  form  of  conveyance  cost,  post placement  support,  transportation,  boarding  &  lodging  and  support  for  assistive  aids. Training providers are also incentivized for providing training to PwD candidates through higher base cost reimbursement. Year wise training related details of PwD candidates is at Annexure I. State wise details are at Annexure II.

Under PMKVY 2.0 (2016-2020) a total amount of Rs.1549.27 crore was allocated at scheme level of which Rs.195.50 crore was disbursed in the year 2016-17 and Rs. 1353.78 crore (provisional estimate) in the year 2017-18.

Annexure I

Annexure referred to in reply to LSUQ No. 5651 on SKILL DEVELOPMENT FOR DIFFERENTLY ABLED PERSONS raised by DR. RAMESH POKHRIYAL 'NISHANK', SHRI MANSHANKAR NINAMA, to be answered on 02.04.2018.

|   S.N o. | Year      |   Enrolled | Trained   |   Assessed |   Certified |   Placed |
|----------|-----------|------------|-----------|------------|-------------|----------|
|        1 | 2014-2015 |        131 | 131       |        123 |          43 |       42 |
|        2 | 2015-2016 |        362 | 30 5      |        305 |         226 |       61 |
|        3 | 2016-2017 |        336 | 126       |        105 |          68 |        2 |
|        4 | 2017-2018 |       5521 | 1771      |       1406 |         937 |      299 |

Details of PwD candidates provided training under PMKVY

*Data is inclusive of Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) which does not mandate placement ** Data as on 10.03.2018

Annexure referred to in reply to LSUQ No. 5651 on SKILL DEVELOPMENT FOR DIFFERENTLY ABLED PERSONS raised by DR. RAMESH POKHRIYAL 'NISHANK', SHRI MANSHANKAR NINAMA, to be answered on 02.04.2018.

| S.No.   | State             | FY 16-17   | FY 16-17   | *FY 17-18   | *FY 17-18   | Place d   |
|---------|-------------------|------------|------------|-------------|-------------|-----------|
| S.No.   | State             | Enrolle d  | Traine d   | Enrolle d   | Traine d    | Place d   |
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh    | 17         | 2          | 53          | 23          | 10        |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh | 0          | 0          | 14          | 0           | 0         |
| 3       | Assam             | 10         | 1          | 356         | 4           | 1         |
| 4       | Bihar             | 15         | 4          | 110         | 59          | 9         |
| 5       | Chhattisgarh      | 1          | 0          | 76          | 32          | 3         |
| 6       | Delhi             | 9          | 1          | 25          | 24          | 4         |
| 7       | Goa               | 1          | 1          | 0           | 0           | 1         |
| 8       | Gujarat           | 1          | 0          | 45          | 4           | 2         |
| 9       | Haryana           | 19         | 0          | 677         | 190         | 20        |
| 10      | Himachal Pradesh  | 0          | 0          | 2           | 2           | 0         |
| 11      | Jammu and Kashmir | 1          | 0          | 30          | 4           | 1         |
| 12      | Jharkhand         | 3          | 0          | 138         | 70          | 1         |
| 13      | Karnataka         | 3          | 0          | 268         | 14          | 1         |
| 14      | Kerala            | 1          | 0          | 175         | 6           | 2         |
| 15      | Madhya Pradesh    | 15         | 1          | 108         | 80          | 14        |
| 16      | Maharashtra       | 0          | 0          | 9           | 4           | 0         |
| 17      | Odisha            | 7          | 0          | 31          | 25          | 7         |
| 18      | Puducherry        | 2          | 0          | 0           | 2           | 0         |
| 19      | Punjab            | 35         | 23         | 251         | 201         | 59        |
| 20      | Rajasthan         | 31         | 0          | 207         | 92          | 18        |
| 21      | Tamil Nadu        | 12         | 1          | 527         | 43          | 7         |
| 22      | Telangana         | 17         | 3          | 117         | 56          | 10        |
| 23      | Tripura           | 3          | 0          | 1           | 3           | 0         |
| 24      | Uttar Pradesh     | 63         | 1          | 1673        | 549         | 53        |
| 25      | Uttarakhand       | 3          | 1          | 130         | 8           | 1         |
| 26      | West Bengal       | 56         | 3          | 343         | 195         | 63        |

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