Lok Sabha Question No. 1255 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-07-24
Subject: ‘Linking of Skill Development Department
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: PR. SENTHILNATHAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1255 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24 th  JULY, 2017

## LINKING OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT

1255.  SHRI PR. SENTHIL NATHAN:

Will the Minister of LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has successfully linked the skill    development department  of  the  Ministry  of  Labour  and  Employment  with  the  Nodal agencies NSDC and PMKY and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the details of the Skill Development activities undertaken by the Labour Ministry during the last three years, year-wise and State/UT-wise; and
- (c) the total number of Skill training partners and amount spent through each of them during the said period State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (IC) FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SHRI BANDARU DATTATREYA)

(a)  to  (c):  A  new  Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (MSDE) has been formed to focus on enhancing  employability of the youth through skill development. The skilling and training activities of MoLE under the DG Training has  also been  shifted to  MSDE  since  April,  2015.  MoLE  is implementing the National Career Service (NCS) Project as a Mission Mode Project  for  transforming  the  National  Employment  Service  to  provide  a variety  of  employment  related  services  like  registration  of  job  seekers, employers, job matching, career counselling, vocational guidance, etc. The NCS Portal (www.ncs.gov.in) is supported by toll-free call centre/helpdesk (1800-425-1514) for assisting job seekers. The NCS has active linkages with MSDE for the skilled job seekers. Directorate General of Employment under MoLE  imparts  training  to  SC/ST  candidates  and  Persons  with  Disabilities through its centres. During 2014-15, 2015-16 and 2016-2017 National Career Service Centres for  Differently Abled have rehabilitated around 50 thousand Persons  with  Disabilities  and  National  Career  Service  Centres  for  SC/ST have  trained  /skilled  around  84  thousand  SC/ST  candidates.  State  wise location of these centres are annex.

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## ANNEX

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  to  (c)  OF  THE  LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1255 DUE FOR REPLY ON 24-07-2017

## List of National Career Service Centres for SC/ST& DA

| Sl.No            | State              | Location of NCSC- SC/ST   | Location of NCSC- DA   |
|------------------|--------------------|---------------------------|------------------------|
| 1 Arunachal      | Ita Nagar          | -                         |                        |
| 2                | Guwahati           | Guwahati                  | Pradesh Assam          |
| 3 West           | Kolkata            | Kolkata                   | Bengal                 |
| 4 Odisha         | Bhubaneswar        |                           | Bhubaneswar            |
| 5 Meghalaya      | Jowai              |                           | -                      |
| 6 Jharkhand      | Ranchi             | Ranchi                    |                        |
| 7 Uttar Pradesh  | Kanpur             | Kanpur                    |                        |
| 8 Madhya Pradesh | Jabalpur           | Jabalpur                  |                        |
| 9 Delhi          | Delhi              | Delhi                     |                        |
| 10 Rajathan      | Jaipur             | Jaipur                    |                        |
| 11 Punjab        | Jalandhar          | Ludhiana                  |                        |
| Jammu &          | Jammu              | Srinagar                  | 12                     |
| 13 Gujarat       | Surat              | Ahmedabad,                |                        |
| Mizoram          | Aizwal             | -                         | 14                     |
| Maharashtra      | Nagpur             | Mumbai                    | 15                     |
| Puducherry       | Puducherry         | Puducherry                | 16                     |
| Tamilnadu        | Chennai            | Chennai                   | 17                     |
| Telangana        | Hyderabad          | Hyderabad                 | 18                     |
| 19 Karnataka     | Bengaluru          |                           | Bengaluru              |
| 20 Kerala        | Thiruvananthapuram |                           | Thiruvananthapuram     |
| 21 Himachal      | Mandi              | Una                       | Pradesh                |
| Nagaland         | Kohima             | -                         | 22                     |
| Haryana          | Hisar              | -                         | 23                     |
| Manipur          | Imphal             | -                         | 24                     |
| Andhra Pradesh   | Vishakhapattanam   | -                         | 25                     |
| 26 Tripura       | -                  |                           | Agartala               |
| 27 Bihar         | -                  |                           | Patna                  |