Lok Sabha Question No. 236 (STARRED), answered on 2018-03-12
Subject: Training of Jobseekers
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: PRITAM GOPINATH MUNDE, SHIVAJI ADHALRAO PATIL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO. *236 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.03.2018

## TRAINING OF JOBSEEKERS

## *236.  DR. PRITAM GOPINATH MUNDE, SHRI ADHALRAO PATIL SHIVAJIRAO:

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

- (a) whether technology continues to be a key transformational lever not just for India but for the countries across the world and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether  the  Government  has  already  begun  the  process  of  training  10  million potential jobseekers by 2020 under its Skill India Mission and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether  the  lack  of  quality  trainers,  inadequacies  in  training  programmes  and high dropout rates remain hurdles to skill development and if so, the facts thereof;
- (d) whether  some  companies  have  collaborated  with  the  Ministry  for  launching diploma courses to make the next generation skilled enough to take up future jobs and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) whether there is a need for working closely with the industries and academia to expand and scale the skill development programmes, if so, the details thereof and the steps taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) to (e)  A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN    REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  to  (e)  of  LOK  SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 236 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.03.2018 ASKED BY  DR. PRITAM GOPINATH MUNDE, SHRI ADHALRAO PATIL SHIVAJIRAO REGARDING 'TRAINING OF JOBSEEKERS'

- (a) Technological change is a major driver of growth and development and equally impacts labour market. New  technological innovations underpinning the Fourth Industrial Revolution, such as Big Data, 3-D printing, artificial intelligence and robotics, are  already  having  a  transformative  impact on  the  nature  of  jobs globally.  As  per  the Future of Jobs  Report of the  World  Economic  Forum,  these  major  drivers of transformation  are  expected  to  have  a  significant  impact  on  jobs,  ranging  from significant job creation to job displacement and from heightened labour productivity to widening  skill  gaps.  The  Report  also  suggests  that  a  number  of  skills  that  are  not considered to be significant today will constitute more than a third of the desired core skill sets of most occupations by 2020.
- (b) The Government is implementing schemes for imparting employable skills to the youth  through  short  term  and  long  term  training.  The  Pradhan  Mantri  Kaushal  Vikas Yojana  (PMKVY)  is  the  flagship  scheme  of  the  Ministry  of  Skill  Development  and Entrepreneurship,  providing  short  term  training  to  the  youth  through  affiliated  training partners/ training centres. After successful implementation of the Scheme during 201516, Government has modified its guidelines to make it more effective, transparent and beneficiary  oriented  and  re-launched  it  as  PMKVY-2  (2016-20).  Target  under  the Scheme  is  to  provide  skilling  to  one  crore  people  (60  lakh  under  Fresh  Short  Term Training  and  40  lakh  under  Recognition  of  Prior  Learning  (RPL))  over  the  four  years (2016-2020) with an outlay of Rs. 12,000 crore. Till now, about 46.75 lakhs candidates (32.02 lakh STT  +  8.28  lakh RPL)/  undergoing  training (6.45 lakh appx.) are trained/undergoing  training under  Short  Term  Training  and  Recognition  of  Prior Learning.  Long  term  training  is  being  imparted  through  Industrial  Training  Institutes (ITIs).There are 13912 ITIs in the country with seating capacity of 29.6 lakh.
- (c) The  skilling  ecosystem  has  a  number  of  challenges  including  availability  of quality trainers. However, the Government has taken a number of steps to improve the quality of training and make training more effective. In order to overcome the shortage of quality trainers for skill training, the National Council of Vocational Training (NCVT) has mandated that all trainers in ITIs need to be CITS (Crafts Instructor Training Scheme) trained. National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) has developed a framework for the training of trainers and PMKVY (2016-2020) mandates skill training through trained trainers only. In FY 2017-18 till date, under PMKVY, 17500 trainers have been trained by  various  Sector  Skill  Councils.  In  addition  steps  such  as  Aadhar  enabled  biometric attendance of trainers and regular monitoring of centres, have been taken.
- (d) Some Private Sector and Public-Sector Undertakings have collaborated with the Government  and  contributed their CSR  funds  to NSDC  through  National Skill Development  Fund  (NSDF)  for  undertaking  short  term  skill  training  programmes. Similarly, Directorate General  of Training (DGT)  has  collaborated with IBM  for introduction of two years 'Advanced Technical Diploma', for ITI pass outs in the field of 'IT, Networking and Cloud Computing'. An MoU between DGT and IBM was signed on 9 th February,  2018.  These  courses  are  proposed  to  be  conducted  initially  on  a  pilot basis at Apex Hi Tech Institute (AHI), Bangalore and Advanced Training Institute (ATI), Hyderabad.

(e) There is a need for working closely with the industries and academia on various aspects of the skilling value chaindevelopment of standards, on-the-job training/apprenticeship,  curriculum  development,  master  training  programs  etc.  The Ministry is working closely with industry associations, large companies and MSMEs for encouraging them to setup high quality skill development centres, to cater to both their captive  needs  and  the  demand  of  the  sector/region.  For  a  better  industry  connect, Sector Skill Councils have been set up as autonomous industry-led bodies. Further, in order to promote  apprenticeship, thereby creating industry-ready workforce, the Government has launched the National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (NAPS) on 19 th August 2016.

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