Lok Sabha Question No. 308 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-18
Subject: GST Literacy under PMKVY
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: RAVNEET SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 308 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.12.2017

## GST LITERACY UNDER PMKVY

## 308. SHRI RAVNEET SINGH

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

- (a) whether any support has been provided under the Pradhan   Mantri Kaushal Vikas  Yojana  (PMKVY)  to  create  a  GST  literate  workforce  that  can  assist  smaller enterprises for their GST filings and if so, the details thereof; and
- (b) the  details  of  the  curriculum  of  the  courses,  number  of  people  trained  and duration of the course, State-wise ?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP (SHRI ANANTKUMAR HEGDE)

(a) and (b) Ministry  of  Skill  Development  and  Entrepreneurship,  in  consultation with  Department  of  Revenue,  Central  Board    of  Excise  &  Custom  (CBEC),  and National Academy of Customs, Indirect Taxes & Narcotics (NACIN) under  Ministry of  Finance,  had  finalized  a  roadmap  to  execute  a  training  program for  GST  under MSDE's  flagship  program  Pradhan  Mantri  Kaushal  Vikas  Yojana  (PMKVY).  The candidates  trained  under  this  program  provide  support  to  small  and  medium enterprises/entrepreneurs for filing their returns under GST.

To  execute  this  training,  Banking  Financial  Services  and  Insurance  Sector Skill  Council  (BFSI  SSC)  under  the  supervision  of  MSDE,  developed  a  140  hour (including  40  hours  of  digital  literacy)  course  called  the  GST  Accounts  Assistant Training.  The  job  role  is  a  level  4  course  as  per  National  Skill  Qualification Framework (NSQF) and is duly validated by industry experts. Under PMKVY (201620), 4375 candidates have been trained under GST. The State-wise details are given at Annexure .

Annexure State-wise  number  of  candidates  trained  under  GST  Accounts  Assistant  job

## role under PMKVY 2016-20:

| S. No.   | State Name        |   Total Trained |
|----------|-------------------|-----------------|
| 1.       | Andhra Pradesh    |             150 |
| 2.       | Assam             |             150 |
| 3.       | Bihar             |             449 |
| 4.       | Chhattisgarh      |              89 |
| 5.       | Delhi             |             150 |
| 6.       | Gujarat           |               0 |
| 7.       | Haryana           |             179 |
| 8.       | Jammu and Kashmir |              84 |
| 9.       | Jharkhand         |               0 |
| 10.      | Karnataka         |             436 |
| 11.      | Kerala            |             150 |
| 12.      | Madhya Pradesh    |             277 |
| 13.      | Maharashtra       |              45 |
| 14.      | Odisha            |             283 |
| 15.      | Punjab            |              60 |
| 16.      | Rajasthan         |             141 |
| 17.      | Tamil Nadu        |               0 |
| 18.      | Telangana         |             120 |
| 19.      | Tripura           |              90 |
| 20.      | Uttar Pradesh     |            1222 |
| 21.      | Uttarakhand       |               0 |
| 22.      | West Bengal       |             300 |
| Total    | Total             |            4375 |

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