Lok Sabha Question No. 415 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-02-05
Subject: Formal Skills
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: DINESH TRIVEDI

## pGOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 415 TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.02.2018

## FORMAL SKILLS

## 415. SHRI DINESH TRIVEDI:

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

- (a) the  rate  of  job  growth  in  the  formal  and  informal  sectors  of  the  Indian Economy in the year 2017-18;
- (b) the percentage of workforce with formal skills in India today;
- (c) the  measures  taken  by  the  Government  to  create  formal  skills  in  the  labor force and the success rate of these measures;
- (d) whether the Government has taken cognizance of the fact that India stands at Rank  103,  lower  than  the  BRICS  nations,  amongst  130  countries  on  the  Global Human Capital Index and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) whether the Government has taken/ is planning to take any new measures in response to this low ranking and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b) As per National Sample Survey Office report 'Status of Education and Vocational  Training  in  India',  2011-12,  among  persons  of  age  15-59  years,  about 2.2% have received formal vocational training and 8.6% have received non-formal vocational training.

As per the Labour Bureau report 'Fifth Annual Employment - Unemployment Survey (2015-16)', 47.8% of the persons aged 15 years & above were reported to be employed during the reference period of the survey. The survey results showed that majority of the persons were employed in the primary sector.

(c) to (e) The  Global  Human  Capital  Report,  2017  brought  out  by  the  World Economic Forum (WEF), using their own methodology, ranks 130 countries on how well they are developing their human capital. The report has ranked India lower than

other BRICS nations. The  Government  is  implementing  a  number  of  schemes  for  imparting employable  skills  to  the  youth  through  short  term  and  long  term  training.  Under Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY), the flagship scheme of the Ministry of  Skill  Development  and  Entrepreneurship  (MSDE),  about  34.9  lakh  (about  27.8 lakhs candidates under fresh training and about 7.2 lakhs under Recognition of Prior Learning) candidates have been trained so far. Initiative has also been taken to set up Model Skill Centres called Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Kendras (PMKKs), in districts. As on 15.12.2017, 527 PMKKs have been allocated to 484 districts throughout the country. Industrial  Training  Institutes  (ITIs)  infrastructure  has  been  strengthened  to impart long term training. There are 13912 ITIs in the country with seating capacity of 29.6 lakh. In order to promote apprenticeship, thereby creating industry-ready workforce, the  Government  has  launched  the  National  Apprenticeship  Promotion  Scheme (NAPS)  on  19th  August  2016  under  which  2.92  lakh  apprentices  have  been engaged/trained during 2016-17 and 2017-18.

Convergence with more than 20 Central Ministries/Departments implementing skill  development  programmes  has  been  initiated.  Under  this  initiative,  90.78  lakh people have so far been trained under various programmes of these Ministries/Departments in 2016-17.

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