Lok Sabha Question No. 3660 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-07
Subject: Pradhan Mantri Yuva Yojana
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: SUMEDHANAND SARASWATI, RAHUL RAMESH SHEWALE, SANTOSH AHLAWAT, OM PRAKASH YADAV

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3660 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.12.2016

## PRADHAN MANTRI YUVA YOJANA QUESTION

3660.  SHRI SUMEDHANAND SARSWATI: SHRIMATI SANTOSH AHLAWAT:

SHRI RAHUL SHEWALE: SHRI OM PRAKASH YADAV:

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

- (a) the projected cost of the Pradhan Mantri Yuva Yojana (PMYY) scheme and the number of students who will be provided entrepreneurship education and training during its span;
- (b)  the names and number of institutes identified for providing entrepreneurship education and training, State-wise;
- (c)    whether  there  is  a  need  to  maintain  a  certain  skill  baseline  standard  instead  of  getting caught in the numbers;
- (d)  if so, the steps taken by the Union Government in this regard;
- (e) whether the Union Government has issued guidelines including easy access to information and  mentor  network,  credit,  incubator  and  accelator  to  pave  a  pathway  in  increasing  the employability of trained candidates across States ensuring industry standards; and
- (f)   if so, the response of the State Government thereon?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) IN THE MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP (SHRI RAJIV PRATAP RUDY)

- (a)  Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship launched its flagship scheme Pradhan Mantri YUVA Yojana (erstwhile Udyamita) on 9 th November,  2016  to  impart  entrepreneurship education and training. The scheme spans over five years (2016-17 to 2020-21) with a project cost of Rs. 499.94 crore and will provide entrepreneurship education and training to over 7 lakh students  in  5  years  through  2200  Institutes  of  Higher  Learning  (colleges,  universities,  and premier  institutes),  300  schools,  500  ITIs  and  50  Entrepreneurship  Development  Centres, through Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs).
- (b)  The  State-wise  details  of  the  names  and  number  of  institutes  identified  for  providing entrepreneurship education and training are available at MSDE's website i.e www.msde.gov.in.
- (c) & (d)    Since the scheme will be covering the educational and technical institutes from formal setting  and  this  scheme  will  be  implemented  as  an  additional  course,  it  is  implied  that  the candidates  getting  covered  under  this  scheme  will  have  a  certain  education  skill  baseline assigned to that educational/skill course which the candidate will primarily acquire.
- (e) & (f)   There is no definite guidelines issued by the Union Government for easy access to information  and  mentor  network,  credit,  incubator  and  accelerator  to  pave  a  pathway  in increasing  the  employability  of  candidates  who  have  been  undergone  entrepreneurship education training under Pradhan Mantri YUVA Yojana although different Ministries involved in promotion  of  skills  and  entrepreneurship  have  provided  aggregation  platform  to  facilitate  the required services to the entrepreneurs.

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