Lok Sabha Question No. 3128 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-05
Subject: Technical Education for Youths
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: SAKSHI SWAMI MAHARAJ, HARISH CHANDRA MEENA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3128

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 05 TH  DECEMBER, 2016

## TECHNICAL EDUCATION FOR YOUTHS

3128.   DR. SWAMI SAKSHIJI MAHARAJ: SHRI HARISH MEENA:

## Will the Minister of LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT be please to state:

- whether the Government proposes to open computer education centres at  tehsil  level  to  impart  free  of  cost  computer  education  to  the
- (a) unemployed youths in various States across the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise, including Uttar Pradesh;
- (c) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  formulate  any  alternate  scheme for unemployed persons in the country including rural and tribal youths;
- (d) if so, the details thereof;
- (e) whether  the  Government  is  presently  taking  any  steps  to  generate employment opportunities for unemployed youths in the country including rural and tribal youths; and
- (f) if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  details  of  the  technical education training relating to employment being imparted to the youth in the country, State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (f): As per the information from Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, there is no such proposal. To make youth employable, several schemes are being implemented by various Ministries of the Government of India  for  skill  development  which  include  training  courses  of  duration ranging from few days to more than a year. According to the data compiled by National Skill Development Agency (NSDA), Ministry of Skill Development &  Entrepreneurship  (MSDE),  about  1.04  Crore  persons  were  given  skill development training in the year 2015-16, of which Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology has skilled 2.96 Lakh persons.  State-wise details are not maintained.

As  per  information  from  Ministry  of  Human  Resource  Development (MHRD), Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Schools is a component  of  the  Rashtriya  Madhyamik  Shiksha  Abhiyan  (RMSA)  Scheme which  provides  financial  assistance  to  States/UTs  to  promote  computer enabled  learning  in  Government  and  Government  aided  Secondary  and Higher  Secondary  Schools.      To  promote  e-learning  in  schools  under Computer Aided Learning (CAL) component of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), the States have been provided grant to help  promote science and Mathematics learning in upper primary schools.  The Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan provides  financial  support  to  States/UTs  upto  a  ceiling  of  Rs.  50  lakh  per district  per  year,  for  Computer  Aided  Learning  (CAL)  in  Upper  Primary classes. Government  has  undertaken  several  employment  generation  schemes like Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP), Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY), Mahatma Gandhi National Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Act  (MGNREGA),  National  Urban  Livelihoods Mission (NULM) which can be availed by youth across the country.  A new Scheme  Pradhan  Mantri  Rojgar  Protsahan  Yojana  (PMRPY)  has  been initiated by the Ministry of Labour and Employment in the year 2016-17 for the allocation  of  Rs.  1000  crores.    Under  this  scheme,  employers  would  be where Government will pay the employers share of 8.33% EPS contribution for new incentivising industry for promoting employment  generation with provided an incentive to enhance employment generation employment.

It  has  also  been  decided  to  use  at  least  10%  of  Special  Central Assistance  to  Tribal  Sub-Plan  (SCA-TSP),  Special  Central  Assistance  to Scheduled Castes Sub-Plan (SCA-SCP), Multi-sectoral Development Programme funds and 5% of Border Area Development Programme funds for skill development and enhancing employability of youth.

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