Lok Sabha Question No. 1292 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-11-23
Subject: Skill Development for person with disabilities
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: NISHIKANT  DUBEY, B. SREERAMULU

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1292 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.11.2016

## SKILL DEVELOPMENT FOR PERSON WITH DISABILITIES

1292. SHRI NISHIKANT DUBEY:

SHRI B. SRIRAMULU:

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

- (a) whether  any  skill  development  programmes  are  being  run  by  the  Government specifically for visually impaired and persons with disabilities;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the number of such persons enrolled in rural areas, especially in Jharkhand along with the percentage of such persons who have been gainfully employed?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (c)  Yes  Madam,  Government  has  accorded  the  high  priority  to  empower  Persons  with Disabilities  (SCPwD)  through  imparting  skill  training.    Government  runs  two  flagship  scheme known as Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) and Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Kendra (PMKK) on pan -India basis to cover the prospective youths including Persons with disabilities. PMKVY enables large number of prospective youths for taking short term fresh training through accredited  and  affiliated  training  partner/training  centers.  Under  PMKK,  government  intends  to establish  a  model  skill  centre  in  every  district  for  imparting  skill  training  to  aspirational  youths through PMKVY. Government has constituted Skill Council for Persons with Disabilities (SCPwD) in consultation with sector experts for assessing skill needs of various job roles and developing job specific standards called Qualification packs- National Occupational Standards (QP-NOS). SCPwD has been working on mobilizing training partners towards fulfilling the skill initiatives of PwD under PMKVY. Training providers/Training Centres develop curriculum and align it with  the respective QP.

Under  revised  PMKVY  (2016-20),  special  focus  and  impetus  has  been  given  on  PWD candidates for skilling such as base cost increment of 10% for PWD candidate to training centers, conveyance cost to PWD candidate of Rs 1500/1000 per month depending of district of domicile of candidate,  boarding  and  lodging  disbursement  to  training  centers  for  PWD  candidates,  post placement  support  of  Rs  1450  per  month  for  either  two  or  three  months  subject  to  placement location  and    Encouragement  to  comply  with  disable  friendly  infrastructure   across  Training Centers.

Under PMKVY, Till now, out of total enrollment of 12589 persons with disabilities, 11601 were trained. No PwD candidate was trained under this scheme in the State of Jharkhand.

Ministry  of  Social  Justice  and  Empowerment  in  collaboration  with  Ministry  has  launched National Action Plan (NAP) for Skill Development of Persons with Disabilities on 21 st March, 2015. In  order  to  implement  NAP,  202  Training  Partners  has  been  empanelled  consisting  of  14 Government  Organizations  and  188  Voluntary  Organizations.  Apart  from  these  Empanelled Training Partners, skilling of Persons with Disabilities is also being done through seven National Institutes  and  National  Handicapped  Finance  and  Development  Corporation  (a  Public  Sector Undertaking  under  Department  of  Empowerment  of  Persons  with  Disabilities).  The  number  of empanelled training partners, State-wise, is provided in Annexure-I

## State-wise number of empanelled training partners

| S. No.   | State/UT                  |   No. of Empanelled Training Partners (ETPs) |
|----------|---------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh            |                                           10 |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh         |                                            1 |
| 3        | Assam                     |                                            9 |
| 4        | Bihar                     |                                            3 |
| 5        | Chhatisgarh               |                                            2 |
| 6        | Goa                       |                                            0 |
| 7        | Gujarat                   |                                            3 |
| 8        | Haryana                   |                                            5 |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh          |                                            2 |
| 10       | Jammu & Kashmir           |                                            5 |
| 11       | Jharkhand                 |                                            2 |
| 12       | Karnataka                 |                                           12 |
| 13       | Kerala                    |                                            2 |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh            |                                           24 |
| 15       | Maharashtra               |                                            5 |
| 16       | Manipur                   |                                            5 |
| 17       | Meghalaya                 |                                            2 |
| 18       | Mizoram                   |                                            0 |
| 19       | Nagaland                  |                                            0 |
| 20       | Odisha                    |                                            8 |
| 21       | Punjab                    |                                            4 |
| 22       | Rajasthan                 |                                            6 |
| 23       | Sikkim                    |                                            1 |
| 24       | Tamil Nadu                |                                            6 |
| 25       | Telangana                 |                                            4 |
| 26       | Tripura                   |                                            1 |
| 27       | Uttar Pradesh             |                                           22 |
| 28       | Uttarakhand               |                                            4 |
| 29       | West Bengal               |                                           24 |
| 30       | Andaman & Nicobar Islands |                                            0 |
| 31       | Chandigarh                |                                            4 |
| 32       | Dadra and Nagar Haveli    |                                            0 |
| 33       | Daman and Diu             |                                            0 |
| 34       | Delhi                     |                                           26 |
| 35       | Lakshadweep               |                                            0 |
| 36       | Puducherry                |                                            0 |
| TOTAL    |                           |                                          202 |

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## Annexure-I