Lok Sabha Question No. 5168 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-04-05
Subject: Skilled Labour
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: TATHAGATA SATPATHY, RAOSAHEB PATIL DANVE, B.V. NAYAK, RAMA KISHORE SINGH, SUNIL KUMAR MONDAL, RAMESH POKHRIYAL NISHANK, KAMLA DEVI PATLE, PANKAJ CHOWDHARY, RAM CHARITRA, MALLIKARJUN  KHARGE, RATTAN LAL KATARIA, ANOOP MISHRA, BHAIRON PRASAD MISHRA, OM PRAKASH YADAV, JANARDAN MISHRA, RAVINDRA KUMAR PANDEY, RAGHAV LAKHANPAL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5168 TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.04.2017

## Skilled Labour

5168. SHRI TATHAGATA SATPATHY:

SHRI RAOSAHEB DANVE PATIL:

SHRI B.V. NAIK:

SHRI RAMA KISHORE SINGH:

SHRI SUNIL KUMAR MONDAL:

DR. RAMESH POKHRIYAL 'NISHANK':

SHRIMATI KAMLA DEVI PAATLE:

SHRI PANKAJ CHAUDHARY:

SHRI RAM CHARITRA NISHAD:

SHRI MALLIKARJUN KHARGE:

SHRI RATTAN LAL KATARIA:

SHRI ANOOP MISHRA:

SHRI BHAIRON PRASAD MISHRA:

SHRI OM PRAKASH YADAV:

SHRI JANARDAN MISHRA:

SHRI RAVINDRA KUMAR PANDEY:

SHRI RAGHAV LAKHANPAL:

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

- (a) the  State-wise  details  of  the  ratio  of  women  and  men  who  have  been  provided training  and  job  under  Skill  Development  Scheme  along with  funds allocated during  the last three years for this purpose;
- (b) whether the Government has formulated any policy to provide training to the youth with the assistance of various companies and industries and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the  number  of  persons  who  have  been  trained  and  benefited  from  the  Pradhan Mantri  Kaushal  Vikas  Yojana  particularly  belonging  to  the  Scheduled  Castes  and  the Scheduled Tribes along with number of youth granted certificate so far;
- (d) the  manner  in  which  the  basic  requirement  like  improvement  in  courses,  better education and trained teachers are being made more effective under this scheme; and
- (e) whether  Government  has  achieved  its  skill  development  targets  in  the  last  three years particularly under the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana, if so, the details thereof and if not, the action Government plans to undertake to remedy the same?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) Ministry through National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) is implementing its flagship  schemes namely Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) on pan India basis  to  cover  the  prospective  youths.    PMKVY  enables  large  number  of  prospective youths for taking short term fresh training and Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) through accredited and affiliated training partner/training centers. The state-wise details of women and men enrolled under PMKVY are given at Annexure I.

(b) Ministry  has  undertaken  various  measures  to  encourage  greater  participation  of industry in skilling ecosystem especially in skill training.  Government has developed and designed  dynamic  and  demand  driven  curriculum  &  standards  through  industry  led  Sector  Skill  Council.  These  curriculum  are  aligned  with  latest  National  Occupational Standard (NOS)/ Qualification Packs (QPs).On the other hand, industries are encouraged to  participate  as  training  partners  to  run  the  high  employment  potential  courses  through appropriate accreditation and affiliation framework.

Under flagship scheme, Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY), industries are actively participating as training partner/centre in training- cum- placement activities of the  candidates. Scheme incentivises Training Centers (TCs) for facilitating placement of the trained candidates. TCs are mandated to organize Placement / Rozgar Melas every six months with support from the Sector Skill Councils (SSCs) and to ensure participation of local industry. Under the PMKVY Scheme, the prospective youth candidates are targeted to  impart  skill  Training.  Post  placement  support  of  Rs.  1450  per  month  per  trainee  is applicable for Special groups (which includes women and PWD candidates)/Special Areas (includes  NE  states,  J&K,  LWE  regions  and  others)  for  2  or  3  months  depending  on Placement within or outside the District of Domicile of the candidate.

(c) The number of persons who have been trained and certified under PMKVY (201516) particularly belonging to SCs and STs is given below:

| Candidate   |   Trained |   Certified |
|-------------|-----------|-------------|
| Gen         |    909274 |      654137 |
| OBC         |    704286 |      523109 |
| PH          |       378 |         267 |
| SC          |    275725 |      200699 |
| ST          |     83562 |       56546 |

(d) For  full  effective  implementation  of  PMKVY  Scheme,  several  measures  including Digital  initiatives  have  been  taken  to  enhance the  transparency  and  accountability, changes in the area of center validation, job roles, trainee handbooks,  certificate, attendance and finance related have been incorporated. Under Skill development training process, digitalization achieved with the introduction of SMART portal as one stop solution for all centre accreditation and affiliation process, SDMS  for  monitoring of fund disbursement, Assessment  Apps  for  assessment  of candidates, Skill Up  App  for mobilization  of  candidates,  Digi-Locker  for  integration  of  candidates  and  their  digital certificates, Labour Market Information System (LMIS) for repository of digital employment actions details of the skilled candidates and socio-economy data etc.

(e) Under PMKVY 2015-16, 18,01,936 candidates under Fresh Training and, 1,80,511 for RPL have been trained. The State wise number of beneficiaries under PMKVY is given at Annexure-II.

## Annexure I

| State             |   Female Candidates Enrolled |   Male Candidates Enrolled |
|-------------------|------------------------------|----------------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh    |                         5206 |                       5421 |
| Assam             |                         5776 |                       3035 |
| Bihar             |                         7296 |                      12484 |
| Chandigarh        |                           34 |                         40 |
| Chhattisgarh      |                         1163 |                       1765 |
| Delhi             |                        11622 |                       7042 |
| Goa               |                          102 |                         78 |
| Gujarat           |                         2041 |                       3011 |
| Haryana           |                        15250 |                      14840 |
| Himachal Pradesh  |                          470 |                        509 |
| Jammu and Kashmir |                         5158 |                       3865 |
| Jharkhand         |                         1897 |                       1028 |
| Karnataka         |                         2560 |                       3959 |
| Kerala            |                         1710 |                       2046 |
| Madhya Pradesh    |                        12453 |                      10931 |
| Maharashtra       |                         7755 |                       6064 |
| Manipur           |                          254 |                        133 |
| Meghalaya         |                          366 |                        134 |
| Nagaland          |                          556 |                        228 |
| Odisha            |                         2889 |                       4067 |
| Puducherry        |                          535 |                        313 |
| Punjab            |                         9736 |                       5513 |
| Rajasthan         |                        17908 |                      24019 |
| Sikkim            |                           98 |                        108 |
| Tamil Nadu        |                        16805 |                       6021 |
| Telangana         |                         8510 |                       8493 |
| Tripura           |                          670 |                        416 |
| Uttar Pradesh     |                        28970 |                      32259 |
| Uttarakhand       |                         2695 |                       1869 |
| West Bengal       |                        10154 |                      11133 |
| Grand Total       |                       180639 |                     170824 |

## Annexure II Nov, 2016

## State/UT-wise number of beneficiaries under PMKVY as on 11 th

| S. N.   | State/UT                    |   Fresh Training |    RPL |
|---------|-----------------------------|------------------|--------|
| 1       | Andaman and Nicobar Islands |              194 |      0 |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh              |           129611 |   6514 |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh           |             1017 |      0 |
| 4       | Assam                       |            31184 |   2225 |
| 5       | Bihar                       |            89252 |   2766 |
| 6       | Chandigarh                  |             4851 |    181 |
| 7       | Chhattisgarh                |            36488 |    814 |
| 8       | Dadra and Nagar Haveli      |              258 |      0 |
| 9       | Daman and Diu               |              230 |      0 |
| 10      | Delhi                       |            75194 |  30488 |
| 11      | Goa                         |              499 |      0 |
| 12      | Gujarat                     |            43324 |    675 |
| 13      | Haryana                     |            81885 |   4999 |
| 14      | Himachal Pradesh            |            22738 |    153 |
| 15      | Jammu and Kashmir           |            17779 |    398 |
| 16      | Jharkhand                   |            26518 |   2015 |
| 17      | Karnataka                   |            73607 |   3429 |
| 18      | Kerala                      |            14689 |    650 |
| 19      | Madhya Pradesh              |           159595 |   9161 |
| 20      | Maharashtra                 |            84455 |  24961 |
| 21      | Manipur                     |             1328 |    275 |
| 22      | Meghalaya                   |             1701 |      0 |
| 23      | Mizoram                     |             1030 |      0 |
| 24      | Nagaland                    |             1271 |      0 |
| 25      | Odisha                      |            56822 |   4517 |
| 26      | Puducherry                  |             7070 |    231 |
| 27      | Punjab                      |            72531 |  12093 |
| 28      | Rajasthan                   |           113162 |  20405 |
| 29      | Sikkim                      |              886 |      0 |
| 30      | Tamil Nadu                  |           151570 |  17643 |
| 31      | Telangana                   |            98653 |  10819 |
| 32      | Tripura                     |            14018 |   1122 |
| 33      | Uttar Pradesh               |           259004 |  12985 |
| 34      | Uttarakhand                 |            13675 |    143 |
| 35      | West Bengal                 |           118052 |  11028 |
| TOTAL   | TOTAL                       |          1804141 | 180690 |

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