Lok Sabha Question No. 4065 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-08-10
Subject: Implementation of Skill Development Schemes
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: ARUN KUMAR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4065

TO BE ANSWERED ON 10 .08.2017

## IMPLEMENTATION OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT SCHEMES

## 4065. DR. ARUN KUMAR:

W ill the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state :

- (a) whether various programmes for skill development and employment are being implemented by his Ministry and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether  any  financial  assistance  was  provided  to  various  organisations  for effective implementation and to make the programmes successful and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether various organisations have not utilised or have partially utilised the funds received as financial assistance in advance during the last five years and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether the Government proposes to recover the amount from the organisations  which  have  not  completed  their  works  despite  getting  the fina ncial assistance in advance from the Government;
- (e) if so, the details thereof and the time by which it is likely to be recovered; a
- (f) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## ( SHRI RAM KRIPAL YADAV )

- (a) : Ministry  of  Rural  Development  is  implementing  the  following  skill  developmen schemes as below :
- (i)  Deen  Dayal  Upadhyaya  Grameen  Kaushalya  Yojana  (DDU - GKY),  which  is  a placement linked skill development scheme for rural poor.
- (ii) Skill development program for self employment under Employment Training Institute (RSETI)

Rural

- (iii) Barefoot Technicians (BFT) training of educated youths from local MGNREGA households in the basic concepts of civil engineering and involve them in planning, doing layout, measuring and supervising MGNREGA works.
- (iv) Skilling of rural masons under the PMAY - Rural scheme.

Self

(v) Mahila Kisan Sashaktikaran Yojana (MKSP) which is a special programme for agriculture based livelihood enhancement .

(b) : DDU - GKY funds are released to designated State Rural Livelihoods Missions/Stat Skill Development Missions and in few instances (old projects) to Central Technical Su Agencies  (NIRD  and  NABCONS)  for  project  implementation  through  registered  P roject Implementation  Agencies.  RSETI  funds  are  reimbursed  to  Lead  Banks  administering  the program  for  training  rural  poor  candidates  through  concerned  State  Rural  Livelih Missions  and  infrastructure  support  through  NIRD.  Financial  assistance  for  BFT, Rural Mason and MKSP skilling programs is provided to the concerned State Rural Livelihood Mission for implementation.

(c) to (e) : As  per  available  information,  19  Project  Implementation  Agencies  under DDU - GKY  were  not  able  to  achieve  the  target  milesto nes  for  the  project  or  violated  the Guidelines. In these cases recovery of project funds sanctioned along with interest h ordered as per details in Annexure.

(f) : Does not arise in view of reply given to part (c) to (e) above.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 4065 FOR REPLY IN LOK SABHA ON 10.8.2017

Details of penalty imposed/action taken to recover funds from nonperforming/under performing projects in DDU-GKY

|   Sl No. | State          | PIA name                                                            |
|----------|----------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Assam          | Adyana Learning Solutions Pvt. Ltd. (ALSPL)                         |
|        2 | Assam          | Aurobindo Chaudhuri Memorial Great India Dream Foundtaion (ACMGIDF) |
|        3 | Assam          | Helios and Matheson IT Banglore Ltd. (HMITBL)                       |
|        4 | Assam          | IndiaCan Education Pvt. Ltd. (IEPL)                                 |
|        5 | Jharkhand      | Aurobindo Chaudhuri Memorial Great India Dream Foundtaion (ACMGIDF) |
|        6 | Jharkhand      | Bhartiya Samaj Kalyan Avom Gramin Vikas Sansthan (BSKAGVS)          |
|        7 | Jharkhand      | Busy Infoteh Pvt. Ltd. (BIPL)                                       |
|        8 | Karnataka      | Helios and Matheson IT Banglore Ltd. (HMITBL)                       |
|        9 | Karnataka      | Shriram New Horizons Ltd. (SNHL)                                    |
|       10 | Karnataka      | Technopak Advisors Pvt. Ltd. (TAPL)                                 |
|       11 | Kerala         | Helios and Matheson IT Banglore Ltd. (HMITBL)                       |
|       12 | Madhya Pradesh | Busy Infoteh Pvt. Ltd. (BIPL)                                       |
|       13 | Odisha         | Aurobindo Chaudhuri Memorial Great India Dream Foundtaion (ACMGIDF) |
|       14 | Sikkim         | ITFT                                                                |
|       15 | Tripura        | AROH Foundation                                                     |
|       16 | Uttar Pradesh  | International Computer Institute (ICI)                              |
|       17 | Uttar Pradesh  | Busy Infoteh Pvt. Ltd. (BIPL)                                       |
|       18 | Uttar Pradesh  | Sitapur Siksha Sansthan Trust (SSST)                                |
|       19 | Uttar Pradesh  | Sitapur Siksha Sansthan Trust (SSST)                                |