Lok Sabha Question No. 2680 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-12
Subject: Goals under NSDM
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: RENUKA BUTTA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2680 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.03.2018

## GOALS UNDER NSDM

## 2680. SHRIMATI BUTTA RENUKA:

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

- (a) whether the Government has fixed any goals under the National Skill Development Mission (NSDM);
- (b) the  details  of  the  achievements/  targets  of  NSDM  in  the  last  two  years  and proposals to achieve those goals in the coming two years; and
- (c) the  details  of  funds  allocated/  proposed  to  be  allocated  to  NSDM  in  order  to achieve its set goals for the years 2018- 19 and further, year-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER IN THE MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

- (a) The  National  Skill  Development  Mission  (NSDM)  launched  on  15 th July,  2015 aims to provide a strong institutional framework to rapidly implement and scale up skill development  efforts  across  the  country.  The  key  institutional  mechanisms  under  the Mission  have  been  divided  into  3  tiers,  consisting  of  Governing  Council  at  the  apex level,  a  Steering  Committee  and  a  Mission  Directorate  (along  with  an  Executive Committee). The major objectives of the National Mission, inter alia, are the following:
- (i) Providing opportunities for quality long and short-term skill training.
- (ii) Providing  pathways for re-skilling  and  up-skilling  of  workers  to  enable  them for transition from informal to formal sector employment.
- (iii) Aligning skill training to the needs of the industry.
- (iv) Developing a network of instructors/trainers in the skill development ecosystem.
- (v) Enabling  pathways  for  transitioning  between  the  vocational  training  system and the formal education system, through a credit transfer system.
- (vi) Promoting convergence and co-ordination between skill development efforts of all Central Ministries/Departments/States/implementing agencies.
- (vii) Maintaining a national database.

(b) A number of steps have been taken by the Government to achieve the objectives of NSDM. The Government is implementing schemes for imparting employable skills to the  youth  through  short  term  and  long  term  training.  Under  Pradhan  Mantri  Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY), the flagship scheme of the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship  (MSDE),  about  46.75  lakh  candidates  (32.02  lakh  STT  +  8.28  lakh RPL) / undergoing training (6.45 lakh appx.) are trained/undergoing training so far under Short Term Training and Recognition of Prior Learning.

Initiative has also been taken to set up Model Skill Centres called Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Kendras (PMKKs), in districts. So far, 526 PMKKs have been allocated to 485 districts throughout the country. Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) infrastructure has been strengthened to impart long term training.There are 13912 ITIs in the country with seating capacity of 29.6 lakh. In  order  to  promote  apprenticeship,  thereby  creating  industry-ready  workforce, the Government has launched the National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (NAPS) on  19 th August  2016  under  which  2.92  lakh  apprentices  have  been  engaged/trained during 2016-17 and 2017-18. Convergence with 20 Central Ministries/Departments implementing skill development  programmes  has  been  initiated.  Under  this  initiative,  104.16  lakh  and 90.78  lakh  youth  have  so  far  been  trained  under  various  programmes  of  these Ministries/Departments in 2015-16 and 2016-17 respectively. To improve the quality of trainings, the Government notified the  National Skills Qualifications  Framework  (NSQF)  on  27th  December  2013  which  is  a  competencybased  framework  that  organizes  all  qualifications  according  to  a  series  of  levels  of knowledge, skills and aptitude. Further, to make skilling aspirational, steps have been taken to provide pathways between  formal  and  vocational  education.    Academic  equivalence  of  class  X/XII  has been provided to ITI graduates through the National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS). National Labour Market Information System (LMIS) has also been initiated to capture labour market information.

(c) The  implementation  of  skilling  activities  under  the  Mission  will  be  as  per  the budget  provisions  of  various  schemes  run  by  the  Ministries/  Departments  under  the respective  heads  of  account.  As  far  as  MSDE  is  concerned,  an  outlay  of  Rs.  12,000 crore has been allocated under PMKVY for four years (2016-2020) of which an amount of Rs.1951.68 crore has been allocated during FY 2018-19.

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