Lok Sabha Question No. 2866 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-08-02
Subject: Soft Skill Training
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: PR. SENTHILNATHAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2866 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.08.2017

## SOFT SKILL TRAINING

## 2866. SHRI PR. SENTHIL NATHAN:

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

- (a) whether the Government has allocated any funds for providing IT Training to students in villages/rural areas in the country, particularly in Tamil Nadu;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the effective measures taken by the Government to provide Soft Skill Training and IT and TTES Sector Welfare in Tamil Nadu, through Centre-State Schemes, NASSCOM and ICT Academy; and
- (d) the funds allocated in the last three years, year-wise for the same and the total no. of students who got trained and benefited?

## ANSWER

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

(a) and (b) The  Ministry  of  Skill  Development  and  Entrepreneurship  is  implementing  its flagship  scheme  known  as  Pradhan  Mantri  Kaushal  Vikas  Yojana  (PMKVY)  on  pan  -India basis.  PMKVY  enables  large  number  of  prospective  youths  which  includes  rural  youth  for taking Short Term Training and Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) through accredited and affiliated training partner/training centers. The schemes runs across 221 job roles related to 35 Sector Skill Councils including IT-ITeS sector which is a diverse and exhaustive representation of  the  industry.  6  job  roles  are  under  IT/ITes  SSC  namely  CRM  Domestic  Non-Voice,  CRM Domestic Voice, Domestic Biometric Data Operator, Domestic Data entry Operator, Domestic IT  Helpdesk  Attendant and  Junior Software Developer. Under CSCM, as on 31 st July  2017, total 31,22,905 candidates are trained / undergoing training across country. Out them 77,066 candidates are benefited under IT/ITes sector.

In addition, Ministry of Electronics  and  Information  Technology  is  implementing 'National  Digital  Literacy  Mission  (NDLM)'.  Under  NDLM,  the  objective  was  to  train  10  lakh persons with an aim to cover one person from every eligible household to be made digitally literate  across  the  country  including  rural  India.  Under  Digital  India,  a  new  scheme  entitled 'Digital Saksharta Abhiyan (DISHA)' was approved in December 2014 with a target to train an additional  42.50  lakh  households  in  digital  literacy  over  a  period  of  four  years  across  the country including rural India. The total target of making 52.50 lakh households digitally literate under the above schemes has been achieved in December 2016, out of which around 42% candidates are from rural India including students from villages/rural areas on the country. In the state of Tamil Nadu, a total of 2,79,822 candidates were trained and certified, out of which 1,17,526 candidates were from rural area.

Further, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology is implementing 'Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital Saksharta Abhiyan (PMGDISHA)', aims at ushering in digital literacy in rural  India by covering 6 crore rural households (one person per household) by 31.03.2019. Under this scheme, beneficiaries are between the age group of 14 to 60 years from the rural areas in the country. For the State of Tamil Nadu an indicative target of training of 26.79 lakhs candidates is envisaged for which the indicative funds requirement come to Rs. 104.99 crore. Under this scheme, so far a total of 25,283 candidates have been trained in Tamil Nadu.

(c) and (d) Ministry  of  Electronics  and  Information  Technology  (MeitY)  has  approved  a project for setting up ICT Academy of Tamil Nadu, Chennai in the year 2008 for ICT Training and  skill  development  programs  for  faculties  and  graduates  of  the  colleges.  The  state Government of Tamil Nadu, through Tamil Nadu Skill Development Mission has chosen ICT Academy of Tamil Nadu to impart training programs for the IT/ITES Skills in the rural areas of Tamil Nadu. ICT Academy in the last three years has trained / training students for the rural institutions  across  Tamil  Nadu  on  various  skill  for  the  IT/ITES  industry  under  the  following projects:

-  Under a project  entitled  'Advanced  Technology  training  and  International  certification program for students in  the rural Tamil Nadu' through Tamil Nadu Skill Development Mission benefited 300 students for the year 2016-17. The fund allocated was Rs. 90 Lakhs.
-  Under  a  project  entitled  'Training  of  students  in  the  rural  Tamil  Nadu  on  skills  for IT/ITES Skills and soft skills' through Tamil Nadu Skill Development Mission benefited 10.000 students for the year 2017-18 with allocated funds of Rs. 500 Lakhs.

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