Lok Sabha Question No. 3403 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-22
Subject: Status of Skill Development
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: BHAGIRATH PRASAD

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3403 TO BE ANSWERED ON 22.03.2017

## STATUS OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT

## 3403. DR. BHAGIRATH PRASAD:

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

- (a) the  number  of  skills  and  trades  that  are  available  for  the  Indian  youth  in comparison with China and Japan;
- (b) the  present  status  of  skill  development  in  regard  to  electronics,  manufacturing mobile phones, horticulture and dairy development;
- (c) whether the Government has formulated any strategy to promote skill development in these aforementioned sectors and in the backward areas of the country; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) The  Ministry  of  skill  Development  and  Entrepreneurship  (MSDE)  has  not conducted a comparative study as such. However, there are several factors like the kind of industries available, skill requirement of those industry and existing skill gaps that go into deciding the skill, trades and training requirement in a country. In India, there are about  40  skill  development  schemes  being  implemented  by  Central  Government  to meet  skill  manpower  needs  of  various  sectors  and  trades.  The  Ministry  of  skill Development and Entrepreneurship has Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) under which skill training for 221 trades in 35 sectors is being imparted to the youth. Moreover, Directorate General of Training under Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship offers long term courses for various trades as under:

|   S No. | Scheme                               | Designated Trades            |
|---------|--------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|       1 | Craftsmen Training Scheme            | 126                          |
|       2 | Apprenticeship Training Scheme       | 259                          |
|       3 | Skill Development Initiatives Scheme | 629 modules under 70 sectors |

(b) to (d) There are three Sector skill Councils (SSCs) namely Electronic Sector skill Council,  Agriculture  Sector  Skill  Council  and  Telecom  Sector  Skill  Council  set  up  as autonomous industry-led bodies for steering skill development and training for various job  roles  in  their  sectors.  They  create  Occupational  Standards,  develop  competency framework, conduct Train the Trainer Programs, affiliate Vocational Training Institutes, interface with the industry to assess their requirements, conduct skill gap studies in their sector  and  most  importantly  assess  and  certify  trainees  on  the  curriculum  aligned  to National  Occupational  Standards  developed  by  them.  The  persons  trained  under PMKVY as on February, 2017 in these 3 sectors are as under:

|   S.No. | Sector Concerned   | Candidates Trained   |
|---------|--------------------|----------------------|
|       1 | Electronics        | 1,75,647             |
|       2 | Telecom            | 57,276               |
|       3 | Agriculture        | 1,44,278             |

In  addition,  National  Skill  Development  Corporation  (NSDCs)  training  partners under  fee  based  models  are  providing  training  in  Electronics,  Manufacturing  Mobile Phones  and  Horticulture  and  Diary  Development.  During  2016-17(till  28.02.2017), 60798  persons  in  electronics,  368  in  manufacturing  mobile  phones  and  2236  in horticulture  and  daily  development  have  been  trained.    As  for  training  in  backward areas, the PMKVY and many other Government schemes are imparting training on pan India basis including the backward areas of the country to promote skill development. In addition,  MSDE  has  following  skill  development  schemes  focusing  skill  training  in backward areas as under:

1.  Skill  Development  in  47  Districts  Affected  by  Left  Wing  Extremism- The scheme envisages establishment of 47 Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) in 47 districts;  establishment  of  68  Skill  Development  Centers  (SDCs)  and  Skill training  of  5340  youth  in  34  districts  affected  by  Left  Wing  Extremism  in  10 States.
2.  Enhancing  Skill  Development  Infrastructure  in  NE  States  &  Sikkim-  The scheme envisages establishment of 22 new ITIs, establishment of 3 new trades in  each  of  20  existing  ITIs  and  supplementing  old  and  obsolete  tools  and equipment in each of 28 existing ITIs in 8 Northeastern States.

The Government is also setting up Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Kendra (PMKK) which are model skill training centres to cover all districts including backward districts in the country.

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