Lok Sabha Question No. 4213 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-21
Subject: Skill Development in Telecom Sector
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: RAJESH PANDEY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4213 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21 ST     MARCH, 2018

## SKILL DEVELOPMENT IN TELECOM SECTOR

4213. SHRI RAJESH PANDEY:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has taken any measures to accelerate skill development in the telecom sector and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (b) the target and success rate of these programmes so far; and
- (c) the details of the specific domains  of telecom  sector in which the skill development is being provided and the demand and supply gap for skill development in telecom sector?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE (IC) OF THE MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS & MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (SHRI MANOJ SINHA)

- (a) Yes, Madam. Government of India has taken numerous measures to accelerate the skill development in telecom sector. The Telecom Sector Skill Council (TSSC) along with industry partners is providing training for different job roles in the telecom sector under the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) and various other schemes of GoI.

In  addition  to  this  the  PSUs  of  DoT  are  also  conducting  skill  development trainings under their various schemes. Skill development has been a key focus area of ITI Limited.  The emphasis is on developing the skills through a systematic training, so that  the  skill  development  training  programmes  becomes  more  industry  relevant,  self sustainable and to create employment opportunities for youth in Telecom Sector.  ITI has taken many measures to accelerate skill development in telecom sector.

Further  the  PSUs  have  registered  and  are  in  the  process  of  registering  their training centers with Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (MSDE) and start skill development under the PMKVY scheme of MSDE to meet the demand for human resources in the telecom sector.

- (b) The targets and success rate in respect of the schemes where TSSC is carrying out skill training for different job roles in the telecom sector are as given below:

| Scheme                         | Target   | Enrolled   | Success rate   |
|--------------------------------|----------|------------|----------------|
| PMKVY (FY 16-17 & 17-18 years) | 184,196  | 123,062    | 67%            |
| NSKFDC* (FY 17-18)             | 500      | 369        | 73.8%          |
| NBCFDC** (FY 17-18)            | 300      | 300        | 100%           |

The number of candidates so far trained by the PSUs of DoT is as under.

| PSU   |   Total Candidates Trained | Remarks                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
|-------|----------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| BSNL  |                      14949 | This includes 9451 BSNL employees who have been successfully trained, assessed and evaluated under Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) against an internal target of 10000, 602 ITI holders under apprenticeship training against a target of 3089 and 4896 candidates provided by various State Governments |
| MTNL  |                      13333 | This does not include training given to MTNL employees                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| ITI   |                       5722 | No specific targets were allocated to PSUs by NSDC/ MSDE under PMKVY. However, internal targets stipulated by ITI, as a performance indicator have been fully achieved.                                                                                                                                      |

- (c) The four segments/domain under which TSSC is carrying out skill training are as under:
- a.  Network Segment
- b.  Service Segment
- c.  Handset Segment (includes manufacturing)
- d.  Passive Infra Segment

MTNL  is  providing  skill  development  in  Telecom  Sector  in  various  topics  like Industrial  Training,  Fiber  to  the  Home  (FTTH),  Computer  Familiarization,  Personality Development, Broadband Basics, OFC & Splicing Practices etc.

ITI  is  doing  training  for  optical  fiber  splicer  &  optical  fiber  technicians  (which include training of candidates as well as trainers ie. TOT), BSS support engineers, PCB manufacturing, Pick & Place operator, Solar module technician, specialized trade skills for  ITI  Trade  Certificate  trainees,  training  to  adopted  ITI  apprentices  etc  by  ITI.  The details of specific sectors - Qualification Packs (QPs)/ Job Roles of TSSC /ESSCI or ITI Modules conducted / being conducted in ITI is placed at Annexure I .

A detailled Skill Gap study was undertaken by MSDE. As per the Environmental Scan  Report-2016  of  Ministry  of  Skill  Development  and  Entrepreneurship  (MSDE), assessment of Indian Cellular Association (ICA), Telecom Sector Skill Council (TSSC), an  additional  skilled  manpower  requirement  to  the  tune  of  47,75,500  is  estimated  in telecom  sector  till  the  end  of  financial  year  2021-22.  The  sub-sector  wise  additional skilled manpower requirement is detailed below:

| Sl no.   | Telecom subsector               | Telecom manpower   | Telecom manpower   | Total additional Requirement   |
|----------|---------------------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------------------|
| Sl no.   | Telecom subsector               | 2016-2017          | 2021-2022          | Total additional Requirement   |
| 1        | Service Providers               | 8,40,000           | 13,90,000          | 5,50,000                       |
| 2        | Infra Providers                 | 1,40,000           | 5,20,000           | 3,80,000                       |
| 3        | Network & IT providers          | 5,90,000           | 9,90,000           | 4,00,000                       |
| 4        | Telecom Equipment manufacturers | 5,80,000           | 13,80,000          | 8,00,000                       |
| 5        | Retail & Distribution           | 7,60,000           | 13,90,000          | 6,30,000                       |
| 6        | Mobile Handsets *               | 10,94,500          | 31,10,000          | 20,15,500                      |
|          | Total                           | 40,04,500          | 87,80,000          | 47,75,500                      |

# 1 to 5: Source-KPMG report of MSDE

*The  Indian  Cellular  Association(ICA)  has    assessed  a  total  manpower requirement of 22,15,000 in the period from 2015-16 till 2021-22.

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## Annexure -I

The details of specific sectors - Qualification Packs (QPs)/ Job Roles of TSSC /ESSCI or ITI Modules conducted / being conducted in ITI.

| No. of Courses and its duration   | No. of Courses and its duration                                 |                   |                            |                  |
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------|----------------------------|------------------|
| Sl. No.                           | Name of Skill Development Scheme                                | Job role / Module | Location                   | Duration         |
| 1                                 | Optical Fibre Splicer - TSSSC QP                                | TSSC-QP           | Bangalore                  | 300 Hrs          |
| 2                                 | Optical Fibre Technician- TSSSC QP                              | TSSC-QP           | Bangalore                  | 350 Hrs          |
| 3                                 | BSS Support Engineer                                            | TSSC-QP           | Rae Berali                 | 30 days          |
| 4                                 | Solar Module Assy Operator                                      | ESSCI-QP          | Naini                      | 15 days          |
| 5                                 | PCB Fabricator                                                  | TSSC-QP           | Bangalore                  | 15 days          |
| 6                                 | Circuit Image Operator-PCB                                      | ASAP (ESSCI- QP)  | Palakkad                   | 350 Hrs          |
| 7                                 | Pick & Place Assembly Operator                                  | ASAP (ESSCI- QP)  | Palakkad                   | 350 Hrs          |
| 8                                 | Field Technician -Computing and Peripherals                     | ASAP (ESSCI- QP)  | Palakkad                   | 350 Hrs          |
| 9                                 | Specialised Trade Skills for ITI Trade Certificate trainees     | ITIL MODULE       | All ITI Plants             | 1 - 3 yrs        |
| 10                                | Trg in Telecom / E & C skills for Diploma-Engg                  | ITIL MODULE       | All ITI Plants             | 1 yr             |
| 11                                | Trg in Telecom / E & C skills for skills for Graduate Engineers | ITIL MODULE       | All ITI Plants             | 1 Yr             |
| 12                                | Basic Trg in Telecom / E&C skills (In-plant)                    | ITIL MODULE       | All ITI Plants             | 1 week-3 mths    |
| 13                                | Specialised Trg in Telecom/ E&C skills for projects             | ITIL MODULE       | All ITI Plants             | 4 - 8 weeks      |
| 14                                | Proficiency/ Finish-ing Trg in Telecom / E&C skills             | ITIL MODULE       | Mankapur                   | 2 - 4 weeks      |
| 15                                | Specilised Industrial training to Adopted ITIs Apprentices.     | ITIL MODULE       | Palakkad, Mankapur & Naini | 2 days to 1 week |

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