Lok Sabha Question No. 4465 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-29
Subject: Skill Development of Widows
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: LAKHAN LAL SAHU, JYOTIRADITYA MADHAVRAO SCINDIA, ANIRUDHAN SAMPATH, RAMACHANDRAN MULLAPPALLY, PANKAJ CHOWDHARY, DUSHYANT CHAUTALA, SANJAY(KAKA) RAMCHANDRA PATIL, ASHOK MAHADEORAO NETE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4465 TO BE ANSWERED ON 29.03.2017

## SKILL DEVELOPMENT OF WIDOWS

† 4465. SHRI LAKHAN LAL SAHU:

SHRI JYOTIRADITYA M. SCINDIA:

DR. A. SAMPATH:

SHRI MULLAPPALLY RAMACHANDRAN:

SHRI PANKAJ CHAUDHARY:

SHRI DUSHYANT CHAUTALA:

SHRI SANJAY KAKA PATIL:

SHRI ASHOK MAHADEORAO NETE:

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

- (a) whether the National Skill Development Corporation has provided training to youth in its institutes under the first phase of the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana;
- (b) if  so,  whether  the  Government  is  aware  that  these  institutes  lacked  proper infrastructure and have not enough space to train even a fraction of the claimed number of candidates and if so, the corrective steps taken by the Government in this regard;
- (c) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  handover  the  task  of  imparting  training  to private  or  non-governmental  organizations  under  the  Pradhan  Mantri  Kaushal  Vikas Yojana;
- (d) if  so,  the  companies and NGOs selected for the purpose and criteria adopted for their selection; and
- (e) whether Government also proposes to extend the benefit under the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana to widows/destitute women and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (d) National  Skill  Development  Corporation  (NSDC)  under  the  Ministry  of  Skill Development and Entrepreneurship is the implementing agency for Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas  Yojana  (PMKVY)  for  providing  skills  training  to  the  prospective  youth  of  the  country. However, NSDC did not directly run training institutions under PMKVY.

Under  the  1 st phase  of  the  scheme  (2015-16),  trainings  are  conducted  by  multiple Training  Providers  and  Centers  including  private  or  non-governmental  organizations.  The accredited and affiliated Training Providers (TPs) use there infrastructure to impart skill training (Short term Training and Recognition of Prior Learning) to the prospective candidates across the country. During the 1 st phase, accreditation and affiliation were done by respective Sector Skill Councils (SSCs). However, under PMKVY 2016-20, all the TPs have to mandatorily go through  SMART  for  their  accreditation  and  affiliation  for  allocation  of  targets.  The  target allocation  is  based  on  the  grading  assigned  to  the  TC  by  the  Centre  Accreditation  and Affiliation  Committee.  The  grading  is  linked  to  quality  of  training,  infrastructure  availability, training  capacity,  self-owned  center  or  franchisee  center,  past  performance,  geographical location and other relevant parameters.

- (e) Pradhan  Mantri  Kaushal  Vikas  Yojana  (PMKVY)  is  for  all  sections  of  the  society including the women. Further, there are certain incentives under PMKVY to encourage women participation in the skill training. All women trainees under PMKVY is provided with travelling allowance  of  Rs.  1000/1500  per  trainee  per  month  depending  upon  whether  TC  is  within district of Domicile of candidate or outside. Similarly, post placement support of Rs. 1450 per month  per  trainee  is  applicable  for  special  group  including  woman  for  2  or  3  month  post training depending on placement within or outside the district of the domicile of the candidate.

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