Lok Sabha Question No. 5023 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-26
Subject: Skill Development Initiative Programme
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: SUPRIYA SADANAND SULE, P.R. SUNDARAM, RAJEEV SHANKARRAO SATAV, HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT, VIJAYSINH MOHITE PATIL, DHANANJAY BHIMRAO MAHADIK

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5023 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.03.2018

## SKILL DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE PROGRAMME

5023 . SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE :                                  SHRI VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT:

SHRI P.R. SUNDARAM :       SHRI MOHITE PATIL VIJAYSINH SANKARRAO:

SHRI SATAV RAJEEV:                                      SHRI DHANANJAY MAHADIK:

DR. HEENA:

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

- (a) whether the Government is implementing the Skill Development Initiatives (SDIs) under the Modular Employable Schemes and if so, the details thereof:
- (b) the  details  of  main  salient  features  of  the  initiatives  along  with  financial  and physical  targets  and  achievements during  each  of  the  last  three  years  and  the  current year, State/UT-wise;
- (c) the number of beneficiaries under SDIs;
- (d) whether Vocational Training Provider (VTP) are registered under the SDIs and if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise;
- (e) whether  assessing  bodies  are  affiliated  with  SDIs  and  if  so,  the  details  therof, State/UT-wise; and
- (f) whether the Government  has contemplated any action to stop the SDIs programme and if so, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE  IN THE MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP (SHRI ANANTKUMAR HEGDE)

- (a) The  Government  had  implemented  Skill  Development  Initiative  (SDI)  under Modular  Employable  Schemes  from  May  2007  to  31-03-2017.  Under  the  scheme persons  were  trained  on  modular  courses  through  net  work  of  Vocational  Training Providers (VTPs) located in different parts of the country.  Skill acquired by the them were assessment by Assessing Bodies which has no role in training.
- (b) to (d) Salient features of scheme were:-
- (i) Demand driven short term training courses based on Modular Employable Skills (MES) identified and decided in consultation with Industry.
- (ii) Optimum  utilization  of  available  existing  infrastructure  to  make  training  cost effective.
- (iii) Flexible delivery mechanism (part time, weekends, full time, and onsite) to suit needs of various target groups.

(iv) Testing of skills of an individual acquired informally in competency and issue of NCVT certification on qualifying it successfully.

(v) Testing  of  skills  of  trainees  by  independent  assessing  bodies  which  do  not involve in training delivery, to ensure an impartial assessment by the employer itself.

(vi) Essence  of  the  scheme  is  in  the  certification  on  vocational  training  from  the NCVT  that  is  nationally and  internationally recognized  in world of work  in the Government  (Center  and  State)  as  well  as  private  sector.  Statement  indicating  the State/UT-wise details of the number of beneficiaries under SDI scheme during the last three financial years is at Annexure -I

- (e) Assessing bodies were empanelled under SDI scheme.
- (f) The SDI scheme has already been closed down.

## Annexure -I

## Statement indicating  the  State/UT-wise  details  of  the  number  of  VTPS  and  beneficiaries under SDI scheme during the last  three financial  years from the closing of scheme were.

|   S.N. | State                     |   VTP Registered |   FY 2013-14 |   FY 2014-15 |   FY 2015-16 (as on 31.03.16) |
|--------|---------------------------|------------------|--------------|--------------|-------------------------------|
|      1 | Andaman & Nicobar Islands |               20 |         1775 |         1716 |                           730 |
|      2 | Andhra Pradesh            |              687 |        28245 |        13050 |                         16505 |
|      3 | Bihar                     |              532 |         5909 |        11767 |                          9149 |
|      4 | Chandigarh                |               18 |         1408 |          842 |                           101 |
|      5 | Chhattisgarh              |              966 |        22888 |        49536 |                         22089 |
|      6 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli      |                1 |           61 |           00 |                            00 |
|      7 | Daman & Diu               |                1 |          112 |          110 |                           197 |
|      8 | Delhi                     |              218 |        49423 |        16282 |                          7652 |
|      9 | Goa                       |               11 |           00 |           00 |                            00 |
|     10 | Gujarat                   |              925 |        52935 |        52659 |                         17357 |
|     11 | Haryana                   |              235 |        11101 |        15043 |                          4577 |
|     12 | Himachal Pradesh          |              121 |         8738 |         4906 |                          2626 |
|     13 | Jammu and Kashmir         |              269 |        24304 |         4987 |                          1380 |
|     14 | Jharkhand                 |              174 |        36682 |        32395 |                         12933 |
|     15 | Karnataka                 |             1163 |       175439 |        39959 |                          9159 |
|     16 | Kerala                    |              351 |        21065 |        14107 |                          3827 |
|     17 | Lakshadweep               |                6 |           02 |           00 |                            00 |
|     18 | Madhya Pradesh            |             1852 |       192243 |        43718 |                         30530 |
|     19 | Maharashtra               |              490 |        76476 |        53038 |                          5679 |
|     20 | Odisha                    |              204 |        44206 |        24049 |                         52216 |
|     21 | Puducherry                |               11 |           00 |           00 |                            00 |
|     22 | Punjab                    |              367 |        26690 |        37712 |                           503 |
|     23 | Rajasthan                 |              181 |         3320 |         1802 |                         13623 |
|     24 | Tamil Nadu                |             1106 |       127954 |        42122 |                          5789 |
|     25 | Uttar Pradesh             |              110 |        38527 |        82698 |                        209833 |
|     26 | Uttarakhand               |              105 |         9461 |         2125 |                          5875 |
|     27 | West Bengal               |             1353 |       122138 |       140282 |                         15130 |
|     28 | Arunachal Pradesh         |               53 |         1735 |         7235 |                          2688 |
|     29 | Assam                     |              171 |        29958 |        40256 |                          2928 |
|     30 | Manipur                   |               44 |         3256 |         1982 |                          1885 |
|     31 | Meghalaya                 |               79 |         1049 |         6124 |                          5290 |
|     32 | Mizoram                   |               81 |          155 |         2150 |                          2600 |
|     33 | Nagaland                  |              146 |         3828 |        12567 |                          3869 |
|     34 | Sikkim                    |               10 |           52 |         1450 |                           304 |
|     35 | Tripura                   |               16 |         2296 |         1912 |                           996 |
|     36 | Telangana                 |              475 |           00 |        15125 |                          4888 |

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