Lok Sabha Question No. 3150 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-31
Subject: 10 Million Jobseekers by 2020
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: DHARMENDRA YADAV, VINAYAK BHAURAO RAUT, SHIVAJI ADHALRAO PATIL, Shrirang Appa Barne

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3150 TO BE ANSWERED ON 31.12.2018

## 10 MILLION JOBSEEKERS BY 2020

† 3150.  SHRI DHARMENDRA YADAV:

SHRI VINAYAK BHAURAO RAUT:

SHRI ADHALRAO PATIL SHIVAJIRAO:  SHRI SHRIRANG APPA BARNE:

## will  the  MINISTER of SKILL DEVELOPMENT and ENTREPRENEURSHIP be pleased to state :

- (a) whether the Government had begun the process of training of 10 million potential jobseekers by 2020 under its Skill India Mission and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the dearth of quality trainers, inadequacies in training programmes and high dropout rates remain hurdles to skill development and if so, the facts thereof;
- (c) whether  industries  and  the  Government  partnerships  can  go  a  long  way  in trapping the immense potential that India's young and vibrant workforce has and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether  some  companies  have  collaborated  with  the  Ministry  for  launching Diploma Courses to make the next generation skilled enough to take up future jobs and if so, the details thereof;
- (e) whether there is a need for working closely with the industries and academia to expand and scale the skill development programmes; and
- (f) if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  in  this regard?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) Under Skill India Mission, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship is implementing  a  flagship  scheme  known  as  Pradhan  Mantri  Kaushal  Vikas  Yojana (PMKVY)  with  an  objective  to  provide  skilling  to  one  crore  people  under  Short  Term Training (STT), Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) and Special Project (SP) across the country  for  four  years  i.e.  2016-2020  with  an  outlay  of  12,000  crore.  Under  PMKVY 2016-20, as on 30.11.2018, 33.93 lakh (appx.) candidates have been trained under STT (24.13  lakh),  RPL  (9.08  lakh)  and  Special  Project  (0.72  lakh)  across  the  country  in various sector.
- (b) PMKVY 2016-20 is endowed with various provisions relating to quality of training. For  ensuring  quality  of  training  under  the  scheme,  all  accreditation  and  affiliation  of training  centre  is  done  through  an  online  portal  SMART  with  inspections  done  by  an independent  third  party  assessment  agency.  Adding  to  the  improved  accreditation process,  MSDE  has  initiated  a  process  of  continuous  monitoring  through  various channels and mandatory re-accreditation every year. Under this, self-audit reporting, call validations, surprise visits and monitoring through the Skills Development Management System (SDMS) have been adopted. Further, the targets are being assigned to the TCs

with  a  provision  for  periodic  review.  The  grading  is  linked  to  quality  of  training, infrastructure availability, training capacity, past performance, geographical location and other  relevant  parameters.  Various  IT  interventions  such  as  Direct  Benefit  Transfer, Aadhaar  linkage  of  trainers  and  trainees,  Aadhaar  enabled  biometric  attendance  of candidate and trainers, maintaining of all MIS through SDMS portal to check duplication of candidates, etc., have been ensured. Additionally, Guidelines for Training of Trainers was launched for ensuring quality of trainers. All trainers under PMKVY 2016-20 have to be mandatorily ToT certified. Further, under PMKVY 2016-20, as on 30.11.2018, 34.32 lakh candidates have been  enrolled,  out  of  which  32.99  lakh  candidates  have  been  trained.  Dropouts  have been  observed  at  various  stages  in  the  training  life  cycle.  These  drop  outs  are predominantly  due  to  various  factors  such  as  Lack  of  interest  from  candidates, Expectation  /  aspiration  mismatch,  Lack  of  proper  mobilization,  Non-appearance  or Failure  during  assessments,  Other  reasons  such  as  lack  of  awareness  etc..  Further, Ministry have taken various initiatives at different levels to reduce drop outs and facilitate better  streamlining  of  system  and  processes  such  as  Introduction  of  insurance  facility through  New  India  Assurance,  Emphasis  on  continuous  counselling  of  candidates, Connecting youth with market aligned opportunities, etc. (c) to (f) Under  PMKVY,  training is imparted in National Skills Qualifications Framework (NSQF) aligned job roles those are developed by Sector Skill Councils which are  led  by  industry  leaders  in  the  respective  sectors.  Also,  Ministry  is  promoting employer / industry participation in order to facilitate placement of the trained candidates under various sectors. Further, employers are actively participating as training partner/centre in training- cum- placement activities of the candidates.

Under PMKVY 2016-20, trained candidates after successful completion of NSQF aligned  courses  are  provided  with  NSQF  aligned  certification  of  Sector  Skill  Councils (SSCs).

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