Lok Sabha Question No. 2181 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-24
Subject: Allocation for Various Programmes under Skill Development
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: Shrirang Appa Barne, SHIVAJI ADHALRAO PATIL, ANANDRAO  ADSUL, VINAYAK BHAURAO RAUT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2181 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.12.2018

## ALLOCATION FOR VARIOUS PROGRAMMES UNDER SKILL DEVELOPMENT

2181.  SHRI SHRIRANG APPA BARNE:

SHRI ADHALRAO PATIL SHIVAJIRAO: SHRI VINAYAK BHAURAO RAUT:

SHRI ANANDRAO ADSUL:

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

- (a) whether New  Plan is incorporated or considering to include under the Skill Development Programme and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the Ministry has utilised the budget allocation for its various programmes and schemes during the year 2017-18;
- (c) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor along with the impact it has on implementation of the schemes;
- (d) whether the Ministry needs to improve its financial performance and prepare a proper action plan in the beginning of the financial year to spend the allocated funds;
- (e) if so, the plan prepared by the Government in this regard; and
- (f) the corrective measures taken by the Union Government of India for proper organizing the Ministry, effective preparation and implementation and achieve the targets?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (f) Under Skill India Mission, Ministry  of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) through National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) and State Skill Development Missions (SSDMs) is implementing a flagship scheme Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) 2016-20 with an objective to provide skilling / upskilling to 1 crore (60 lakh under Short Term Training and 40 lakh under Recognition of Prior Learning) prospective youth pan India for four years with a budgetary outlay of Rs. 12,000 Crore.

As  on  30.11.2018,  under  the  PMKVY  2016-20,  33.93  lakh  (appx.)  candidates  have been  trained  under  Short  Term  Training  (STT)  (24.13  lakh),  Recognition  of  Prior  Learning (RPL)  (9.08  lakh)  and  Special  Project  (0.72  lakh)  across  the  country  in  various  sectors. Further, budgetary allocation of Rs. 1721.18 crore has been made during FY 2017-18 for the effective implementation of PMKVY 2016-20 and same has been disbursed.

MSDE has taken various measures and interventions to improve physical as well as financial  performance  of  the  PMKVY  2016-20  scheme  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..  Further, PMKVY 2016-20 is endowed with various provisions relating to continuous as well  as  performance monitoring of training centre. 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.

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