Lok Sabha Question No. 1366 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-25
Subject: NIESBUD
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: Ganesh Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1366 TO BE ANSWERED ON 25.11.2019 NIESBUD

## †1366. SHRI GANESH SINGH:

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

- (a) whether only 0.60 crore rupees could be utilised out of 18.80 crore rupees released to NIESBUD under the Pradhan Mantri Yuva Yojana (PM-YUVA) during the year 2016-17;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  reasons  for  not  spending  the  18.20  crore rupees;
- (c) the method which had been adopted to fix the criteria to empanel the institutes as most of the empanelled private sector institutes performed at a very slow pace;
- (d) the number of youth who got training under the Skill India Mission so far in the country along with the number of beneficiaries of this scheme from Satna district of Madhya Pradesh; and
- (e) the steps taken to include farmers in Skill India Mission on a large scale along with the achievements thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP (SHRI R. K. SINGH)

(a) to (e) Pradhan Mantri Yuva Yojana (PM-YUVA) was launched by the Ministry during 2016 -17 with a view to creating an enabling eco-system for entrepreneurship promotion among youth through entrepreneurship education, training, advocacy and easy access to entrepreneurship support network and promotion of social entrepreneurship. The Scheme was implemented through the National Institute for Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development (NIESBUD) for which an amount of Rs.18.80 crores had been released.

The  knowledge  partner  of  the  Scheme  i.e.  Wadhwani  Operating  Foundation  (WOF) with whom an MOU was signed to provide teaching and learning materials for the education and training, defaulted in giving timely delivery. Therefore the Ministry was forced to terminate the Scheme and an amount of Rs. 18.20 crores remained unutilized with NIESBUD.

A  Request  for  Proposal  (RFP)  was  floated  in  August,  2016  to  empanel  Institutes  of Higher  Learning  (Colleges,  Universities,  All  India  Council  for  Technical  Education  (AICTE) Institutions  including  Polytechnics),  Schools  (10+2),  Industrial  Training  Institutes  (ITIs)  and Entrepreneurship Development  Centres  (EDCs),  National Skill  Development  Corporation (NSDC) training partners, National Institute for Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development  (NIESBUD),  Indian  Institute  of  Entrepreneurship  (IIE)  and  Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India (EDII) partner institutions and EDCs of State Governments (EDI of State Governments and those of State Chambers of Commerce & Industry) for implementing PM-YUVA. Private sector Institutes were selected on the basis of a due diligence process by the Quality Council of India (QCI).

A  total  of  69.03  lakhs  candidates  including  8,646  candidates  from  Satna  District  of Madhya Pradesh have been trained under Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana of Skill India Mission.  So  far  as  training  of  farmers  is  concerned,  the  Ministry  of  Agriculture  and  Farmers Welfare has been implementing a number of Schemes and 21,162 candidates under National Skill  Development  Mission  (NSDM)  and  14,687  under  Skill  Training  of  Rural  Youths  (STRY) have been trained during the year 2016-17 to 2019-20 (upto October, 2019).

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