Lok Sabha Question No. 895 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-23
Subject: Skill Training of International Standards
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: RAMESH POKHRIYAL NISHANK

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 895 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.07.2018

## SKILL TRAINING OF INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS

## †895. DR. RAMESH POKHRIYAL 'NISHANK':

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

- (a) whether  there  is  any  plan  to  make  skill  training  provided  in  various  sectors  of international standards so that our trained youth could get employed abroad;
- (b) the  total  number  of  persons  provided  employment  in  foreign  countries  by  the Government during the last four years; and
- (c) the special steps being taken by the Government for providing employment to more and more persons abroad in future?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE), in the recent past, has actively engaged with several countries for collaborations in the areas of technology transfer in  skill  training,  training  of  trainers/  master  trainers,  internship/  apprenticeship  programs, setting  up  of  model  and  centres  of  excellence  including  imbibing  international  standard content.  In  addition,  active  collaboration  is  being  sought  in  the  creation  of  international mobility through mapping of job roles and development of transnational standards. Overall, MSDE  has  been  focusing  around  implementing  and  adapting  the  best  practices  in  skill development  of  respective  countries  systems  in  India.  MSDE  is  leading  and  coordinating different initiatives in close coordination with Ministry of External Affairs (MEA).
- (b) MSDE does not have  such  data.  However,  MEA  grants  Emigration  Clearance  to Emigration Check Required (ECR) passport holder Indian workers for overseas employment to  18  notified  ECR countries.  The total number of ECR Indian Workers granted Emigration clearance  during  2014,  2015,  2016  and  2017  are  804862,  784152,520939  and  391024 respectively.
- (c) The  Ministry  of  Skill  Development  and  Entrepreneurship  (MSDE)  has  signed  a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) with Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (Collectively referred as Ministry of Japan) on 17 th October,  2017 in Tokyo, Japan. The purpose of this MoC is to transfer technical skills from Japan to India by advancing the Technical Intern Training Programme (TITP).

Besides, Government of India  is keen to  bridge the  global shortage  of  labour  in the coming years by reaping the demographic dividend of young Indian workmen. To meet this objective, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship under the 'Skill India' Mission is setting up India International Skill Centres (IISCs) under the Skill India Mission through the National  Skill  Development  Corporation  (NSDC)  to  provide  skill  training  and  certification benchmarked to International Standards.

*****