Lok Sabha Question No. 2356 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-26
Subject: Skill Development in the Coal Sector
Ministry: COAL
Asked by: SUPRIYA SADANAND SULE, HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT, RAJEEV SHANKARRAO SATAV, JAYAKUMAR JAYAVARDHAN, P.R. SUNDARAM, DHANANJAY BHIMRAO MAHADIK, VIJAYSINH MOHITE PATIL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COAL

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2356 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.12.2018

## Skill Development in the Coal Sector

## 2356.   SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE:

DR. HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT:

SHRI SATAV RAJEEV:

DR. J. JAYAVARDHAN:

SHRI P.R. SUNDARAM:

SHRI DHANANJAY MAHADIK:

SHRI MOHITE PATIL VIJAYSINH SHANKARRAO:

Will the Minister of COAL be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  launched  any  scheme  for  skill  development  in  the  coal sector;
- (b) if so, the details of the areas likely to be covered along with the efforts being made by the Government to create sufficient manpower with requisite skill in the coal sector;
- (c) whether Coal India Limited has entered into any MoU to provide skill training;
- (d) if so, the number of persons who have been provided skill training so far;
- (e) the achievement made from the date of launching of the scheme; and
- (f) the other steps taken by the Government to skill all the persons engaged in coal sector?

## A N S W E R

## MINISTER OF COAL AND RAILWAYS

## (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

(a)  to  (c):   A  Tripartite  MoU  has  been  signed  between  National  Skill  Development  Fund (NSDF), National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) and Coal India Limited (CIL) on 3 rd May 2015 to provide training and undertake Recognition of Prior Learning to around 2.7 lakh person  over  a  period  of  2  years  as  per  National  Skill  Qualification  Framework  in  CIL's operational areas and  neighboring  regions. The  target groups  include  1,00,000  existing employees,  70,000  contract  workers,  70,000  project  affected  persons  and  30,000  students  of Class 9 to 12. Broad areas of activities are Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL), Skill Training and Certification for employees and Contractors' Workers, Fresh Skilling for Youth and Women in Operational Areas, National Vocational Educational Qualification Framework in Schools and Infrastructure Augmentation.

Further,  a  Pilot  Project  has  been  launched  in  all  Subsidiaries  of  CIL  on  15 th July  2016 for training in various Trades, in which 10 days training is given to selected candidates followed by  1  day  of  assessment  and  certification.  The  project  is  being  regulated  by  Skill  Council  for Mining Sector (SCMS) through Training Partners.  Overall coordination is handled by NSDC & CIL along with its Subsidiary Single Point of Contacts (SPOC's).

(d)  &  (e):      Number  of  persons  trained  and  achievement  made  under  the  pilot  project  is summarized below:

| Activity                                         | Training imparted   |
|--------------------------------------------------|---------------------|
| Recognition of Prior Learning of employees.      | 39953               |
| Training and Certification for Contract workers. | 4700                |
| Fresh Skilling of PAPs                           | 1968 (706 placed)   |

(f) :    During the year 2017-18, a total of 1,07,943 employees of  CIL and its subsidiaries have been trained,  out  of  which  18,373  were  executives  and  89,570  non-executives.  These  training programs include in-house training, training in other reputed institutes outside the company and training  abroad.  Apart  from  its  own  employees,  CIL  also  organizes  basic  and  refresher  skill development  trainings  for  the  contractors'  workers  working  in  its  command  area.  39,768 contractors' workers were imparted skill development trainings in Vocational Training Institutes of  subsidiaries  of  CIL during  2017-18  as  per  requirement  of  the  Mines  Vocational  Training Rules.

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