Lok Sabha Question No. 143 (STARRED), answered on 2020-03-02
Subject: Targets under PMKVY
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: Manoj Kumar Tiwari, Veena Devi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO. 143 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.03.2020

## TARGETS UNDER PMKVY

## † *143. SHRI MANOJ TIWARI: SHRIMATI VEENA DEVI:

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

- (a) whether  the  targets  were/have  been  fixed  under  Pradhan  Mantri  Kaushal  Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) for the years 2018-19, 2019-20 and 2020-21;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, year wise;
- (c) if not, the reasons therefor;
- (d) the details of the changes made in PMKVY since its inception;
- (e) whether it is  a  fact  that  due  to  these  changes,  about  5-7  thousand  small  centres throughout the country have become dysfunctional due to their high operational costs and the persons running these centres are burdened with loans ranging from 20 to 25 lakhs; and
- (f) the plans being formulated by the Government to assist these small centres?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER IN THE MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP (DR. MAHENDRA NATH PANDEY)

- (a) to (f) A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (A)  TO  (F)  OF  LOK  SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 143 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.03.2020 ASKED BY SHRI MANOJ  TIWARI  AND  SHRIMATI  VEENA  DEVI  REGARDING  TARGETS  UNDER PMKVY

(a) to (c) PMKVY (Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana) - 2.0 launched in the month of October, 2016 is targeted to impart skill training to 1 crore youth  for over 4 years (201620).  Under the scheme, 4 year targets were distributed year-wise as follows:

| Short Term Training (STT)                       | Physical Targets   |
|-------------------------------------------------|--------------------|
| 2016-17 15,00,000                               |                    |
| 2017-18 15,00,000                               |                    |
| 2018-19 15,00,000                               |                    |
| 2019-20 15,00,000                               |                    |
| Sub Total                                       | 60,00,000          |
| Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) for 2016-20 | 40,00,000          |
| Grand Total                                     | 1,00,00,000        |

As  on  17.01.2020,  40.27  lakh  candidates  have  been  trained  under  short  term training (STT) and 33.20 lakh candidates have been oriented under Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) across the country.

- (d) PMKVY  1.0  was  implemented  for  one  year  during  the  financial  year  2015-16 whereas PMKVY 2.0 is being implemented during 2016-20.  Major changes brought out in PMKVY  2.0  with  respect  to  PMKVY  1.0  are  involvement  of  States  for  imparting  skill training,  affiliation  and  accreditation  of  training  centres  through  online  SMART  portal,  all job roles are NSQF aligned, mandatory Training of Trainers (ToT), etc. Further, various IT measures and interventions such as Direct Benefit Transfer, Aadhaar linkage of trainers and trainees,  Biometric  attendance  of  candidate  etc  have  been  ensured  under  the  new scheme.
- (e) and (f) No, it is not a fact that due to the changes under PMKVY 2.0, a large number of small centres have become dysfunctional. However, under PMKVY 2.0 (2016-20) in the year  2017  more  than  2,500  training  centres  which  were  franchisee  centres  were  not allocated targets because of not meeting the training quality.

To  enable  erstwhile  franchisee  centres  to  convert  themselves  into  TP  owned centres,  multiple  efforts  were  undertaken  by  NSDC  and  MSDE  viz.  setting  up  of  call centres,  hand-holding  workshops,  developing  user  manuals,  check  list  for  physical inspection, etc.  Consequently, about 90% of such centres have again become eligible for allocation of targets.

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