Lok Sabha Question No. 744 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-23
Subject: National Skill Development Agency
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: KANWAR SINGH TANWAR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 744 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.07.2018

## NATIONAL SKILL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY

## 744. SHRI KANWAR SINGH TANWAR:

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

- (a) the  details  of  programmes  and  activities  undertaken  so  far  by  the  National Skill Development Agency (NSDA);
- (b) the  targets  set  and  achievements  made  in  skill  development  since  its inception;
- (c) the  details  of  the  shortfall  in  achievements,  if  any,  along  with  the  reasons therefor; and
- (d) the measures being undertaken to achieve the targets?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  to  (d)  National  Skill  Development  Agency  (NSDA)  has  undertaken  various activities  like  anchor  and  operationalize  National  Skill  Qualification  Framework (NSQF), develop National Qualifications Register (NQR) which is a repository of all approved qualifications, develop a National Quality Assurance Framework (NQAF), create  and  maintain  a  national  data  base  related  to  skill  development  through    a dynamic Labour Market Information System etc.

The Government is implementing around 40 programmes through more than 20 Central  Ministries/Departments  for  providing  a  variety  of  skill  development  training programmes in the country. Year wise details of the number of persons trained from 2011-12 to 2017-18 are at Annexure.

Pradhan  Mantri  Kaushal  Vikas  Yojna  (PMKVY),  the  flagship  program  of  the Ministry  of  Skill  Development  and  Entrepreneurship  was  launched  in  2015  to mobilize  youth  to  take  up  skill  training  with  the  aim  of  increasing  productivity  and aligning the training and certification to the needs of the country. Owing to success of PMKVY 1.0 (2015-16) wherein more than 19 lakh candidates were trained against the target of 24 lakh, the scheme was re- launched as PMKVY 2.0 (2016-2020) and 31.12 lakh (appx.) have been trained so far.

Skill  Development  is  a  shared  responsibility  of  all  the  stakeholders.  The Ministry is working as a catalyst in this entire skilling landscape, in co-ordination with all  Central  Ministries  and  State  Governments  and  private  institutions,  to  meet  the target of skilling in the country at scale with speed.

## Year wise details of number of youth trained by various Ministries/agencies of GoI as referred to in the reply of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question no.744.

| Year    |   Target (In lakh) |   Achievement (In lakh) |
|---------|--------------------|-------------------------|
| 2011-12 |              46.53 |                   45.68 |
| 2012-13 |              72.51 |                   51.88 |
| 2013-14 |              73.42 |                   76.37 |
| 2014-15 |             105.08 |                   76.11 |
| 2015-16 |             125.68 |                  104.16 |
| 2016-17 |             117.2  |                   90.78 |
| 2017-18 |              96.33 |                   87    |

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