Lok Sabha Question No. 1304 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-11
Subject: Skill Development/Employment
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: RAJU ALIAS DEVAPPA ANNA SHETTI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1304 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.02.2019

## SKILL DEVELOPMENT/EMPLOYMENT

## 1304.  SHRI RAJU SHETTY:

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

- (a)    whether  in  reality  Skill  Development  Programme  Fund helpful  in  generation  of employment  opportunities  in  the  country,  if  so,  the  number  of  youths  or  persons trained under this scheme since inception of the programme, State/UT-wise;
- (b)  the number of small scale industry units which have been started due to this skill development, State/UT-wise; and
- (c)  the details of the financial help rendered for these startups?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER  IN THE MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

(a) to (c) There is no Skill Development Programme Fund under the Ministry of Skill  Development and Entrepreneurship however, there is a Trust namely National Skill  Development  Fund  (NSDF)  which  was  incorporated  on  23.12.2008  as  a  trust under  the  Indian  Trust  Act,  1882  fully  owned  by  the  Government,  to  act  as  a receptacle for financial contributions from Governmental sources, bilateral/ multilateral and other agencies and other private sector donors who would prefer to provide funds through the Government. NSDF meets its objectives through National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) which is an industry led Company registered as a Not for Profit Company under section 25 of the Companies Act, 1956 setup for building skill development capacity and forging strong linkages with the market.

Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship through National Skill Development  Corporation  had  implemented  Pradhan  Mantri  Kaushal  Vikas  Yojana (PMKVY) 2015-16 with the objective to enable a large number of Indian youth to take up  industry-relevant  short  duration  skill  training.  About  Rs.1335  Crore  had  been released to  NSDC  from NSDF for  implementing  the  scheme in the country. Under this  scheme,  19.85  Lakh  candidates  had  been  trained  in  375  job  roles.  Under PMKVY  2015-16,  it  was  not  mandatory  for  NSDC's  training  partners  to  report employment  data.  The  employment  data  available  reflects  only  a  fraction  of  the actual employment provided under the scheme. Out of the total trained candidates, around 2.62 lakh candidates have been reported as placed.

Further, Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) to skill one crore people  over  the  four  years  (2016-2020)  with  an  outlay  of  Rs.12,000  crore  is  also being  implemented  by  the  Ministry.  Under  PMKVY  2016-20,  the  skill  development training is running with accelerated pace with an objective to provide skilling under Short Term Training (STT), Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) and Special Project (SP)  across  the  country.    Under  PMKVY  2016-20,  as  on  24.01.2019,  37.32  lakh (appx.) candidates have been trained under STT (25.25 lakh), RPL (11.27 lakh) and

Special Project (0.8 lakh) in the country. Under  tripartite  Corporate  Social  Responsibility  (CSR)  Agreements,  various Public  Sector  Undertakings  (PSUs),  private  sector  donors  provide  funds  to  NSDC through NSDF  for  implementation  of  CSR  Skill  Development  Projects. Since inception,  27571  youth  have  been  placed  under  the  CSR  projects  with  various employers  across  the  country  that  is  inclusive  of  self  and  wage  employment.  The growth in the numbers, over the years, has been gradual and steep because of the increase in number of funders who have shown interest in spending their CSR fund in  skill  initiatives  in  this  span  of  time;  and  the  number  of  project  renewals  that  has happened in  the  last  two  years.  Moreover,  around  40000  beneficiaries  have  been certified under Corporate funded Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) of workers and contract workers, especially under Mining sector.

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