Lok Sabha Question No. 18 (STARRED), answered on 2020-02-03
Subject: National Council Vocational Training Courses under PMKVY
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: Bhartruhari Mahtab

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO. *18 TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.02.2020

## NATIONAL COUNCIL VOCATIONAL TRAINING COURSES UNDER PMKVY

## *18. SHRI BHARTRUHARI MAHTAB:

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

- (a) whether the Government has conducted any National Council Vocational Training (NCVT) Courses/Short term skill courses under the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) across the country;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  thereof  since  inception,  State/UT-wise  along  with  the  number  of youth benefited from the said courses so far across the country, State/UT-wise;
- (c) the number of Engineering Colleges/ Polytechnics identified and affiliated to run the said courses so far across the country, State/UT-wise;
- (d) the cases of irregularities in implementing the said scheme which have come to the notice of the Government during the said period along with action taken thereon; and
- (e) the other steps taken by the Government for training and skill development of youth and to ensure their employment in the country?

## ANSWER

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

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

## STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (A)  TO  (E)  OF  LOK  SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 18 TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.02.2020 ASKED BY SHRI BHARTRUHARI MAHTAB REGARDING NATIONAL COUNCIL VOCATIONAL TRAINING COURSES UNDER PMKVY

- (a) and (b) Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship is implementing Pradhan Mantri  Kaushal  Vikas  Yojana  (PMKVY)  for  imparting  Vocational  Courses  (Short  Term Training (STT) and Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL)) to the prospective youths of the Country. Under the scheme, as on 17.01.2020, 73.47 lakh (appx.) (40.27 lakh STT + 33.20 lakh RPL) candidates have been trained/oriented  in  around 371  courses throughout the country. The State/UT - wise details of Short Term Training and RPL of PMKVY (2016-20) are given at Annexure I and II, respectively.
- (c) Under  PMKVY, 'Best  in  Class  Academic  Institutes' are  empanelled  to  run Vocational Courses in various job roles. The detail of such empanelled institutes is given at Annexure III .
- (d) Under the monitoring framework of PMKVY (2016-20), as on 13.01.2020, number of 304  Training  Centre  (TCs)  have  been  suspended  due  to  non  compliance  of  PMKVY operational guidelines/irregularities.
- (e) Government  has  promoted  industry  to  design  competency  based  curriculum  and standard  for  skill  training  courses.  For  this,  Government  has  constituted  industry  -  led body known as Sector Skill Councils (SSCs). SSCs in consultation with sector expert and relevant  academia  assess  skill  needs  of  various  job  roles  and  develop  job  specific standards called Qualification Packs - National Occupational Standards (QP-NOS). These QP-NOS  are aligned to competency based framework known as National Skill Qualification  Framework  (NSQF).  MSDE  through  Directorate  General  of  Training  (DGT) has  introduced  Craftsmen  Training  Scheme  (CTS)  for  ensuring  a  steady  flow  of  skilled workers in different trades. CTS is being implemented through Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) for imparting vocational /skill training courses under the domain of long term training (LTT).  MSDE  is  also  implementing  the  Scheme  of  Jan  Shikshan  Sansthan  (JSS)  for imparting  skill  development  training  to  non-literate,  neo-literate  and  person  of  Socioeconomically and educationally backward group. Skills Career Counselling Scheme known as  Skill  Saathi  is  being  implementing  to  counsel  the  youths  to  make  the  right  choice  of training and subsequent employment/entrepreneurship.

Under PMKVY (2016-20), various provisions/initiatives are being taken to enhance placement of the trained candidates. These includes organization of Rozgar Mela with the support of Sector Skill Councils, 20% of total training payout (last tranche) to TCs based on placement, post placement support of Rs. 1500 per month per trainee is applicable for special areas/special groups, implementation of employer led training model, reallocation of target to TCs based on placement performance etc.

Annexure I State/UT - wise candidates trained, assessed, certified and placed under Short term

Training of PMKVY (2016-20), as on 17.01.2020, are given below:

| S. No.   | State/UT                   | Trained   | Assessed   | Certified   | Placed    |
|----------|----------------------------|-----------|------------|-------------|-----------|
| 1.       | Andaman and Nicobar Island | 1,117     | 864        | 756         | 124       |
| 2.       | Andhra Pradesh             | 1,40,928  | 1,30,464   | 1,17,273    | 75,235    |
| 3.       | Arunachal Pradesh          | 12,362    | 10,165     | 9,203       | 2,725     |
| 4.       | Assam                      | 99,363    | 85,671     | 74,773      | 33,366    |
| 5.       | Bihar                      | 2,04,119  | 1,86,790   | 1,61,774    | 81,038    |
| 6.       | Chandigarh                 | 10,509    | 9,047      | 7,805       | 3,371     |
| 7.       | Chhattisgarh               | 79,690    | 71,013     | 59,757      | 22,747    |
| 8.       | Dadra and Nagar Haveli     | 1,618     | 1,449      | 1,249       | 681       |
| 9.       | Daman and Diu              | 3,263     | 2,773      | 2,371       | 1,428     |
| 10.      | Delhi                      | 1,50,515  | 1,32,796   | 1,21,317    | 59,917    |
| 11.      | Goa                        | 2,531     | 1,671      | 1,442       | 740       |
| 12.      | Gujarat                    | 1,16,707  | 1,02,641   | 91,116      | 45,406    |
| 13.      | Haryana                    | 2,88,186  | 2,62,788   | 2,37,777    | 1,34,783  |
| 14.      | Himachal Pradesh           | 54,600    | 48,494     | 43,179      | 18,376    |
| 15.      | Jammu and Kashmir          | 1,04,876  | 93,696     | 83,352      | 41,721    |
| 16.      | Jharkhand                  | 58,607    | 52,939     | 45,868      | 21,125    |
| 17.      | Karnataka                  | 1,10,567  | 1,01,089   | 89,841      | 45,488    |
| 18.      | Kerala                     | 57,825    | 50,716     | 44,786      | 17,369    |
| 19.      | Lakshadweep                | 0         | 0          | 0           | 0         |
| 20.      | Madhya Pradesh             | 3,53,569  | 3,27,392   | 2,87,049    | 1,55,659  |
| 21.      | Maharashtra                | 1,66,870  | 1,40,696   | 1,18,486    | 49,142    |
| 22.      | Manipur                    | 22,933    | 19,767     | 17,412      | 5,500     |
| 23.      | Meghalaya                  | 11,576    | 10,044     | 8,831       | 4,510     |
| 24.      | Mizoram                    | 12,895    | 11,051     | 9,859       | 3,760     |
| 25.      | Nagaland                   | 10,141    | 8,125      | 7,218       | 1,932     |
| 26.      | Odisha                     | 1,21,502  | 1,09,492   | 96,455      | 49,130    |
| 27.      | Puducherry                 | 12,426    | 11,476     | 10,684      | 5,495     |
| 28.      | Punjab                     | 1,90,096  | 1,76,711   | 1,60,937    | 84,496    |
| 29.      | Rajasthan                  | 3,14,220  | 2,90,225   | 2,66,550    | 1,33,287  |
| 30.      | Sikkim                     | 5,850     | 5,004      | 4,302       | 931       |
| 31.      | Tamil Nadu                 | 2,17,841  | 1,92,500   | 1,73,826    | 1,12,492  |
| 32.      | Telangana                  | 1,48,851  | 1,36,504   | 1,23,365    | 77,773    |
| 33.      | Tripura                    | 25,143    | 22,735     | 20,161      | 6,656     |
| 34.      | Uttar Pradesh              | 6,33,081  | 5,79,270   | 5,10,085    | 2,46,846  |
| 35.      | Uttarakhand                | 87,006    | 78,403     | 67,850      | 34,052    |
| 36.      | West Bengal                | 1,95,674  | 1,78,959   | 1,57,976    | 84,660    |
|          | Grand Total                | 40,27,057 | 36,43,420  | 32,34,685   | 16,61,961 |

Annexure II

State/UT  - wise candidates oriented,  assessed and certified  under  Recognition  of Prior Learning - PMKVY (2016-20), as on 17.01.2020, are given below:

| S. No.   | State                      | Oriented   | Assessed   | Certified   |
|----------|----------------------------|------------|------------|-------------|
| 1.       | Andaman and Nicobar Island | 46         | 46         | 46          |
| 2.       | Andhra Pradesh             | 50,194     | 42,834     | 40,222      |
| 3.       | Arunachal Pradesh          | 3,999      | 3,714      | 3,668       |
| 4.       | Assam                      | 1,02,116   | 91,442     | 88,090      |
| 5.       | Bihar                      | 1,09,132   | 95,458     | 87,939      |
| 6.       | Chandigarh                 | 4,913      | 4,032      | 3,765       |
| 7.       | Chhattisgarh               | 18,051     | 14,532     | 13,416      |
| 8.       | Dadra and Nagar Haveli     | 1,382      | 1,226      | 1,200       |
| 9.       | Daman and Diu              | 1,453      | 1,113      | 1,072       |
| 10.      | Delhi                      | 1,32,518   | 1,16,956   | 1,10,384    |
| 11.      | Goa                        | 3,950      | 2,817      | 2,775       |
| 12.      | Gujarat                    | 1,22,495   | 1,07,058   | 1,03,437    |
| 13.      | Haryana                    | 1,46,304   | 1,23,425   | 1,16,307    |
| 14.      | Himachal Pradesh           | 27,078     | 24,467     | 22,582      |
| 15.      | Jammu and Kashmir          | 50,459     | 47,265     | 46,047      |
| 16.      | Jharkhand                  | 64,551     | 55,134     | 51,610      |
| 17.      | Karnataka                  | 2,04,010   | 1,58,983   | 1,46,963    |
| 18.      | Kerala                     | 1,11,093   | 89,699     | 84,027      |
| 19.      | Madhya Pradesh             | 1,42,043   | 1,24,849   | 1,13,817    |
| 20.      | Maharashtra                | 5,63,652   | 4,05,818   | 3,64,545    |
| 21.      | Manipur                    | 11,976     | 11,373     | 11,359      |
| 22.      | Meghalaya                  | 9,769      | 9,461      | 8,567       |
| 23.      | Mizoram                    | 750        | 735        | 734         |
| 24.      | Nagaland                   | 334        | 204        | 197         |
| 25.      | Odisha                     | 1,91,944   | 1,62,996   | 1,48,250    |
| 26.      | Puducherry                 | 3,774      | 3,033      | 2,848       |
| 27.      | Punjab                     | 52,970     | 43,183     | 39,833      |
| 28.      | Rajasthan                  | 3,29,324   | 3,00,991   | 2,83,368    |
| 29.      | Sikkim                     | 1,450      | 1,306      | 1,256       |
| 30.      | Tamil Nadu                 | 1,96,981   | 1,71,480   | 1,56,264    |
| 31.      | Telangana                  | 79,894     | 68,309     | 63,553      |
| 32.      | Tripura                    | 14,948     | 13,860     | 13,380      |
| 33.      | Uttar Pradesh              | 4,32,377   | 3,77,282   | 3,53,421    |
| 34.      | Uttarakhand                | 33,673     | 29,133     | 26,328      |
| 35.      | West Bengal                | 1,00,418   | 87,013     | 81,153      |
|          | Total                      | 33,20,021  | 27,91,227  | 25,92,423   |

[ Note: Placement  is  accounted  only  for  certified  candidates  in  Short  Term  Training  courses  (including Special Project). RPL does not mandate placement as it orients and certifies candidate with prior learning]

## Annexure III

## State wise details of Best in Class Academic Institutes' under PMKVY is given below:

|   S. No. | Name of Academic Institute                                           | State          |
|----------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------|
|        1 | Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IIT)*                       | Assam          |
|        2 | CSIR -North East Institute of Science and Technology, Jorhat, Assam* | Assam          |
|        3 | National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER)* | Assam          |
|        4 | Kirori Mal College, University of Delhi                              | Delhi          |
|        5 | SRM University of Delhi-NCR, Sonipat*                                | Haryana        |
|        6 | GD Goenka University*                                                | Haryana        |
|        7 | Indian Institute of Plantation Management                            | Karnataka      |
|        8 | Symbiosis University of Applied Sciences, Indore*                    | Madhya Pradesh |
|        9 | Symbiosis Skills & Open University (SSOU)-Pune**                     | Maharashtra    |
|       10 | Bhartiya Skill Development University Jaipur**                       | Rajasthan      |
|       11 | The Centre for Skill Development Annamalai University*               | Tamil Nadu     |
|       12 | JSS College of Pharmacy, Ooty                                        | Tamil Nadu     |
|       13 | NIT Agartala*                                                        | Tripura        |
|       14 | National Institute of Electronics & Information Technology (NIELET)* | West Bengal    |
|       15 | Brainware University*                                                | West Bengal    |

*Depicts Engineering college   ** Depicts Skill university

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