Lok Sabha Question No. 5203 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-24
Subject: Skill Development in Coal Sector
Ministry: COAL
Asked by: Amol Ramsing Kolhe, Kuldeep Rai Sharma, Dhanush M Kumar, Supriya Sadanand Sule, Heena Vijaykumar Gavit, Subhash Ramrao Bhamre, Sunil Dattatray Tatkare

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COAL

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5203 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.07.2019

## Skill Development in Coal Sector

## 5203.   DR. AMOL RAMSING KOLHE:

SHRI KULDEEP RAI SHARMA:

SHRI DHANUSH M. KUMAR:

SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE:

DR. HEENA GAVIT:

DR. SUBHASH RAMRAO BHAMRE:

SHRI SUNIL DATTATRAY TATKARE:

Will the Minister of COAL be pleased to state:

- (a) whether a Tripartite MoU was signed between National Skill Development Fund(NSDF), National Skill Development Corporation(NSDC) and Coal India Limited(CIL) to provide skill development in the coal sector;
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the details of the areas likely to be covered and the efforts being made by the Government to create sufficient manpower with requisite skill in the coal sector;
- (c) the number of persons who have been provided skill training so far;
- (d) the manner in which the funds allocated from the head 'other administrative expenses' for the purpose of providing training to the officers/employees have been utilised;
- (e) whether any  funds have remained unutilized under the said  head  and  if  so,  the  details thereof and the steps being taken by the Government in this regard; and
- (f) the other steps taken by the Government to train/enhance all the persons engaged in coal sector?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS, COAL AND MINES (SHRI PRALHAD JOSHI)

- (a): Yes, Sir.

(b):  A  Tripartite MoU  was  signed  on  3rd 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  15th 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 and CIL along with its Subsidiary Single Point of Contacts (SPOC's).

(c): The person trained/achievement under the pilot project is summarized below:

| Activity                                                                   | Training imparted   |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------|
| Recognition to Prior Learning (RPL) for Employees and Contractors' Workers | 39953               |
| Fresh Skilling of PAPs                                                     | 1968 (706 placed)   |
| Total                                                                      | 41921               |

(d) & (e): CIL does not have any budget head called 'other administrative expenses'.

(f) :    During the year 2018-19, a total of 1,12,647 employees of  CIL and its subsidiaries have been trained,  out  of  which  19,240  were  executives  and  93,407  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.  45,261 contractors' workers were imparted skill development trainings in Vocational Training Institutes of  subsidiaries  of  CIL during  2018-19  as  per  requirement  of  the  Mines  Vocational  Training Rules.

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