Lok Sabha Question No. 641 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-06
Subject: Sector Skill Councils
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: Vijay Baghel

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO -†641

ANSWERED ON - 06/02/2023

## SECTOR SKILL COUNCILS

## †641. SHRI VIJAY BAGHEL:

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

- (a) Whether the fee is being charged by various Sector Skill Councils (SSCs) if any, other awarding body conducts the skill course created by the SSCs;
- (b) if  so,  the  names  of the  SSCs which are taking fee and the amount thereof; and
- (c) the details of the fees charged by the Government, SSCs/Course-wise?

## ANSWER

THE  MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  SKILL  DEVELOPMENT  AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

(SHRI RAJEEV CHANDRASEKHAR)

- (a) National Council for Vocational Education and Training (NCVET), an overarching  umbrella  regulator  in  the  Technical  and  Vocational  Education  and Training  (TVET),  has  developed  "the  Guidelines  for  Adoption  of  Qualifications  by Awarding Bodies (ABs)" for defining the formal process to acquire awarding rights of a qualification for NCVET certification. The incentivisation for the original developing AB is given in  the Para  6(h)(a)  of  the  aforesaid  guidelines  and  the  same  is  given below:

Para  6(h)(a): If  any  Awarding  Bodies  desires  to  adopt  the  qualification  of  a developer body, they shall either:

- i) Mutually agree to the same with or without any incentivisation.
2. ii) If  they  are  mutually  not  able  to  decide,  then  following  incentivisation formulae shall apply:
3. iii) In  case  the  Developer  Body  refuses  the  grant  of  Adoption  rights, the Adopting Body may approach NCVET, who may grant adoption rights in  the  public  interest  on  the  merit  of  the  case  at  the  incentivisation formulae as mentioned above vide para-(ii).
4. (b) Till date, no fee has been charged by Sector Skill Councils (SSCs) from other awarding  body/ies  for  their  NSQF  aligned  and  approved  qualifications  under  the provisions of these guidelines.
5. (c) The payment of the processing fee to the government isdefined in the Para 6(h)(b)  of  the  Guidelines  for  Adoption  of  Qualifications  by  Awarding  Bodies  (ABs) and the same is given below:

| Time of Adoption                 | Incentive Payable to the developer body for adoption of every Qualification (Amount in Rs.)   |
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| For initial adoption:            |                                                                                               |
| New Qualification                | 1,50,000                                                                                      |
| After First revision             | 75,000                                                                                        |
| Renewal Every 3 years thereafter | 25,000                                                                                        |

Para 6(h)(b): Processing Fee payable to NCVET for every adopted qualification would be as follows:

(Amount in Rs.)

| Processing Fee in Rupees         | For initial adoption   | Renewal Every 3 years   |
|----------------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
| Processing Fee per Qualification | 25,000                 | 10,000                  |

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