Lok Sabha Question No. 3482 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-20
Subject: Skill Development Training of Persons with Disability
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: Hemant Tukaram Godse

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3482 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20.12.2021

## SKILL DEVELOPMENT TRAINING OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITY

## 3482. SHRI HEMANT TUKARAM GODSE:

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

- (a)       the details of the centres operating for Skill Development / training of persons with disability across the country, State/ UT-wise;
- (b)        whether  any  centralized  monitoring  system  is  in  place  to  check  quality  of training imparted to such persons;
- (c)        if so, the details thereof;
- (d)       the details of funds allocated and spent for persons with disability during each of the last three years; and
- (e)        the  names  of  the  Non-  Governmental  Organisations  (NGOs)  providing  skill training to persons with disability along with the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP (SHRI RAJEEV CHANDRASEKHAR)

(a) Under the Skill India Mission, Ministry is implementing its flagship scheme Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) with an objective to provide skilling  to  prospective  youth  including  persons  with  disability  (PwD)  under  Short Term Training  (STT)  courses  and  Recognition  of  Prior  Learning  (RPL)  across  the country.

Under  PMKVY,  there  are  certain  incentives  to  encourage  participation  of PwDs  in  the  skill  training,  namely,  post  placement  support,  monthly  conveyance allowance,  boarding  and  lodging,  etc.  Further,  there  is  an  exclusive  Sector Skill Council for PwD, namely, Skill Council for PwD (SCPwD) for catering to the needs of the  PwD  candidates  and  run  training  in  PwD-friendly  training  centres  (TCs).  Such centres  are  structurally  designed  to enable  PwD  candidates  to  experience  training with  ease.  In  addition,  other  Training  Centres  can  also  enroll  differently-abled candidates.  As  on  21.11.2021,  under  STT  component  of  PMKVY,  around  48 thousand  PwD  candidates  have  been  trained/oriented  under  191  training  centres (out  of  which  185  TCs  are  under  SCPwD). The  State/UT  -  wise  details  are  given at Annexure.

In long-term skilling, 9,105 PwD candidates have been enrolled in 2019 and 2020  session  in  3,681  Industrial  Training  Institutes  (ITIs)  across  the  country.

- (b)       Under PMKVY, there are various provisions for monitoring of TC as well as candidates. The life cycle of training process of candidates (enrolment - training assessment - certification  -  placement)  is  tracked  or  monitored  on  real-time  basis through the Skill India Portal (SIP) which is  linked with Aadhaar-enabled biometric attendance. TCs are being monitored effectively through various methodologies such as self-audit reporting, call validations, surprise visits, etc. Appraisal of the on-going schemes  and  consequent  improvements  is  an  ongoing  process  and  PMKVY Monitoring Committee reviews and formulate framework on the critical cases related to monitoring issues of the stakeholders.

Further,  in  order  to  improve  the  monitoring  under  PMKVY,  District  Skill Committee (DSC) is being involved and entrusted with the monitoring under PMKVY 3.0. DSC acts as an on-ground monitoring agency for conducting inspection of TCs.

- (c)        Above reply (b) may be referred to.
- (d)        Under  PMKVY,  there  is  no  provision  of  earmarking  separate  funds  for Divyangjan (PwD) candidates.
- (e)        Under  PMKVY,  training  is  being  imparted  through  accredited  and  affiliated Training  Centres  which  can  be  a  private  entity, Non-  Governmental  Organisations (NGOs),  etc.  As  on  21.11.2021,  191  training  centres  have  imparted  training  to Divyangjan PwD candidates across the country.

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Annexure

The State-wise number of training centres (TCs) and PwD candidates trained/oriented under PMKVY, as on 21.11.2021

| S. No.   | State/UT          | Number of TCs   | Trained / Oriented   |
|----------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------------|
| 1.       | Andhra Pradesh    | 2               | 1,001                |
| 2.       | Arunachal Pradesh | 1               | 14                   |
| 3.       | Assam             | 5               | 1,665                |
| 4.       | Bihar             | 6               | 1,677                |
| 5.       | Chandigarh        | 1*              | 4                    |
| 6.       | Chhattisgarh      | 2               | 420                  |
| 7.       | Delhi             | 9               | 1,619                |
| 8.       | Goa               | 1*              | 2                    |
| 9.       | Gujarat           | 3               | 507                  |
| 10.      | Haryana           | 15              | 4,133                |
| 11.      | Himachal Pradesh  | 1               | 190                  |
| 12.      | Jammu And Kashmir | 13              | 2,838                |
| 13.      | Jharkhand         | 4               | 1,254                |
| 14.      | Karnataka         | 1               | 387                  |
| 15.      | Kerala            | 1               | 331                  |
| 16.      | Madhya Pradesh    | 19              | 3,099                |
| 17.      | Maharashtra       | 6               | 682                  |
| 18.      | Manipur           | 1*              | 2                    |
| 19.      | Meghalaya         | 1*              | 13                   |
| 20.      | Odisha            | 4               | 664                  |
| 21.      | Puducherry        | 1*              | 6                    |
| 22.      | Punjab            | 12              | 2,969                |
| 23.      | Rajasthan         | 31              | 8,781                |
| 24.      | Sikkim            | 1               | 66                   |
| 25.      | Tamil Nadu        | 6               | 1,474                |
| 26.      | Telangana         | 3               | 672                  |
| 27.      | Tripura           | 1*              | 6                    |
| 28.      | Uttar Pradesh     | 37              | 13,662               |
| 29.      | Uttarakhand       | 2               | 283                  |
| 30.      | West Bengal       | 1               | 446                  |
| Total    | Total             | 191             | 48,867               |

* TCs are not under SCPwD.