Lok Sabha Question No. 3458 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-08-08
Subject: Training to Differently-abled People
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: Krupal Balaji Tumane, Kalaben Mohanbhai Delkar, Bhavana Gawali (Patil)

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3458 TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.08.2022

## TRAINING TO DIFFERENTLY-ABLED PEOPLE

## † 3458.  SHRI KRUPAL BALAJI TUMANE: SHRIMATI DELKAR KALABEN MOHANBHAI: SHRIMATI BHAVANA PUNDALIKRAO GAWALI:

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

- (a)  whether the Government has formulated any scheme to provide training to differently-abled people residing in the rural areas to make them self-employed and entrepreneurs, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the Government has signed any memorandum to give co-operation and assistance for providing training and employment to such people, if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the salient features of the said Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) and its current status?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)  Under Skill India Mission, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship is implementing its flagship scheme Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) for Skill based training of the youth  across  the  country  including  the  Differently  abled  candidates  under  Short  Term  Training (STT) courses and Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL). STT is linked to placement while RPL recognizes the existing skills of the candidate and does not mandate placement.

Further, there is an exclusive Sector Skill Council for Differently abled, namely, Skill Council for PwD (SCPwD) for catering to the needs of the Differently abled candidates and run training in PwD-friendly training centres (TCs). Such centres are structurally designed to enable Differently abled  candidates  to  experience  training  with  ease.  These  training  centres  are  structurally designed to cover Braille, computer screen reader for visually impaired; sign language interpreter for  speech  and  hearing  impaired,  etc.  In  addition,  other  Training  Centres  can  also  enroll differently-abled  candidates.  Details  of  Differently  abled candidates  trained  under  PMKVY

## scheme (as on 30.06.2022) is given in Annexure-I.

Further, National Institute for Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development (NIESBUD),  Noida,  an  autonomous  Entrepreneurship  Institute  under  MSDE  has  conducted various training programmes covering 1,94,600 beneficiaries during the last five years (2017-18 to 2021-2022)which includes 1,895 differently abled candidates.

(b)  &  (c)  The  Ministry  of  Skill  Development  and  Entrepreneurship  has  not  signed  any  specific Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for providing training  and  employment  to  differently-abled people residing in the rural areas.

However, National Institute for Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development (NIESBUD) at Noida and Indian Institute of Entrepreneurship (IIE) at Guwahati, Entrepreneurship Institutes under Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship have signed MoU with Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) to provide technical support on rural entrepreneurship development to  State  Rural  Livelihood  Missions  (SRLMs)  under  Start-up  Village  Entrepreneurship  Programme (SVEP) of Ministry of Rural Development through trainings and implementation. The MoU shall be valid for a period of four years. This MoU could be extended further on mutually agreed terms. The objective of SVEP programme is to help the rural poor including differently abled candidates to setup  enterprises  at  the  village  level  in  non-agricultural  sectors.  NIESBUD  and  IIE  have  been empanelled  as  National  Resource  Organization  (NRO)  under  Start-up  Village  Entrepreneurship Programme (SVEP) for Non-farm Livelihoods to support States/UTs for capacity building/ training and programme implementation.

Annexure-I

## Annexure-I  referred  to  in  reply  to  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.  3458  regarding 'Training to Differently-abled People' to be answered on 08.08.2022

|             | STT     | STT       | STT             | STT           | RPL     | RPL       |               |
|-------------|---------|-----------|-----------------|---------------|---------|-----------|---------------|
| FY          | Trained | Certified | Reported Placed | Self Employed | Trained | Certified | Total Trained |
| FY-15-16    | 304     | 225       | 61              | 0             | 1       | 1         | 305           |
| FY-16-17    | 87      | 57        | 2               | 0             | 39      | 11        | 126           |
| FY-17-18    | 2,682   | 1,622     | 626             | 69            | 60      | 35        | 2,742         |
| FY-18-19    | 14,029  | 9,749     | 1,815           | 167           | 32      | 26        | 14,061        |
| FY-19-20    | 22,833  | 21,198    | 10,474          | 411           | 19      | 14        | 22,852        |
| FY-20-21    | 8,338   | 7,188     | 2,428           | 19            | 225     | 159       | 8,563         |
| FY-21-22    | 213     | 1,818     | 2,416           | 0             | 33      | 31        | 246           |
| FY-22-23    | 48      | 27        | 2               | 0             | 2       | 0         | 50            |
| Grand Total | 48,534  | 41,884    | 17,824          | 666           | 411     | 277       | 48,945        |

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