Lok Sabha Question No. 231 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-19
Subject: Migrant Workers Trained under GKRA
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Manoj Rajoria, Sumedhanand Saraswati

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 231

ANSWERED ON 19/07/2022

## MIGRANT WORKERS TRAINED UNDER GKRA

## 231. DR. MANOJ RAJORIA:

SHRI SUMEDHANAND SARASWATI:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the  total  number  of  migrant  workers  trained/to  be  trained  under  the  Garib  Kalyan Rozgar Abhiyan (GKRA);
- (b) whether the Government has made any efforts to organize skill training for different job roles as per the needs of the local industry and if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the  new  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  promote  skills  and  enterpreneurship  for rural development?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SADHVI NIRANJAN JYOTI)

(a)      The  Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan (GKRA) was launched on 20th June 2020, for a period  of  125  days  to  boost  employment  and  livelihood  opportunities  for  migrant  workers returning to villages and similarly affected citizens in rural area. The GKRA ended on 22nd October, 2020 and a total of 50.78 crore person-days employment were generated with a total expenditure of Rs. 39,293 crore during the Abhiyaan.

Training  has  been  conducted  through  Krishi  Vigyan  Kendra  (KVK)  during  Garib  Kalyan Rojgar  Abhiyaan.  A  total  of  1,922  trainings  were  conducted  and  68,136  candidates  were trained.

(b)  &  (c)      Project  'UNNATI', launched in December 2019 by Government of India, is a skilling project that intends to upgrade the skill base of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (Mahatma Gandhi NREGS) workers, and thereby improve their  livelihoods,  so  that  they  can  move  from  the  current  partial  employment  to  full employment.

There  are  two  skill  development  programme  for  rural  youth  under  Deendayal  Antyodaya Yojana-National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM), namely, Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen  Kaushalya  Yojana  (DDU-GKY)  and  Rural  Self  Employment  Training  institutes (RSETIs).  Both  these  programmes  are  aimed  at  increasing  employability  of  rural  youth, either for wage employment or self employment.

Start-up  Village  Entrepreneurship  Programme  (SVEP)  under  DAY-NRLM  programme supports the Self-Help Groups and their family members to set-up small enterprises in to nonfarm sector.

The Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) has launched the Rural Mason Training (RMT) programme  under  the  Pradhan  Mantri  Awaas  Yojana-  Gramin  (PMAY-G)  to  address  the issue of insufficient number of skilled masons for construction of quality PMAY-G houses. The MoRD has partnered with the Construction Skill Development Council of India (CSDCI) and  National  Skill  Development  Corporation  (NSDC)  in  the  implementation  of  the  RMT program.

Ministry  of  Skill  Development  and  Entrepreneurship  is  implementing  Pradhan  Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) under Skill India Mission for skill based training of the youth  across  the  country (including  youth  belonging  to  rural  areas)  under  Short  Term Training (STT) courses and Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL). Under PMKVY, STT is linked to  placement, while RPL does not mandate placements as it recognizes the existing skills of candidate.

At present, third phase of PMKVY i.e. PMKVY 3.0 is being implemented. PMKVY 3.0 is a demand driven scheme with bottom-up approach and District Skill Committees (DSCs) have been entrusted with the task of identifying local demand, based on which training has been arranged in the district which strengthens the local skill capability including in the rural areas.

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