Lok Sabha Question No. 5218 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-04-03
Subject: Employability of Youth
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: Ranjeetsingh Naik Nimbalkar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5218

ANSWERED ON 03.04.2023

## EMPLOYABILITY OF YOUTH

5218. SHRI RANJEETSINGH NAIK NIMBALKAR:

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

- (a) whether the target of skilling eight crore young Indians by 2024 is on its course, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the Government has the database to ascertain as those who have been skilled are employed too;
- (c) the details of those trained who have started their own business;
- (d)  whether  surveys  to  find  out  the  exact  skill  requirements  from  the  prospective employees have been conducted, if so, the details thereof; and
- (e)  the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  bridge  the  skill  gaps  and  enhance employability of youth?

## ANSWER

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

(SHRI RAJEEV CHANDRASEKHAR)

(a) to (c) Under  Skill  India  Mission,  the  Ministry  of  Skill  Development  and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) delivers Skill, Re-Skill and Up-Skill programme to all the sections of the society, through an extensive network of skill development Centres/ Institutes  across  the  country,  under  various  schemes  viz.  Pradhan  Mantri  Kaushal Vikas  Yojana  (PMKVY),  Jan  Shikshan  Sansthan  (JSS),  National  Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme  (NAPS)  and  Craftsmen Training Scheme  (CTS)  through Industrial Training Institutes  (ITIs). All  these  schemes under the Skill India  Mission are demand driven. The total number of persons benefitted through these schemes is as under:

|   Sl. No. | Schemes                            | No. of persons trained   |
|-----------|------------------------------------|--------------------------|
|         1 | PMKVY (FY2015-16 to December 2022) | 137.24 lakh              |
|         2 | JSS (FY 2018-19 to December 2022)  | 15.74 lakh               |
|         3 | NAPS (FY 2018-19 to December 2022) | 18.73 lakh               |
|         4 | CTS (2014 to 2022)                 | 111.35 lakh              |

In addition, 188.44 Lakh persons were provided fee-based training by NSDC till October, 2022. A total of 13.50 Lakh persons have been trained under Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana - National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM) of Ministry of Housing  and  Urban  Affairs  (MoHUA)  till  December,  2022.    Further,  13.31  Lakh persons  have  been  trained  under  Deen  Dayal  Upadhyaya  Grameen  Kaushalya Yojana  (DDU-GKY)  and  33.64  Lakh  persons  have  been  trained  under  Rural  Self Employment Training Institutes (RSETIs) of Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) till December, 2022.

PMKVY  had  two  components  namely  Short  Term  Training  (STT)  and Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL). Placement opportunities were facilitated to STT certified candidates, while RPL was not linked with placements as it recognized the existing  skills  of  candidate.  Under  the  Short  term  training  (STT)  component  of PMKVY 3.0, successfully certified candidates provided with placement opportunities. Under STT component of PMKVY, as on 31.12.2022, 56.64 lakh candidates have been  certified;  out  of  which,  24.36  lakh  candidates  have  been  reported  placed  in various sectors across the country which is around 43%. As regards other Schemes, as per the third party evaluation reports, there is success in terms of placement or enhancement of income of candidates trained. As far as JSS scheme is concerned, third party evaluation report of the scheme observed that as an impact of the training programme conducted at JSSs, the self and wage employment and private job have become  evident.  The  report  has  further  observed  that  usefulness  of  the  scheme would be further evident from the fact that 77.05% of the beneficiary trainees have undergone  occupational  shifts.  The  final  report  of  Tracer  Study  of  ITI  Graduates (published in January 2018 by the Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, GoI)  mentions  that  63.5%  of  total  ITI  pass-outs  got  employed  (wage+self,  out  of which 6.7% are self-employed).

(d) The Government engaged various organizations including Accenture, KPMG, and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) through the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) for conducting district-level skill gap studies for different states in  India.  The  overall  objective  of these studies  was  to  assess the  district-level skill gaps in the concerned States, both in terms of numbers and the required skills and competence. The studies provide information on the skills needed and the skill gaps in  various  sectors  across  districts  in  the  state,  which  help  understand  the  skill requirements and opportunities within the states.

Further,  District  Skill  Committees  (DSCs),  under  the  guidance  of  respective State Skill Development Missions (SSDMs), are playing a key role in addressing the skill gap and assessing demand at the district level. The DSCs have been entrusted with  the  development  of  District  Skill  Development  Plans  (DSDPs)  to  promote decentralized  planning  and  implementation  at  the  grassroots.  The  DSDPs  identify sectors  in  which  employment  opportunities  and  demand  for  skilling  exists.  MSDE programmes are designed accordingly.

(e) In order to meet skilling requirement for future workforce, improve the quality of  skilling  and  align  the  training  programs  with  the  changes  in  the  economy  and technology to meet the needs of the industry, following steps have been taken by Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE):

- i. Expansion in infrastructure of Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) through new ITIs in Public and Private Sectors.
- ii. Upgradation  and  modernization  of  ITIs  in terms  of their infrastructure, pedagogy, curriculum and technology interventions.
- iii. Introduction  of  new-age  courses  in  Internet  of  Things  (IoT),  Renewable Energy,  Additive  Manufacturing  Technology  (3-D  Printing),  Mechatronics, Drone Technology etc in ITIs.
- iv. Launching  of  the  Pradhan  Mantri  Kaushal  Vikas  Yojana  (PMKVY),  for imparting short-term skill training to the youth.
- v. Implementation  of  JSS  to  impart  Vocational  Skills  to  non-literates,  neoliterates  and  the  persons  having  rudimentary  level  of  education  upto  8th standard and school dropouts upto 12th standard in the age group of 15-45 years.
- vi. Notification of common norms for bringing about uniformity and standardization  in  implementation  of  various  Skill  Development  schemes  by different Central Ministries/ Departments.
- vii. Setting up of Sector Skill Councils (SSCs) as industry-led bodies to develop National Occupation Standards (NOSs).
- viii. Implementation of Skills Acquisition and Knowledge Awareness for Livelihood Promotion  (SANKALP),  an  outcome-oriented  World  Bank  supported  project for strengthening institutional mechanisms at both national and state levels.
- ix. Implementation  of  Skills  Strengthening  for  Industrial  Value  Enhancement (STRIVE) scheme, a World Bank assisted project launched with the objective of  improving  the  relevance  and  efficiency  of  skills  training  provided  through Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) and apprenticeships.
- x. Mobilisation/outreach  activities through  Kaushal/Rozgar Melas, Skills Career Counselling Scheme in making skilling aspirational.
- xi. Alignment of courses as per National Skill Qualification Framework (NSQF).
- xii. Trainings  of  Trainers  through  National  Skill  Training  Institutes  (NSTIs)  and Institutes of Training of Trainers (IToTs).
- xiii. Launch  of  National  Apprenticeship  Promotion  Scheme  (NAPS)  to  promote apprenticeship  training  in  the  country  by  providing  stipend  support  to  the apprentices, undertake capacity building of the apprenticeship ecosystem and provide advocacy assistance to support rapid growth.

*****