Lok Sabha Question No. 5245 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-04-03
Subject: Analyzing the Data of Skill Development Programmes
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: Ravindra Kushawaha, Ravi Kishan Shukla

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.5245

ANSWERED ON 03.04.2023

## ANALYZING THE DATA OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES

5245. SHRI RAVINDRA KUSHWAHA:          SHRI RAVI KISHAN:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  is  analyzing  the  data  of  the  skill  development programmes throughout the country; and
- (b)      if so, the plan of the Government to increase skill in various deprived areas, States and skills areas?

## ANSWER

MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  SKILL  DEVELOPMENT  AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

(SHRI RAJEEV CHANDRASEKHAR)

- (a) Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) regularly monitors  progress  of  its  schemes  delivering  Skilling,  Re-Skilling  and  Up-Skilling training programme to youth across the country through an extensive network of skill development Centres/ Institutes/Schools/Colleges/Universities 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).  The  data maintained  through  online  portals  of  schemes  is  analysed  and  corrective  action taken, whenever required.
- (b) MSDE has made following efforts at the institutional and structural levels to increase skill in various deprived areas, States and skills areas:
- (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 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 8 th 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).

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