Lok Sabha Question No. 767 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-23
Subject: Green Skill Development Programme
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Jaswantsinh Sumanbhai Bhabhor, Jagdambika Pal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 767 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.07.2021

## Green Skill Development Programme

## 767. SHRI JASWANT SINGH BHABHOR SHRI  JAGDAMBIKA PAL

Will the Minister of ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE be pleased to state:

- (a) the objectives of Green Skill Development Programme;
- (b) Whether the government has been able to achieve its objectives under the said programme till date and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the total number of people trained and employed under the programme so far, yearwise and gender-wise;
- (d) the manner in which the said programme is likely to enable youths of the country particularly those from tribal areas of Gujarat to get gainful employment; and
- (e) The steps being taken by the Government to increase the coverage net of people to be trained and employed under the said programme?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

- (a):  The Green Skill Development Programme (GSDP) was launched in June 2017 under the ongoing Environmental Information System (ENVIS) Scheme of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, on a pilot basis, at 10 locations, spread over 9 biogeographic regions of the country with the objective to skill youth in environment, forest and wildlife sectors and enabling them to be gainfully employed or self-employed.
- (b)  &  (c):    Till  date  6178persons  have  been  trained  under  the  programme  of  which  2404 persons have beengainfullyemployed. The year-wise and gender-wise details of the same are as below:

| Year    | No. of people trained   | Of which   | Of which   | No. of people employed   | Of which   | Of which   |
|---------|-------------------------|------------|------------|--------------------------|------------|------------|
|         |                         | Male       | Female     |                          | Male       | Female     |
| 2017-18 | 248                     | 147        | 101        | 108                      | 67         | 41         |
| 2018-19 | 2315                    | 1409       | 906        | 880                      | 550        | 330        |
| 2019-20 | 2655                    | 1741       | 914        | 987                      | 650        | 337        |
| 2020-21 | 960                     | 544        | 416        | 429                      | 279        | 150        |
| Total   | 6178                    | 3841       | 2337       | 2404                     | 1546       | 858        |

(d): The ENVIS Hubs/Resource Partners and other Institutions imparting training under the GSDP invite applications from all over the country and the placements take place based on employment  opportunities  available  within  or  outside  the  State/  Union  Territory.  Till  date 256 people have been trained under GSDP in Gujarat and 192out of them have been gainfully employed.

(e):  Based  on  the  success  of  the  pilot,    the  programme  was  extended  to  pan-India  level  in 2018-19 covering diverse fields like pollution monitoring (air/water/soil), emission inventory, operation  of  Sewage  Treatment  Plant(STP)/  Effluent  Treatment  Plant  (ETP)/  Common Effluent  Treatment  Plant(CETP),  waste  management,  environmental  impact  assessment, forest  management,  water  budgeting  and  auditing,  conservation  of  river  dolphins,  wildlife management,  para  taxonomy  including  Peoples  Bio-Diversity  Register(PBR),  mangroves conservation,  bamboo  management  and  livelihood  generation  etc.    The  training  imparted under  GSDP  endeavours  to  enhance  technical  knowledge  of  the  skilled  workforce  with  a focus on hands-on training.

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