Lok Sabha Question No. 2236 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-02
Subject: COVID-19 Pandemic in Bihar
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: Chandeshwar Prasad

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2236 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.08.2021

## COVID-19 PANDEMIC IN BIHAR

## 2236. SHRICHANDESHWAR PRASAD:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  conducted  any  survey  to  assess  the  impact  of various  skilling  performing  during  COVID-19  pandemic  in  the  country  especially  in Bihar, particularly in Jehanabad, Arwal and Gaya Districts;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government has set any target and deadline in the implementation of various Skill programmes;
- (d) if so, whether the Government is lagging behind the meeting the deadline;
- (e) if so, the details thereof; and
- (f) The corrective measures taken or proposed to be taken by the Government to improve the existing skilling methodology?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

- (a) Due to Covid-19 pandemic many skill training centres and institutions across the country including in the Districts of Bihar faced temporary closure. However, to mitigate the hardship, Blended Training programmes through online mode were introduced in the skilling ecosystem to impart skill training to the youth.
- (b) The National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) under the Ministry ofSkill Development and Entrepreneurship ( MSDE ) ,  has created e -Skill  India,  a  multi -lingual portal,  for  providing  e -skilling  opportunities  to  the  Indian  youth . e -Skill  India  works collaboratively  as  an  e -Learning  aggregator  portal  by  establishing  strategic  digital skilling partnerships with knowledge partners to bring best -in -class digital opportunities for the Indian youth under one roof . The portal has over 900 e -courses and more than 7 . 5 lakh enrolments . Majority of e -courses are on e -skill India. Similarly, in the field of long  term  training,  the  Directorate  General  of  Training  under  MSDE  has  launched Bharat  Skill  Portal  covering  29  popular  courses,  e-learning  video  content  for  71 courses and Question Bank for all the 137 trades under Craftsmen Training Scheme (CTS) for ITIs.
- (c) As  per the National Policy for Skill  Development  and  Entrepreneurship, 2015India  has  a  target  to  train  402.87  million  by  2022.  This  includes  104.62  million newentrants  to  existing  workforce  in  the  country  who  need  to  be  skilled  to  meet industry requirement. In addition, 298.25 million of existing work force need to be reskilled/  up  skilled.  Under  Skill  India  Mission,  the  Government  is  implementing  more than  40  skill  development  schemes  /programmes  across  more  than  20  Central Ministries/ Departments, for providing a variety of skill development training programmes on pan India basis.
- (d) No Sir.
- (e) Does not arise, in view of (d) above.

(f) As envisaged in the National Policy for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship 2015, the  Ministry  of  Skill  Development  and  Entrepreneurship  has  been  undertaking regular monitoring and evaluation of its various schemes/initiatives for any necessary corrective  measures.  Details  of  agencies  to  whom  third  party  evaluation  studies  of Central Sector Schemes have been assigned are given below:

|   Sl. No . | Name of the Scheme                                                                                      | Name of Agency undertaking the evaluation                                  |
|------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|          1 | Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana(PMKVY)                                                              | Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi                       |
|          2 | Jan Shikshan Sansthan                                                                                   | Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi                       |
|          3 | Up-gradation of 1396 Government Industrial Training Institutes(ITIs) through Public-Private Partnership | Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi                       |
|          4 | Skill Development in 47 Districts Affected by Left Wing Extremism                                       | Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi                       |
|          5 | National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme                                                                | National Productivity Council, New Delhi                                   |
|          6 | Up-gradation of existing Govt. ITIs into Model ITIs                                                     | National Productivity Council, New Delhi                                   |
|          7 | Enhancing Skill Development Infrastructure in North Eastern States                                      | National Institute of Labour Economics Research and Development, New Delhi |

Procedural changes are introduced in the schemes on the basis of feedbacks and various internal studies. For example, right now we are running the version 3.0 of the PMKVY and both versions 2.0 and 3.0 contain such modifications with respect to the irrespective preceding versions.

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