Lok Sabha Question No. 1026 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-08
Subject: National Policy for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: Manoj Kishorbhai Kotak

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1026 TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.02.2021

## NATIONAL POLICY FOR SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP 1026. SHRI MANOJ KOTAK:

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

- (a) whether any evaluation of Skill Development Scheme has been conducted by third party agency as envisaged in the National Policy for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether any study has been done to determine that the skilled person under PMKVY get good wages in India and abroad; and
- (d) if so, details thereof?

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

## (SHRI R.K. SINGH)

(a) & (b): Yes, Sir. 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 of Central Sector Schemes have been assigned are given below:

|   Sl. No. | Name of the Scheme                                                                                        | Name of undertaking evaluation                      | Agency the             |
|-----------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|------------------------|
|         1 | Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY)                                                               | Indian Institute of Administration, Delhi           | Public New             |
|         2 | Jan Shikshan Sansthan                                                                                     | Indian Institute of Administration, Delhi           | Public New             |
|         3 | Up-gradation of 1396 Government Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) through Public- Private Partnership | Indian Institute of Administration, Delhi           | Public New             |
|         4 | Skill Development in 47 Districts Affected by Left Wing Extremism                                         | Indian Institute of Administration, Delhi           | Public New             |
|         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 Labour Research Development, New | of Economics and Delhi |

(c) & (d): NSDC  had  engaged  Sambodhi  Research  and  Communications  to conduct a third-party  impact  evaluation  of PMKVY  2.0. The objective  of  the  Study was to evaluate the impact of PMKVY Short Term Trainings (STT) and Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL). The Sambodhi Study found that the mean monthly income of individuals trained and certified under PMKVY 2.0 - STT was 15 percent higher when compared  to  a  comparison  group  of  individuals  who  has  not  participated  in PMKVY. Further, the average monthly income of RPL-certified individuals was found to  be  19  percent  higher  than  that  of  a  comparison  group  of  non-RPL  certified individuals.

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