Lok Sabha Question No. 453 (STARRED), answered on 2022-04-04
Subject: Skill Development Schemes in Kerala
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: Thomas Chazhikadan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO . *453 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.04.2022

## SKILL DEVELOPMENT SCHEMES IN KERALA

## *453. SHRI THOMAS CHAZHIKADAN:

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

- a) the  details  of  the  schemes  currently  being  run  by  the  Government  for  Skill Development of unemployed youth in urban areas in Kerala;
- b) the  number  of  people  who  benefitted  from  these  schemes  during  the  last three years; and
- c) the number of people who secured jobs during the said period?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (c) : A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (A) TO (C) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *453 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.04.2022 ASKED BY SHRITHOMAS CHAZHIKADAN REGARDING SKILL DEVELOPMENT SCHEMES IN KERALA.

(a) The Government is implementing various Skill Development Schemes/Programmes across Central Ministries/Departments, for providing a range of  Skill  Development  training  programmes  on  pan  India  basis.  Under  Skill  India Mission, the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship is delivering skills through following skill development schemes across the country including Kerala:

|   S.No. | Schemes                                                                     | Objective                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
|---------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|       1 | Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY)                                 | With an aim to empower country's youth and continue the journey of Skill India Mission in building India as the skill capital of the world, the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) launched the third phase of its flagship scheme- Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY 3.0) in January 2021.                                               |
|       2 | Jan Shikshan Sansthan ( JSS ) Scheme                                        | Scheme of Jan ShikshanSansthan (NGOs) for Skill Development to impart vocational skills in non-formal mode to non-literate, neo-literates, persons with rudimentary level of education upto 8 th and school drop- outs upto 12 th standard in the age group of 15-45 years. The priority groups are women, SC, ST, minorities and other backward sections of the society. |
|       3 | National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme ( NAPS )                           | This Scheme is for promoting apprenticeship training and increasing the engagement of apprentices by providing financial support to industrial establishments undertaking apprenticeship program under The Apprentices Act, 1961 .                                                                                                                                        |
|       4 | Industrial Training Institutes ( ITIs ) / Craftsmen Training Scheme ( CTS ) | This scheme is for providing long - term training through Industrial Training Institutes ( ITIs ) operational across the country . The ITIs offer a range of vocational/skill training courses covering a large number of economic sectors with an objective of providing skilled workforce to the industry as well as self-employment of youth.                          |

Other Ministries running important skilling programmes in the urban areas:

Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs (MoHUA) is implementing a Centrally Sponsored Scheme namely 'Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana - National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAYNULM)', in the States/UTs including Kerala, to reduce poverty and vulnerability of  urban  poor  households  on  a  sustainable  basis.  Under  its  Employment  through Skill  Training  and  Placement  (EST&P)  component,  skill  training  is  provided  to  the urban  poor  candidates  in  market-oriented  certified  courses  for  their  placement  in wage  employment  and self-employment opportunities. Ministry of Textiles is implementing  an  umbrella  skilling  scheme  viz.  Samarth-  Scheme  for  Capacity

Building in Textile Sector (Samarth), signifying the broad objective of the scheme to skill the youth for gainful and sustainable employment in the textile sector. Khadi & Village Industries Commission (KVIC),through its Departmental and NonDepartmental training centres and through other promotional schemes, conducting Skill Development programmes in the country including Kerala State for unemployed youth to generate self-employment opportunities in traditional industries like beekeeping, Pottery, leather, agarbatti making, soap and detergent making,  Khadi spinning and weaving, baking and cake making etc.

- (b) The number of people trained under various skill development schemes viz. PMKVY, JSS, NAPS and ITIs during last three years are attached at Annexure-I .
- (c) PMKVY : The numbers of persons who secured jobs in Kerala during last three years under schemeareas given below :

| State   | 2018-19 Reported Placed   | 2019-20 Reported Placed   | 2020-21 Reported Placed   |
|---------|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
| Kerala  | 6,501                     | 8,263                     | 1,213                     |

As per the Third-Party Evaluation Report on PMKVY 2.0 (2016-20), it was found that average monthly income of PMKVY trained and certified individuals was 15% higher than  the  comparison  group.  Moreover,  76%  of  the  candidates  acknowledged  that after the training, they have better chance of getting employment.

- JSS: The objective of training imparted under JSS is to link the individuals for gainful livelihood  and  supplement  their  family  income  through  self-employment  and  wage employment. The providing of employment/placement to the beneficiaries is not the mandate  of  the  JSS  Scheme.  As  far  as  the  employment  of  the  JSS  scheme beneficiaries is concerned, third party evaluation report of the  scheme  has mentioned,  'It  is  finally  observed  that  as  an  impact  of  the  training  programme conducted  at  JSSs,  the  self  and  wage  employment  and  private  job  have  become evident'. The usefulness of the scheme would be further self-evident from the fact that  same  report  has  mentioned  that  77.05%  of  the  beneficiary  trainees  have undergone occupational shifts.

CTS: 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).

NAPS:

Placements are not tracked in NAPS

## ANNEXURE-I

## Annexure  referred to in reply to LSSQ No. *453 to be answered on 04.04.2022 regarding ''SKILL DEVELOPMENT  SCHEMES IN KERALA'

## PMKVY: The number of persons trained during last three years:

| State   | 2018-19 Trained*   | 2019-20 Trained*   | 2020-21 Trained*   |
|---------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
| Kerala  | 35,973             | 78,523             | 31,077             |

## JSS: The number of beneficiaries trained during last 3 years:

|        | Number of JSS beneficiaries trained   | Number of JSS beneficiaries trained   | Number of JSS beneficiaries trained   |
|--------|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| State  | 2018-19                               | 2019-20                               | 2020-21                               |
| Kerala | 6342                                  | 16247                                 | 13900                                 |

NAPS: The number of persons trained under NAPS during last 3 years:

|        | Number of persons trained   | Number of persons trained   | Number of persons trained   |
|--------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
| State  | 2018-19                     | 2019-20                     | 2020-21                     |
| Kerala | 3737                        | 9858                        | 6296                        |

ITIs: Number of students enrolled in ITIs during last 3 years:

|        | Number of persons trained   | Number of persons trained   | Number of persons trained   |
|--------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
| State  | 2018-19                     | 2019-20                     | 2020-21                     |
| Kerala | 38411                       | 36004                       | 31630                       |

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