Lok Sabha Question No. 931 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-08
Subject: Skill Development Training to Tribal Communities
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: Gajendra Singh Patel, Rebati Tripura, Vijay Kumar Dubey

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †931 TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.02.2021

## SKILL DEVELOPMENT TRAINING TO TRIBAL COMMUNITIES

## †931. SHRI GAJENDRA SINGH PATEL: SHRI REBATI TRIPURA: SHRI VIJAY KUMAR DUBEY:

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

- (a) whether the Government has launched any scheme to provide Skill Development Training to the tribal communities especially in the Uttar Pradesh (UP) and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the amount of funds allocated by the Government for this purpose;
- (c) the number of youths being/been imparted skill development training by various ministries and Skill Development Ministry in the North Eastern Region including in UP during the last three years and the current year;
- (d) whether the Government has received any proposal from various north eastern states, if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the  other  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  improve  skill  development  in  north  eastern region?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP (SHRI R. K. SINGH)

(a) & (b): The Government has adopted a multi-pronged strategy for overall development of tribal  people  across  the  country,  including  Uttar  Pradesh  (UP),  which  includes  support  for  skill development. The Ministry of Tribal Affairs (MoTA), which is the nodal Ministry for overall policy, planning and coordination of programmes for development of the Scheduled Tribes (STs) all over the country, provides funding support to States including UP under the Scheme of 'Special Central Assistance  to  Tribal  Sub-Scheme'  (SCA  to  TSS)  for  Vocational  Training  in  Tribal  Areas.  This Scheme aims at upgrading the skills  of  the  tribal  youth  in  various  traditional/  modern  vocations depending upon their educational qualification, present economic trends and the market potential, to enable them to gain sustainable employment or become self-dependent. A sum of Rs. 200 lakhs have been released to UP during 2019-20 by MoTA.

The  Ministry  of  Skill  Development  and  Entrepreneurship  (MSDE)  is  implementing  its  flagship demand-driven Centrally Sponsored Scheme, Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY), for imparting  short  duration  skill  development  training  through  Short-Term  Training  (STT)  and Recognition  of  Prior  Learning  (RPL)  to  youth  including  tribal  youth  across  all  States/  Union Territories (UTs) including UP. Under PMKVY, 15,124 Training Centres (TCs) including 2,265 TCs in  UP  have  been  empanelled  for  imparting  training.  In  UP,  16,000  ST  candidates  have  been trained,  out  of  which,  12,000  candidates  have  been  certified  and  more  than  800  candidates reported placed till 19.01.2021.

Other important schemes being implemented in the State of UP by MSDE for skill development of youth including tribal youth are given below:

- (i) Jan Shikshan Sansthan (JSS) Scheme: This Scheme aims at providing vocational skills to non-literates,  neo-literates  as  well  as  school  dropouts  by  identifying  skills  that  have  a market in the region of their establishment.
- (ii) 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 programme under The Apprentices Act, 1961. Training consists of Basic Training and On-the-Job Training / Practical Training at workplace in the industry.
- (iii) Craftsmen  Training  Scheme  (CTS):  Long  term  training  programme  in  137  trades  are provided through 14,788 ITIs in the country. There are 3,302 ITIs in the State of UP.

The details of funds provided under various skill development programmes by the Ministry to the State of UP are given below:

## Table A

|   Sl. No. | Name of the Scheme/ Programme   |   Funds allocated / released during 2017- 18 to 2020-21 (Rs. crores) |
|-----------|---------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | PMKVY 2.0 (2016-2020) *         |                                                                52.26 |
|         2 | JSS                             |                                                                62.3  |
|         3 | NAPS                            |                                                                 9.43 |

* Fund released to the State under the State Component (Centrally Sponsored State Managed component). For Central component, disaggregated state-wise data is not maintained.

(c):  The details of persons trained in UP and in the North Eastern Region (NER) during the last three years (2017-18 to 2019-20) and the current year (2020-21) in schemes/ programmes being implemented by MSDE are given below:

## Table-B

| Sl. No.   | Name of the Scheme/ Programme   | Total Persons Trained - UP   | Total Persons Trained - UP   | Total Persons Trained - NER   | Total Persons Trained - NER   |
|-----------|---------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|           |                                 | 2017-18 to 2019-20           | 2020-21                      | 2017-18 to 2019-20            | 2020-21                       |
| 1.        | PMKVY 2.0 (2016-20)             | 13,44,205                    | 2,13,536                     | 4,75,310                      | 34,475                        |
| 2.        | JSS                             | 1,43,240                     | 11,823                       | 35,486                        | 1,249                         |
| 3.        | NAPS                            | 74,033                       | 16,408                       | 6,037                         | 2,822                         |
| 4.        | CTS *                           | 12,12,417                    | 12,12,417                    | 29,282                        | 29,282                        |

Under the aegis of Skill India, there are other Central Ministries and Departments which are also running schemes/ programmes to impart skill training to the youth of the nation including NER and UP.  Under  Deen  Dayal  Upadhyaya  Grameen  Kaushalya  Yojana  (DDU-GKY)  of  the  Ministry  of Rural  Development,  10.63  lakh  candidates  in  the  country  have  been  trained  since  its  inception (September 2014) till December 2020, out of which 1.28 lakh candidates have been trained in the State of UP. Under the Employment through Skill Training & Placement (EST&P) component of the Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana - National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAU-NULM) of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, 6.08 lakh candidates have been trained in the country during 2017-18 to  2019-20,  out  of  which  19,068  candidates  have  been  trained  in  UP  and  19,327  candidates  in NER. Under the scheme of SCA to TSS of MoTA, 7,450 ST persons have benefitted in NER and UP during the last three years and the current year.

(d) & (e): No  proposal  has  been  received  from  NER  regarding  starting  of  any  new  skill development programme. The existing skill training schemes of the Ministry covers the region. The NER falls in the category of 'Special Areas' in the Common Norms for the Government's skilling programmes, and hence, this region is entitled to certain benefits such as transport costs, boarding and  lodging  facility  and  post  placement  support  for  candidates,  and  payment  of  10  percent additional cost to the TCs for training in NER. This Ministry has also been implementing a Scheme titled, 'Enhancing Skill Development Infrastructure in NE States', which envisages establishment of 34  new  ITIs  along  with  upgradation  of  28  ITIs  by  constructing  new  hostel,  boundary  wall  and supplementing old and obsolete equipment.

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