Lok Sabha Question No. 2456 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-13
Subject: Skill Oriented Traning under PMKVY
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2456 TO BE ANSWERED ON 13.12.2021

## SKILL ORIENTED TRANING UNDER PMKVY

## 2456. SHRI RAM MOHAN NAIDU KINJARAPU:

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

- (a)         the  details  of  the  number  of  youth  who  attended  the  skill-oriented  training programs undertaken under the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana in the last five years in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Telangana, Odisha, and Uttar Pradesh, year-wise;
- (b)        the proposals received by the Government from Andhra Pradesh in the past two years  under  the  Centrally  Sponsored  State  Managed  (CSSM)  component  of  Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana, the details of fund allocation, utilization, the details of the reasons for the delays if any;
- (c)        whether the Government has sanctioned any project yet for the State of Andhra Pradesh, if so, the details thereof;
- (d)        details of the steps undertaken by the Government to support the up-skilling of workers laid-off due to Covid-19 pandemic; and
- (e)         whether  financial  support  to  employee  training  has  been  or  is  proposed  to  be included in the Covid-19 relief package?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP (SHRI RAJEEV CHANDRASEKHAR)

- (a)        The year-wise number of candidates trained / oriented under the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana in the last five years (i.e. 2016-21) in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Telangana, Odisha and Uttar Pradesh, is given below:
- (b)         Under  Centrally  Sponsored  State  Managed  (CSSM)  component  of  Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) 2.0, funds were in-principle allocated based on the  proposals  received  from  State  Governments  /  State  Skill  Development  Mission (SSDM).

| State          | 2016-17   | 2017-18   | 2018-19   | 2019-20   | 2020-21   |
|----------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Andhra Pradesh | 32,004    | 57,484    | 62,475    | 1,05,667  | 66,404    |
| Karnataka      | 25,249    | 70,487    | 1,10,111  | 1,65,247  | 53,089    |
| Telangana      | 15,742    | 65,799    | 89,011    | 2,39,050  | 68,828    |
| Odisha         | 20,817    | 89,922    | 57,648    | 1,08,145  | 33,999    |
| Uttar Pradesh  | 88,335    | 3,51,613  | 3,03,099  | 6,56,829  | 2,39,286  |

Under  this  component,  after  evaluation  of  proposal  received  from  Andhra Pradesh  State  Skill  Development  Corporation  (APSSDC),  Government  of  Andhra Pradesh, Ministry has given in-principle approval of a total target of 64,608 candidates and corresponding financial allocation of Rs. 94.74 Cr. for FY 2016-20. Out of financial allocation, Rs. 54.93 Cr. has been disbursed to State of Andhra Pradesh.

Further, under PMKVY 3.0, State-wise targets have been allocated based on the population, industry and labour supply of the State. Based on the physical targets, the financial  allocations  have  been  in-principle  approved  for  the  States.  Further,  allocated targets  are  dynamic  in  nature  and  if  required  may  be  rationalized  based  on  the performance of the State. In this component, Rs. 2.46 Cr. have been disbursed to State of Andhra Pradesh as tranche 1, out of the total in-principle approved Rs. 8.22 Cr.

- (c)        Above reply of (b) may be referred to.
- (d)         In  order  to  mitigate  the  impact  of  COVID-19  pandemic  on  skill  development training including upskilling, various initiatives have been taken by the Ministry. Some of them are given below:
- (i) Special programme for training of reverse migrants under PMKVY: Ministry  has  implemented  special  programme  for  training  of  reverse Shramik (migrant) impacted from COVID-19 under its flagship scheme PMKVY. This  component  has  covered  116  districts  of  6  States,  namely,  Assam,  Bihar, Madhya  Pradesh,  Odisha,  Rajasthan  and  Uttar  Pradesh  selected  under  Garib Kalyan  Rojgar  Abhiyan  (GKRA)  of  Ministry  of  Rural  Development.  As  on 10.07.2021, 70,823 migrants have been trained / oriented under this programme.
- (ii) COVID Allowance to training centres: Common Norms Committee (CNC) for  Skill  Development  Schemes  has  decided  that  1.5%  of  the  average  training cost per trainee for 3 months, or 1.5% of the hourly base cost rate (as applicable as  per  category  of  trade  undergoing  the  training)  may  be  allowed  as  COVID Allowance.
- (iii) 'Customized  Crash  Course  Programme  for  COVID  Warriors': Ministry  is implementing  special  programme,  ' Customized  Crash  Course  Programme  for COVID  Warriors' with  the  aim  to  train  about  one  lakh  COVID  warriors  in  six healthcare-related  job  roles.  Under  this  special  programme,  58,623  candidates have been trained/oriented as on 3.12.2021.
- (iv) Introduction  of  On-line  skill training: On-line  skill  training  has  been introduced in both short term and long term skilling ecosystem. On-line short term training  is  being  imparted  through eSkill  India portal  and  long  term  training through Bharat Skill portal.
- (e)        Above reply of (d) may be referred to.

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