Lok Sabha Question No. 149 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-19
Subject: Training Under Skill India Mission
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: Chunni Lal Sahu

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.149 TO BE ANSWERED ON 19.07.2021

## TRAINING UNDER SKILL INDIA MISSION

## †149.  SHRI CHUNNI LAL SAHU:

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

- (a) the number of persons trained so far under Skill India Mission, being run by the Government;
- (b) the number of trained persons who have been provided employment during the last two years;
- (c) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  make  any  concrete  action  plan  for  the people who failed to get employment;
- (d) If so, the State-wise details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) Under  Skill  India  Mission,  the  Government  is  implementing  more  than  40  skill development  schemes/programmes  across  20  Central  Ministries/Departments,  for providing  a  variety  of  skill  development  training  programmes  on  pan  India  basis  in which 556.1 Lakhs persons have been trained. Number of persons trained under the various schemes  being  implemented  by  the  Ministry of Skill  Development  and Entrepreneurship under the auspices of Skill India Mission is as follows: -

| Entity                                                                                               |   Persons trained during 2015-16 to till date as per available data [Number in lakhs) |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikash Yojana (PMKVY ) 1.0 and 2.0                                            |                                                                                126.82 |
| Fee based training by National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC)                                  |                                                                                117.39 |
| National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (NAPS)                                                      |                                                                                 10.73 |
| Jan Shikshan Sansthan (JSS)                                                                          |                                                                                 15.1  |
| Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) {Long term training through State Government and Private ITIs] |                                                                                 64.01 |
| Total                                                                                                |                                                                                334.1  |

(b) 10,49,621 candidates have been provided employment under PMKVY and NAPS  during  the  last  two  years  while  JSS  does  not  provide  for  any  mandatory employment. Similarly, Ministry does not monitor the employment of students passing out of ITIs.

(c ) &(d) Government  has  taken  various  steps  for  generating  employment  in  the country like encouraging various projects involving substantial investment and increasing public expenditure on schemes like Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP),  Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojna  (DDUGKY), Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), and Deendayal Antodaya Yojana-National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM) run by Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises, Ministry of Rural Development and Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs, respectively. Under PMKVY 2.0 scheme of MSDE, training Centres takes all efforts to facilitate placements of certified candidates through multiple initiatives like Rojgaar Mela, Yuva Sampark and Aatmanirbhar Skilled Employees  Employer  Mapping  (ASEEM)  'portal,  collaboration  with  industries  and Council. In PMKVY  3.0 facilitation of wage employment / self-employment / apprenticeship shall be provided to the certified candidates under the STT component of the scheme. Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Kendras shall act as nodal Centres at districts for providing self-employment support. Training Partner shall work in coordination with DSC / SSDM for placement of the candidates in addition Rozgar Melas to be organized on  regular  interval  at  district  and  regional  level  by  TP  /  DSCs  /  SSDMs  /  SSCs  for placement and apprenticeship. All candidates certified under PMKVY 3.0 would also be linked to ASEEM portal to find job opportunities.

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