Lok Sabha Question No. 203 (STARRED), answered on 2021-12-13
Subject: Skill Development Training to Tribal communities
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: Sanjay Haribhau Jadhav, Krupal Balaji Tumane

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO. * 203 TO BE ANSWERED ON 13.12.2021

## SKILL DEVELOPMENT TRAINING TO TRIBAL COMMUNITIES

## †* 203. SHRI SANJAY JADHAV: SHRI KRUPAL BALAJI TUMANE:

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

- (a) whether the Government has introduced any scheme to provide Skill Development Training to the tribal communities across the country including Maharashtra and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the total funds allocated by the Government from the year 2018 till date for the said purpose, year-wise;
- (c) the  number  of  youths  imparted/being  imparted  training  in  Maharashtra  and North-Eastern States in skill development during the last three years and the current year;
- (d) whether  the  Government  has  received  any  proposal  from  Maharashtra  and North-Eastern States to improve skill development and if so, the details thereof; and;
- (e) the additional steps taken by the Government in this regard in Maharashtra and North-Eastern States?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) to (e) A Statement is laid on the table of the House.

## STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (A)  to  (E)  of  LOK  SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *203 TO BE ANSWERED ON 13.12.2021 ASKED BY SHRI  SANJAY  JADHAV  AND  SHRI  KRUPAL  BALAJI  TUMANEREGARDING 'SKILL DEVELOPMENT TRAINING TO TRIBAL COMMUNITIES'

(a) The Government has adopted a multi-pronged strategy for overall development of tribal people across the country, including Maharashtra, 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 Schedules  Tribes  (STs)  all  over  the  country,  provides  funding  support  to  States including Maharashtra under the Scheme of 'Special Central Assistance to Tribal SubScheme' (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  potentials  to  enable  them  to  gain  sustainable  employment  or  become  selfdependent.

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 Maharashtra. Under PMKVY, 30,068 Training Centres (TCs) including 1,756 TCs in Maharashtra have been empanelled for imparting training. In Maharashtra, 40,602 ST candidates  have  been  trained,  out  of  which,  31,059  candidates  have  been  certified and 3,444 candidates have been reported placed till 21.11.2021.

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

- I. Jan  Shikshan  Sansthan  (JSS)  Scheme:  The  Scheme  of  Support  to  Jan ShikshanSansthans (NGOs) for Skill development is a Central Sector Scheme administered by the Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship with an objective of supplementing the income level of the target beneficiaries through skill  training/upskilling.  The  mandate  of  the  scheme  is  to  provide  vocational skills to non-literate, neo-literates, persons with rudimentary level of education up  to  8 th and  school  dropouts  up  to  12 th standard  in  the  age  group  of  15-45 years. The priority groups are women, SC, ST, minorities, divyangjan and other backward  sections  of  the  society.  The  Jan  ShikshanSansthans  work  at  the doorstep of the beneficiaries with minimum infrastructure and resources. 19,507 ST  candidates  have  been  trained  in  Maharashtra  since  2018-19  till  date.  At present, under this scheme 23 JSSs are sanctioned in Maharashtra (including two newly established JSSs, i.e., JSS Ratnagiri and JSS Gadchiroli during the FY-2021-22)
- 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):  This  scheme  is  for  providing  long  term training in 143 trades through 14,771 Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) across the country. There are 1,003 ITIs in the State of Maharashtra.
- IV. The  National  Institute  for  Entrepreneurship  and  Small  Business  Development (NIESBUD)  conducts  training  programmes  for  ST  communities.  NIESBUD  is organising training programmes in Madhya Pradesh for the tribal communities under Van Dhan Scheme, which is an initiative of the Ministry of Tribal Affairs

and Tribal Co-Operative Marketing Development Federation of India (TRIFED). The programme seeks to improve tribal income through value addition of tribal products. The forty three programmes for 1075 participants are sanctioned by TRIFED.

(b) The  details  of  funds  provided  under  various  skill  development  programme  by the Ministry to the State of Maharashtra are given below:

Table A

|   SI.No | Name of Scheme/Programme   |   Funds allocated/ released during 2018-19 to 2021-22 (Rs. Crore) |
|---------|----------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|       1 | PMKVY*                     |                                                             91.8  |
|       2 | JSS                        |                                                             31.17 |
|       3 | NAPS                       |                                                             19.77 |

*Fund released to the State under the State Component (Centrally Sponsored State Managed  component).  For  Central  component,  disaggregated  state-wise  is  not maintained. Fund details is for PMKVY 2.0 & 3.0 from 2017-18 to 2021-22.

(c): The details of persons trained in Maharashtra and in the North Eastern Region (NER) during the last three years (2018-19 to 2020-21) and the current year (2020-21) in schemes/ programmes being implemented by MSDE are given below:

Table B

| S.No.   | Name of the Scheme/Program me   | Total Persons trained - Maharashtra   | Total Persons Trained - NER   |
|---------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|         |                                 | 2018-19 till Date                     | 2018-19 till Date             |
| 1       | PMKVY                           | 9,69,980                              | 9,87,728                      |
| 2       | JSS                             | 1,03,351                              | 48,604                        |
| 3       | NAPS                            | 1,30,283                              | 10,826                        |
| 4       | CTS*                            | 3,42,207                              | 24,448                        |

* For the period 2018-19 to 2020-21

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 national including NER and Maharashtra. Under DeenDayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya  Yojana  (DDU-GKY)  of  the  Ministry  of  Rural  Development,  5.16  lakh Candidates in the country have been trained from2018-19 to2020-21out of which 1.01 lakh ST candidates have been trained in the country in the same period. Under the Employment through Skill Training & Placement (EST&P) component of the DeendayalAntyodayaYojana- National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAU-NULM) of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, 4.83 lakh candidates have been trained in the country  during  2018-19  to  2020-21  Out  of  which  1.41lakhcandidates  have  been trained in Maharashtra and 15,820 candidates in NER.

(d) & (e): No proposal has been received from North Eastern States and Maharashtra 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 for Skilling Programme trainees 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  State',  which  envisages  establishment  of  34  new ITIs along with up gradation of 28 ITIsby constructing new hostel, boundary wall and supplementing old and obsolete equipment.

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