Lok Sabha Question No. 4194 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-27
Subject: National Skills Qualification Framework (NSQF)
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: DNV Senthilkumar. S., Subhash Ramrao Bhamre

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4194

ANSWERED ON 27.03.2023

## NATIONAL SKILLS QUALIFICATION FRAMEWORK (NSQF)

4194. DR. DNV SENTHILKUMAR S. DR. SUBHASH RAMRAO BHAMRE

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

- (a)   whether the less number of skills has been brought together under the National Skills Qualification Framework (NSQF) for development and if so, the details thereof;
- (b)   the details of persons benefited under them, State/UT-wise since inception of NSQF;
- (c)   whether less number of youths received skill training in Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra under the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) in the last three years and if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor along with corrective steps taken by the Government in this regard; and
- (d)  the details of the steps taken by the Government for effective implementation of the PMKVY scheme in the States of Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra?

## ANSWER

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

( a)  to  (b)  The  National  Skills  Qualifications  Framework  (NSQF),  notified  on  27th December, 2013, is a competency-based framework that organises all qualifications according  to  a  series  of  levels  of  knowledge,  skills  and  aptitude.  These  levels,  are defined in terms of learning outcomes which the learner must possess regardless of whether they are obtained through formal, non-formal or informal learning. The NSQF is  being  implemented  through  the  National  Skills  Qualifications  Committee  (NSQC). NSQC approves the qualifications submitted by various submitting / Awarding bodies. A total  of  4163  NSQF  aligned  &  approved  qualifications  are  available  on  National Qualifications Register (NQR) (https://nqr.gov.in). Apart from this, 2244 Qualifications are available in the archive section of NQR which may be activated based upon the demand / request.

The details of persons benefited under various schemes of the Ministry vis Pradhan Mantri  Kaushal  Vikas  Yojana  (PMKVY),  Jan  Shikshan  Sansthan  (JSS),  Craftsman Training Scheme (CTS) and National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (NAPS) are placed at Annexure I to Annexure IV respectively.

(c) to (d) Under Skill India Mission, Ministry is delivering skills through Pradhan Mantri Kaushal  Vikas  Yojana  (PMKVY)  with  an  objective  to  impart  short  duration  skill development  training  and  certification  to  youth  to  make  them  employable  for  better livelihood.  In  the  State  of  Tamil  Nadu  and  Maharashtra, under  PMKVY,  2.86  Lakh candidates and 8.25 lakh respectively have been trained/ oriented in the last three years (FY 2019-20 to 2021-22). COVID-19 impacted the skill training under PMKVY, especially during 2020-21 and 2021-22, across the country including the State of Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra.  However,  Ministry  has  taken  various  initiatives to mitigate  the  impact  of COVID-19 pandemic on skill development training. Some of them are given below:

(i) 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.

(ii) 'Customized  Crash  Course  Programme  for  COVID  Warriors': Ministry implemented the 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 across the country including the State of Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra.

(iii) 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.

Annexure I ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  4194  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  27.03.2023  REGARDING  'NATIONAL  SKILLS QUALIFICATION FRAMEWORK (NSQF) '

## Details  of  number  of  candidates  trained  under  Pradhan  Mantri  Kaushal  Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) since 2015-16 to 2022-23 (Till 31.12.2022)

| State                       | FY-15-16   | FY-16- 17   | FY-17-18   | FY-18-19   | FY-19-20   | FY-20-21   | FY-21- 22   | FY-22-23 (Till 31.12.2022)   |
|-----------------------------|------------|-------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|-------------|------------------------------|
| Andaman And Nicobar Islands | 194        | -           | -          | 74         | 1,259      | 1,464      | 613         | 310                          |
| Andhra Pradesh              | 114,531    | 32,004      | 57,484     | 62,475     | 105,667    | 66,404     | 13,199      | 5,798                        |
| Arunachal Pradesh           | 789        | 228         | 1,022      | 4,545      | 15,700     | 51,991     | 8,884       | 667                          |
| Assam                       | 27,867     | 10,797      | 37,582     | 49,854     | 198,896    | 362,506    | 24,517      | 8,721                        |
| Bihar                       | 75,036     | 34,573      | 90,988     | 84,574     | 191,902    | 96,288     | 47,643      | 12,213                       |
| Chandigarh                  | 3,983      | 1,111       | 1,923      | 5,198      | 9,507      | 3,834      | 893         | 491                          |
| Chhattisgarh                | 28,090     | 9,375       | 22,990     | 42,360     | 46,548     | 16,151     | 9,495       | 4,356                        |
| Delhi                       | 60,657     | 50,556      | 86,321     | 81,488     | 146,205    | 55,121     | 19,965      | 2,262                        |
| Goa                         | 499        | 180         | 846        | 1,751      | 4,300      | 1,709      | 604         | 176                          |
| Gujarat                     | 37,821     | 12,769      | 31,661     | 83,956     | 155,195    | 48,489     | 35,001      | 6,503                        |
| Haryana                     | 68,744     | 26,563      | 183,565    | 115,364    | 175,386    | 54,719     | 18,191      | 8,963                        |
| Himachal Pradesh            | 18,702     | 4,619       | 16,627     | 32,048     | 48,870     | 15,612     | 8,724       | 3,539                        |
| Jammu And Kashmir           | 13,251     | 7,542       | 44,752     | 35,455     | 122,659    | 58,927     | 21,339      | 7,352                        |
| Jharkhand                   | 21,486     | 10,213      | 30,939     | 36,487     | 120,103    | 15,452     | 34,233      | 5,302                        |
| Karnataka                   | 61,515     | 25,249      | 70,487     | 110,111    | 165,247    | 53,066     | 23,153      | 8,410                        |
| Kerala                      | 13,426     | 13,866      | 63,068     | 35,973     | 78,523     | 31,077     | 12,968      | 5,673                        |
| Ladakh                      | 75         | -           | -          | 149        | 1,937      | 181        | 731         | 246                          |
| Lakshadweep                 | -          | -           | -          | -          | 60         | 90         | 120         | -                            |
| Madhya Pradesh              | 127,138    | 51,857      | 187,711    | 154,478    | 223,483    | 95,403     | 46,659      | 21,345                       |
| Maharashtra                 | 83,252     | 33,163      | 95,390     | 165,352    | 637,002    | 148,352    | 39,864      | 14,913                       |
| Manipur                     | 1,153      | 8,856       | 4,876      | 4,430      | 28,962     | 34,540     | 6,424       | 1,146                        |
| Meghalaya                   | 1,574      | 405         | 4,440      | 7,117      | 11,999     | 17,769     | 3,406       | 1,245                        |

| Mizoram                                  | 1,012     | 18      | -         | 3,062     | 10,837    | 11,433    | 4,742   | 1,162   |
|------------------------------------------|-----------|---------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------|---------|
| Nagaland                                 | 853       | 599     | 1,718     | 1,422     | 17,364    | 14,399    | 4,184   | 1,803   |
| Odisha                                   | 50,026    | 15,742  | 65,799    | 89,011    | 239,050   | 68,828    | 12,645  | 12,116  |
| Puducherry                               | 6,032     | 1,869   | 3,385     | 6,317     | 7,172     | 3,241     | 1,622   | 689     |
| Punjab                                   | 59,133    | 29,183  | 102,251   | 63,732    | 97,681    | 57,054    | 18,539  | 7,568   |
| Rajasthan                                | 98,215    | 52,649  | 211,916   | 138,923   | 446,900   | 97,822    | 38,511  | 9,232   |
| Sikkim                                   | 739       | 147     | 525       | 1,932     | 5,123     | 3,634     | 1,322   | 381     |
| Tamil Nadu                               | 140,990   | 68,946  | 131,710   | 123,422   | 185,108   | 72,404    | 29,057  | 8,029   |
| Telangana                                | 90,978    | 20,817  | 89,922    | 57,648    | 108,145   | 33,999    | 13,107  | 8,040   |
| Dadra And Nagar Haveli And Daman And Diu | 349       | 139     | 426       | 3,377     | 5,338     | 222       | 252     | 31      |
| Tripura                                  | 13,490    | 2,240   | 13,290    | 7,549     | 50,388    | 46,676    | 4,490   | 1,608   |
| Uttar Pradesh                            | 213,611   | 88,335  | 351,613   | 303,099   | 656,829   | 239,286   | 69,015  | 25,568  |
| Uttarakhand                              | 12,126    | 5,191   | 27,597    | 46,864    | 68,250    | 29,412    | 10,522  | 2,942   |
| West Bengal                              | 104,549   | 35,768  | 90,280    | 80,609    | 177,880   | 53,221    | 31,406  | 12,340  |
| Total                                    | 1,551,886 | 655,569 | 2,123,104 | 2,040,206 | 4,565,475 | 1,960,776 | 616,040 | 211,140 |

Annexure II ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  4194  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  27.03.2023  REGARDING  'NATIONAL  SKILLS QUALIFICATION FRAMEWORK (NSQF) '

## Details of number of candidates trained under Jan Shikshan Sansthan (JSS) since 2018-19 to 2022-23 (Till 31.12.22)

| State                                    | Year 2018- 19   | Year 2019- 20   | Year 2020- 21   | Year 2021- 22   | Year 2022-23 (Till 31.12.22)   |
|------------------------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------------------|
| Andaman and Nicobar                      | -               | -               | -               | 900             | 560                            |
| Andhra Pradesh                           | 4762            | 10901           | 8580            | 11699           | 3840                           |
| Arunachal Pradesh                        | 156             | 570             | -               | -               | -                              |
| Assam                                    | 3923            | 9243            | 8883            | 9139            | 3100                           |
| Bihar                                    | 9567            | 22708           | 16314           | 28769           | 15550                          |
| Chandigarh                               | 718             | 1836            | 1120            | 1600            | 600                            |
| Chhattisgarh                             | 4792            | 13483           | 10480           | 18151           | 10123                          |
| Dadra And Nagar Haveli And Daman And Diu | 534             | 1558            | 897             | 2379            | 1292                           |
| Delhi                                    | 2518            | 5487            | 4940            | 5440            | 2179                           |
| Goa                                      | 602             | 1741            | 1664            | 1740            | 580                            |
| Gujarat                                  | 7726            | 18640           | 16840           | 19228           | 4800                           |
| Haryana                                  | 4055            | 9002            | 8705            | 8939            | 2487                           |
| Himachal Pradesh                         | 703             | 1400            | 1504            | 8424            | 2909                           |
| Jammu And Kashmir                        | 1277            | 3429            | 3554            | 2396            | -                              |
| Jharkhand                                | 2469            | 5383            | 4424            | 9964            | 7377                           |
| Karnataka                                | 6211            | 16201           | 15525           | 18735           | 7796                           |
| Kerala                                   | 6342            | 16247           | 13900           | 16148           | 3500                           |
| Madhya Pradesh                           | 20679           | 50449           | 45501           | 52222           | 17212                          |

| Maharashtra   | 16051   | 38023   | 35102   |   38479 |   9928 |
|---------------|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------|
| Manipur       | 1937    | 5387    | 5327    |    6285 |   2979 |
| Mizoram       | -       | -       | -       |     900 |    200 |
| Nagaland      | 660     | 1800    | 1800    |    1812 |    421 |
| Odisha        | 12240   | 30677   | 25820   |   40635 |  12894 |
| Punjab        | 1387    | 3434    | 1607    |    3567 |   1259 |
| Rajasthan     | 4002    | 9069    | 9493    |   12443 |   4579 |
| Tamil Nadu    | 4329    | 14244   | 11727   |   14045 |   3435 |
| Telangana     | 4274    | 12452   | 8497    |   10398 |   2860 |
| Tripura       | 646     | 1631    | 1101    |    2610 |    560 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 34087   | 85436   | 77335   |   88648 |  35653 |
| Uttarakhand   | 4807    | 10776   | 8800    |   12433 |   6148 |
| West Bengal   | 5829    | 14125   | 10356   |   13868 |   4948 |
| Total         | 167283  | 415332  | 359796  |  461996 | 169769 |

Annexure III ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  4194  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  27.03.2023  REGARDING  'NATIONAL  SKILLS QUALIFICATION FRAMEWORK (NSQF) '

## Details of number of candidates enrolled under Craftsman Training Scheme (CTS) since 2014 to 2022

| States / UTs      |   2014 |   2015 |   2016 |   2017 |   2018 |   2019 |   2020 |   2021 |   2022 |
|-------------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
| Andhra Pradesh    |  56429 |  53444 |  56538 |  52736 |  60339 |  55446 |  51257 |  45612 |  43878 |
| Arunachal Pradesh |    355 |    411 |    606 |    598 |    648 |    566 |    605 |    497 |    672 |
| Assam             |   2765 |   3054 |   2674 |   2697 |   2827 |   3611 |   3895 |   3500 |   3456 |
| Bihar             |  65374 |  82232 |  95199 | 100370 | 107603 | 111670 | 108224 | 110399 |  88064 |
| Chhattisgarh      |  12362 |  14941 |  16189 |  17638 |  21838 |  22077 |  20939 |  21996 |  20833 |
| Goa               |   1247 |   1851 |   2053 |   2081 |   1913 |   1837 |   2050 |   2080 |   2125 |
| Gujarat           |  43559 |  65307 |  66285 |  71994 |  92082 |  70967 |  91320 |  81200 |  83425 |
| Haryana           |  26813 |  45885 |  44371 |  44410 |  68440 |  55822 |  60708 |  49032 |  44333 |
| Himachal Pradesh  |  16795 |  17212 |  21715 |  20712 |  21556 |  21726 |  34549 |  20302 |  22596 |
| Jharkhand         |  26748 |  28781 |  32187 |  29413 |  29972 |  33475 |  36549 |  29760 |  35164 |
| Karnataka         |  69547 |  70999 |  71405 |  72275 |  81893 |  74342 |  56740 |  66238 |  72214 |
| Kerala            |  30139 |  28690 |  29725 |  29625 |  38411 |  36004 |  32785 |  35454 |  34740 |
| Madhya Pradesh    |  38871 |  61575 |  64036 |  57154 |  82703 |  71685 |  74592 |  63306 |  67724 |
| Maharashtra       | 104419 | 108765 | 117140 | 118050 | 122219 | 111909 | 108079 | 112997 | 121757 |
| Manipur           |     48 |     94 |     79 |    122 |    117 |     88 |     90 |    108 |    105 |
| Meghalaya         |    546 |    479 |    645 |    568 |    683 |    613 |    863 |    508 |    625 |
| Mizoram           |    523 |    436 |    488 |    421 |    443 |    329 |    300 |    256 |    332 |
| Nagaland          |    171 |     75 |    171 |    111 |    168 |    265 |    257 |    186 |    248 |

| Odisha                                 | 47918   | 49199   | 49174   | 48508   | 51337   | 49984   |   51193 |   57353 |   53527 |
|----------------------------------------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
| Punjab                                 | 33808   | 44143   | 37363   | 37193   | 41934   | 40309   |   54727 |   39991 |   39786 |
| Rajasthan                              | 121050  | 132556  | 122426  | 135447  | 125527  | 157181  |  106784 |   95215 |   97337 |
| Sikkim                                 | 267     | 219     | 282     | 339     | 401     | 216     |     275 |     181 |     336 |
| Tamil Nadu                             | 38722   | 40618   | 41240   | 38443   | 42934   | 36470   |   30045 |   28490 |   34990 |
| Telangana                              | 33728   | 34132   | 36564   | 33732   | 36242   | 32687   |   29870 |   27171 |   24302 |
| Tripura                                | 1488    | 1144    | 1593    | 1504    | 2792    | 1745    |    2710 |    1596 |    2496 |
| Uttar Pradesh                          | 147760  | 177158  | 236474  | 247784  | 355399  | 371103  |  302363 |  273714 |  258759 |
| Uttarakhand                            | 7462    | 10307   | 10722   | 10558   | 12879   | 10877   |   18727 |    8918 |   10646 |
| West Bengal                            | 11687   | 15211   | 29152   | 28933   | 33461   | 32762   |   32709 |   29207 |   37592 |
| Andaman And Nicobar Islands            | 186     | 292     | 371     | 355     | 385     | 441     |     663 |     531 |     505 |
| Chandigarh                             | 678     | 1029    | 937     | 1070    | 907     | 1043    |     923 |     910 |     907 |
| Delhi                                  | 6164    | 8083    | 9392    | 8624    | 13177   | 10559   |   10340 |    8774 |    8919 |
| Dadra And Nagar Haveli & Daman and Diu | 264     | 334     | 319     | 337     | 323     | 264     |     357 |     443 |     666 |
| Jammu And Kashmir                      | 2343    | 2545    | 2653    | 2721    | 2847    | 5040    |    8887 |    7710 |    8037 |
| Ladakh                                 | -       | -       | -       | -       | -       | -       |     167 |     169 |     326 |
| Lakshadweep                            | 94      | 90      | 93      | 87      | 87      | 268     |     436 |     374 |     303 |
| Puducherry                             | 843     | 965     | 978     | 1038    | 943     | 858     |     701 |     689 |     737 |
| Total                                  | 951173  | 1102256 | 1201239 | 1217648 | 1455430 | 1424239 | 1335679 | 1224867 | 1222462 |

Annexure IV

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  4194  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  27.03.2023  REGARDING  'NATIONAL  SKILLS QUALIFICATION FRAMEWORK (NSQF) '

Details of number of Apprentices Engaged under National Apprenticeship Training Scheme (NAPS) since 2018-19 to 2022-23 (Till 31.12.22)

| State                       | 2018- 19   | 2019- 20   | 2020- 21   | 2021-22   | 2022-23 (Till 31.12.22)   |
|-----------------------------|------------|------------|------------|-----------|---------------------------|
| Andaman And Nicobar Islands | -          | -          | 2          | 9         | 29                        |
| Andhra Pradesh              | 395        | 3,830      | 4,297      | 15,180    | 14,969                    |
| Arunachal Pradesh           | -          | -          | 2          | 18        | 30                        |
| Assam                       | 18         | 2,203      | 2,432      | 13,981    | 9,546                     |
| Bihar                       | 248        | 1,161      | 1,217      | 6,348     | 4,968                     |
| Chandigarh                  | 9          | 340        | 272        | 787       | 514                       |
| Chhattisgarh                | 93         | 5,628      | 1,642      | 2,634     | 5,264                     |
| Dadra And Nagar Haveli      | -          | 29         | 509        | 942       | -                         |
| Daman And Diu               | 22         | 69         | 75         | 308       | -                         |
| Data Not Available          | -          | -          | -          | -         | 50                        |
| Delhi                       | 738        | 4,167      | 7,667      | 17,371    | 15,491                    |
| Goa                         | 62         | 1,672      | 1,968      | 3,295     | 4,139                     |
| Gujarat                     | 9,322      | 44,031     | 54,366     | 67,271    | 64,861                    |
| Haryana                     | 1,175      | 18,715     | 30,322     | 39,768    | 57,096                    |
| Himachal Pradesh            | 135        | 1,888      | 1,697      | 5,489     | 5,842                     |
| Jammu And Kashmir           | 177        | 306        | 260        | 813       | 925                       |
| Jharkhand                   | 678        | 2,135      | 4,796      | 8,175     | 8,089                     |
| Karnataka                   | 1,619      | 13,247     | 16,670     | 41,432    | 52,337                    |
| Kerala                      | 62         | 3,879      | 6,355      | 8,875     | 9,494                     |

| Ladakh                                       | -     | -      | 6      | 18      | 27      |
|----------------------------------------------|-------|--------|--------|---------|---------|
| Lakshadweep                                  | -     | -      | 18     | 4       | 8       |
| Madhya Pradesh                               | 1,171 | 6,867  | 8,762  | 16,292  | 20,156  |
| Maharashtra                                  | 2,316 | 36,087 | 69,494 | 143,188 | 166,033 |
| Manipur                                      | -     | 15     | 10     | 90      | 18      |
| Meghalaya                                    | 9     | 50     | 105    | 116     | 166     |
| Mizoram                                      | -     | 4      | 1      | 4       | 4       |
| Nagaland                                     | -     | 14     | 1      | 27      | 19      |
| Odisha                                       | 171   | 3,391  | 3,613  | 7,963   | 9,163   |
| Puducherry                                   | 176   | 480    | 296    | 1,071   | 1,163   |
| Punjab                                       | 143   | 2,382  | 4,271  | 11,468  | 15,883  |
| Rajasthan                                    | 460   | 4,072  | 6,273  | 9,293   | 13,606  |
| Sikkim                                       |       | 127    | 151    | 302     | 183     |
| Tamil Nadu                                   | 794   | 13,555 | 24,535 | 48,919  | 62,871  |
| Telangana                                    | 1,806 | 9,546  | 13,156 | 37,861  | 28,510  |
| The Dadra And Nagar Haveli And Daman AND Diu | -     | -      | -      | -       | 888     |
| Tripura                                      | 7     | 437    | 253    | 242     | 420     |
| Uttar Pradesh                                | 1,419 | 12,551 | 19,454 | 36,879  | 50,022  |
| Uttarakhand                                  | 124   | 2,570  | 4,179  | 9,662   | 14,078  |
| West Bengal                                  | 1,508 | 6,150  | 7,126  | 18,372  | 24,317  |
| Total                                        | 24857 | 201598 | 296253 | 574467  | 661179  |

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