Lok Sabha Question No. 110 (STARRED), answered on 2021-02-09
Subject: Skill Training to Differently Abled
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: Subhash Ramrao Bhamre, Supriya Sadanand Sule

## COVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT DEPARTMENT OF EMPOWERMENT OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

## LOK SABHA

STARRED QUESTION NO. *110 TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.02.2021

## Skill Training to Differently Abled

## *110\_ DR SUBHASH RAMRAO BHAMRE SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE:

Will the Minister of SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of persons with disabilities who have been benefited out of skill training during each of the last three years, State-wise particularly in Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu;
- (b) the quantum of financial assistance provided to empanelled training partners to impart skill training to persons with disabilities during the said period;
- (c) whether skill training of persons with disabilities has been severely affected due to the Covid-19 pandemic, if So, the details thereof and the corrective measures taken in this regard;
- (d) whether the Government is inviting training partners to offer online programmes for the differentlyabled;
- (e) if so, the details thereof along with the number of training partners who have given their consent; and
- the other steps taken by the Government to establish more skill development centres for rehabilitation and empowerment of differently abled persons?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT

(DR: THAA WAR CHAND GEHLOT)

- (a) to (f): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

Statement referred to in reply to part (a) to (f) of the Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 110 raised by Dr: Subhash RamraoBhambre and ShrimatiSupriyaSule   regarding "Skill   Training to Differently Abled" for answer on 09.02.2021.

(a) The Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPwD) implements a "National Action Plan (NAP) for Skill Development of Persons with Disabilities (PwDs)' which was launched in March; 2015. NAP is implemented under the umbrella scheme ~Scheme for Implementation of Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act (SIPDA) as per Common Norms   guidelines of Mo Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) It is a Central Sector Scheme implemented across the country under which training programme is conducted via a network of training partners (ETPs) empanelled from Government and Non-Government Organizations (NGOs) as well as organizations of the   Department   such as National   Handicapped Finance and Development  Corporation (NHFDC) National Institutes (NIs) and Composite Regional Centres (CRCs).

Release of funds in respect of Skill Training of PwDs under the scheme began from the year 2016-17 as the initial  year was dedicated towards empanelment of Training Partners. A statement showing the number of PwDs, in respect of whom funds have been released during the last 03 years (2017-18 to 2019-20), State-wise including Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu are at Annexure A'

(b) The details of financial assistance provided by the Department t the ETPs for skill training of PwDs during the last three years (2017-18 to 2019-20) are as under:

| S No   | Year    |   Funds released (in Rs. Crore) |
|--------|---------|---------------------------------|
| 1      | 2017-18 |                           82.2  |
| 2      | 2018-19 |                           44.65 |
| 3_     | 2019-20 |                            4.32 |

(c) to (e) Yes Sir: It is a fact that COVID-19 pandemic has severely affected the skill training of persons with disabilities. Due to the outbreak of the pandemic, training commenced by some ETPs of the Department in March 2020 could not be completed, whereas some other ETPs which had planned to commence the training could not even start it:

Training activities were not allowed till September 21, 2020. Thereafter; though training activities have been allowed;, it is permitted in Non-containment zones only and that also as per Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) requiring maintenance of proper social and physical distancing This has reduced the overall capacity of training centres by almost half of the normal capacity.

The Department has taken various measures including online training to face the challenges arisen out of the pandemic which are as under:

1. The ETPs are being allowed to conduct training in blended mode under which training is imparted online to the extent possible as per the course curricula and practical is conducted in offlinel physical mode. It is considered casc-(O-casc basis On rcccipt of proposals from ETPs and considering the feasibility of online training of the proposed courses being

The Department is also developing a dedicated Online Portal for  providing  online skill training to PwDs.

iii. Management Information System (MIS) is also being developed which will enable the organization to submit the proposals for empanelment training in online mode: and iv. Skill Council of Persons with Disabilities (SCPwD) has also been advised to conduct online assessment of PwDs on completion of 'training:

V SCPwD has developed an exclusive online application for Centre inspection under NAP and also a Learning Management System (LMS) to facilitate the online trainings for the Trainers and Assessors (ToT and ToA):

vi. Training partners whose validity of empanelment with the Department has expired are also considered for extension of' 'validity for one year with certain conditions being

No Sir: Training under NAP of the Department is conducted through ETPs and there is no plan to establish own skill development centres by the Department. Efforts are being made to strengthen the base of training partners by adding Sector Skill Councils and State Skill Development Missions as Programme Implementation Agencies (PIA)

However; NHFDC, a Central Public Sector Enterprise (CPSE) of the Department has rolled out the concept of NHFDC Swavalamban Kendra (NSK) on pilot scale basis and to convert it into a grandiose scheme, initially covering each district in the country at the rate of one NSK per district NHFDC has already established 10 NSKs (04 in UP, 03 in MP, and 03 in Haryana) The NSKs are by PwD entrepreneurs through credit support from NHFDC and the handholding support to organize trainings is provided through NHFDC Foundation. aspires owned

The Department is also in the process to the National Career Service Centres for Differently Abled (NCSC-DA) (erstwhile Vocational Rehabilitation Centres VRCs) transferred from Mlo Labour and details of the VRCs are at Annexure B get

| State Wise details of financial assistance provided by the Department to ETPs for skill training of PwDs during the last three years (2017-18 to 2019-20)   | State Wise details of financial assistance provided by the Department to ETPs for skill training of PwDs during the last three years (2017-18 to 2019-20)   | State Wise details of financial assistance provided by the Department to ETPs for skill training of PwDs during the last three years (2017-18 to 2019-20)   | State Wise details of financial assistance provided by the Department to ETPs for skill training of PwDs during the last three years (2017-18 to 2019-20)   | State Wise details of financial assistance provided by the Department to ETPs for skill training of PwDs during the last three years (2017-18 to 2019-20)   |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S: No                                                                                                                                                       | State/UT                                                                                                                                                    | No. of PwDs 1 SInstallment)                                                                                                                                 | No. of PwDs 1 SInstallment)                                                                                                                                 | No. of PwDs 1 SInstallment)                                                                                                                                 |
| S: No                                                                                                                                                       | State/UT                                                                                                                                                    | 2017-18                                                                                                                                                     | 2018-19                                                                                                                                                     | 2019-20                                                                                                                                                     |
|                                                                                                                                                             | Andaman and Nicobar Islands                                                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                                                                           |                                                                                                                                                             | 0                                                                                                                                                           |
| 2                                                                                                                                                           | Andhra Pradesh                                                                                                                                              | 120                                                                                                                                                         | 165                                                                                                                                                         |                                                                                                                                                             |
|                                                                                                                                                             | Arunachal Pradesh                                                                                                                                           |                                                                                                                                                             | 0                                                                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                                                                           |
|                                                                                                                                                             | Assam                                                                                                                                                       |                                                                                                                                                             | 120                                                                                                                                                         | 0                                                                                                                                                           |
|                                                                                                                                                             |                                                                                                                                                             |                                                                                                                                                             |                                                                                                                                                             | 0                                                                                                                                                           |
|                                                                                                                                                             |                                                                                                                                                             | 0                                                                                                                                                           |                                                                                                                                                             |                                                                                                                                                             |
|                                                                                                                                                             | Chhattisgarh                                                                                                                                                | 3690                                                                                                                                                        |                                                                                                                                                             | 201                                                                                                                                                         |
| 8                                                                                                                                                           | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu                                                                                                                      | 0                                                                                                                                                           |                                                                                                                                                             | 0                                                                                                                                                           |
| 9                                                                                                                                                           | Goa                                                                                                                                                         | 0                                                                                                                                                           |                                                                                                                                                             | 0                                                                                                                                                           |
| 10                                                                                                                                                          | Gujarat                                                                                                                                                     | 500                                                                                                                                                         |                                                                                                                                                             |                                                                                                                                                             |
|                                                                                                                                                             |                                                                                                                                                             | 300                                                                                                                                                         |                                                                                                                                                             |                                                                                                                                                             |
| 12                                                                                                                                                          | Himachay Gradesh                                                                                                                                            |                                                                                                                                                             |                                                                                                                                                             |                                                                                                                                                             |
| 13                                                                                                                                                          | Jammu & Kashmir                                                                                                                                             | 0                                                                                                                                                           |                                                                                                                                                             |                                                                                                                                                             |
| 14                                                                                                                                                          | Jharkhand                                                                                                                                                   | 0                                                                                                                                                           |                                                                                                                                                             |                                                                                                                                                             |
| 15                                                                                                                                                          | Karnataka                                                                                                                                                   |                                                                                                                                                             |                                                                                                                                                             |                                                                                                                                                             |
| 16                                                                                                                                                          | Kerala                                                                                                                                                      | 20                                                                                                                                                          |                                                                                                                                                             |                                                                                                                                                             |
| 17                                                                                                                                                          | Ladakh                                                                                                                                                      | 0                                                                                                                                                           |                                                                                                                                                             |                                                                                                                                                             |
|                                                                                                                                                             |                                                                                                                                                             |                                                                                                                                                             | 0                                                                                                                                                           |                                                                                                                                                             |
| 19                                                                                                                                                          | Madshadwcgh                                                                                                                                                 | 580                                                                                                                                                         |                                                                                                                                                             |                                                                                                                                                             |
| 20                                                                                                                                                          | Maharashtra                                                                                                                                                 | 763                                                                                                                                                         | 2267                                                                                                                                                        |                                                                                                                                                             |
| 21                                                                                                                                                          | Manipur                                                                                                                                                     | 400                                                                                                                                                         |                                                                                                                                                             |                                                                                                                                                             |
| 22                                                                                                                                                          | Meghalaya                                                                                                                                                   | 0                                                                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                                                                           |                                                                                                                                                             |
| 23                                                                                                                                                          | Mizoram                                                                                                                                                     |                                                                                                                                                             | 0                                                                                                                                                           |                                                                                                                                                             |
| 24                                                                                                                                                          | Nagaland                                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                                             |                                                                                                                                                             |                                                                                                                                                             |
| 25                                                                                                                                                          | Delhi                                                                                                                                                       | 32050                                                                                                                                                       | 44380                                                                                                                                                       | 60                                                                                                                                                          |
| 26                                                                                                                                                          | Odisha                                                                                                                                                      |                                                                                                                                                             | 0                                                                                                                                                           | 210                                                                                                                                                         |
|                                                                                                                                                             | Puducherry                                                                                                                                                  |                                                                                                                                                             |                                                                                                                                                             | 0                                                                                                                                                           |
| 28                                                                                                                                                          | Punjab                                                                                                                                                      | 1000                                                                                                                                                        | 0                                                                                                                                                           |                                                                                                                                                             |
| 29                                                                                                                                                          | Rajasthan                                                                                                                                                   | 500                                                                                                                                                         | 0                                                                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                                                                           |
| 30                                                                                                                                                          | Sikkim                                                                                                                                                      |                                                                                                                                                             | 0                                                                                                                                                           |                                                                                                                                                             |
| 31                                                                                                                                                          | Tamil Nadu                                                                                                                                                  | 3430                                                                                                                                                        | 140                                                                                                                                                         | 385                                                                                                                                                         |
| 32                                                                                                                                                          | Telangana                                                                                                                                                   | 300                                                                                                                                                         | 1585                                                                                                                                                        | 0                                                                                                                                                           |
| 33                                                                                                                                                          | Tripura                                                                                                                                                     |                                                                                                                                                             |                                                                                                                                                             |                                                                                                                                                             |
| 34                                                                                                                                                          | Uttarakhand                                                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                                                             |                                                                                                                                                             | 0                                                                                                                                                           |
| 35                                                                                                                                                          | Uttar Pradesh                                                                                                                                               | 3270                                                                                                                                                        | 386                                                                                                                                                         | 0                                                                                                                                                           |
| 36                                                                                                                                                          | West Bengal                                                                                                                                                 | 8960                                                                                                                                                        | 480                                                                                                                                                         | 578                                                                                                                                                         |
| 37                                                                                                                                                          | TOTAL                                                                                                                                                       | 55973                                                                                                                                                       | 49523                                                                                                                                                       | 1434                                                                                                                                                        |

Note: Fund is released on the basis of proposal received from ETPs fulfilling eligibility criteria. Though ETPs of all the states have not been released  funds during last three years, there are many ETPs who have skill training centres in various states and conduct training programme across the country.

## National Career\_Service Centre for Differently Abled Vocational Rehabilitation Centres (Presently\_under\_Wo Labour & Employment)

| S No.   | State/Union Territory   | NCSC for DA             |
|---------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|         | Assam                   | Guwahati                |
| 2       | Bihar                   | Patna                   |
| 3       | Delhi                   | New Delhi (Karkardooma) |
| 4       | Gujarat                 | Ahmedabad               |
| 5       | Gujarat                 | Vadodara for Women)     |
| 6       | Himachal Pradesh        | Una                     |
| 7       | (Jammu & Kashmir        | ISrinagar               |
| 8       | Jharkhand               | Ranchi                  |
|         | Karnataka               | Bengalore               |
| 10      | Kerala                  | Trivandurm              |
| 11      | Madhya Pradesh          | [Jabalpur               |
| 12      | Maharashtra             | Mumbai                  |
| 13      | Odisha                  | Bhubneshwar             |
| 14      | Puducherry              | Puducherry              |
| 15      | [Punjab                 | Ludhiana                |
| 16      | Rajasthan               | (Jaipur                 |
| 17      | Tamil Nadu              | Chennai                 |
| 18      | Telangana               | Hyderabad               |
| 19      | Tripura                 | Agartala                |
| 20      | Uttar Pradesh           | KKanpur                 |
| 21      | West Bengal             | Kolkata                 |
| 22      | Meghalaya               | [Shillong               |
| 23      | Nagaland                | DDimapur                |
| 24      | Uttarakhand             | Dehradun                |