Lok Sabha Question No. 150 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-18
Subject: SANKALP
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: Jagdambika Pal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 150 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.07.2022

## SANKALP

## 150. SHRI JAGDAMBIKA PAL :

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

- (a)      the key  objectives and  major  achievements  of  the  Skills Acquisition  and Knowledge  Awareness for Livelihood Promotion (SANKALP);
- (b)     the  details  of  the  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Fellowship  (MGNF)  program launched under SANKALP;
- (c)      whether  the  Government  has  planned/executed  any  awards  or  competition between states or districts in terms of their Skill Development Plans that is in the spirit of Competitive Federalism;
- (d)      if so, the details thereof; and
- (e)      the  details  of  the  Skill  India  Portal  and  therefore  along  with  the  financial assistance provided to the same under SANKALP?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) Skill Acquisition and Knowledge Awareness for Livelihood Promotion (SANKALP) is an outcome based Centrally Sponsored Scheme aimed to implement the mandate of the  National  Skill  Development  Mission  (NSDM).  SANKALP  aims  to  address  the ongoing challenges like bringing about convergence, infusing quality in skill development programs and making them market relevant and accessible in the context of  short-term  training.  SANKALP  has  three  key  result  areas  namely  (i)  Institutional Strengthening  at  Central,  State  and  District  level;  (ii)  Quality  Assurance  of  skill development  programmes;  and  (iii) Inclusion of marginalized population in skill development programmes.  The details of key objective and major achievements of the scheme are at Annexure-I.
- (b)   Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Fellowship  (MGNF) is a  two-year  programme   which combines  classroom  sessions  at  IIM  with  an  intensive  field  immersion  at  the  district level  to  strengthen  the  district  skill  administration  and  the  District  Skill  Committees (DSCs). The details of the MGNF programme are at Annexure-II.
- (c) & (d) Yes sir. The details are at Annexure-III .
- (e)     The details of Skill India Portal along with financials  are at Annexure IV .

SANKALP aims towards strengthening the short term skill ecosystem and to address key issues of skilling in the country with the following objectives:

- i. Creating convergence among all skill training activities, both State-led and Government of India funded, at the state level;
- ii. Improving quality of skill development programs through enablers such as building  a  pool  of  quality  trainers  and  assessors,  developing  model curriculum and content, and standardizing assessment and certification;
- iii. Establishing  robust  monitoring  and  evaluation  system  for  skill  training programs;
- iv. Providing  access  to  skill  training  opportunities  to  the  disadvantaged sections;  and  Creating  industry  led  and  demand  driven  skill  training capacity.

The major achievements of SANKALP are as under:

1. SANKALP has been rated 'Highly Satisfactory' by the World Bank
2. Till  date,  US$  198.77   million  have  been  disbursed  by  the  World  Bank  to Government of India
3.  MSDE has released Rs 287.91 crore to 31 States/ UTs under SANKALP
4. For promoting decentralization and bottoms up approach in skill development,724  districts  have  set  up  District  Skill  Committees  (DSCs).  The DSCs are tasked for developing the District Skill Development Plan (DSDP) and monitoring the various skill initiatives within the district.
5. MSDE is implementing various initiatives under SANKALP, some of these are as under:
- a.  MSDE has launched Mahatma Gandhi National Fellowship programme in partnership with 9 IIMs.
- b. MSDE has partnered with IGNOU to design, develop and deliver capacity building training programs for State and district officials.
- c. MSDE has  launched  DSDP  Awards  to  promote  decentralized  planning, acknowledge and reward the innovative work done by districts in the field of skill development.
- d. MSDE under SANKALP is supporting the Skill India International through International Workforce Mobility project.
- e. SANKALP has supported multiple IT initiatives of MSDE that includes Skill India Portal, Skill India Digital, Apprenticeship portal and SANKALP portal.
- f. MSDE has partnered with MoPR to integrate skill development planning in the Gram Panchayats (GP) and to make skill training relevant to the needs of the rural population.
- g. Under SANKALP Pilot project for Skill Training of 200 Sewerage Workers in Punjab

## Annexure- II

Mahatma Gandhi National Fellowship (MGNF) is a two-year academic programme launched by the Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (MSDE) under its World Bank Loan assisted SANKALP scheme. MGNF Programme combines classroom  sessions  at  selected  Indian  Institute  for  Managements  (IIMs)  with  an intensive field immersion at the District level to strengthen the District Skill Committees (DSCs). In  the  course  of  their  training,  the  fellows  would  be  an  asset  and  resource person for the District Skill Committee (DSC) to develop, manage and coordinate the skill programmes at the District level.  The State Skill Development Mission (SSDM) and DSCs have a key role to play in the successful implementation of this programme. The SSDMs are responsible for creating a robust and responsive support mechanism for the fellows  deployed  in  the  75  Districts. MSDE  had  launched  the  Phase-I  (pilot)  of fellowship on 8th March 2020. The national scale up i.e. Phase-II of the fellowship was inaugurated on 25th October, 2021 in partnership with 9 IIMs for 662 districts  across country .

The eligibility  criteria  prescribed  for  being  a  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Fellow  are  as under:

- i. The candidate should possess a minimum qualification of a graduate degree from a recognized University;
- ii. The candidate should be a citizen of India
- iii. The candidate should be in the age group of 21-30 years.
- iv. The candidate should possess Proficiency in official language of State of fieldwork

Fellows  will  not  be  employees  of  Government  of  India.  The  fellows  are  paid stipend of Rs. 50,000 per month in first year and Rs. 60,000 per month in second year. Upon completion of the programme, the Fellow would be awarded a Certificate in Public Policy and Management by the host IIM.

## Annexure-III

Awards  for  Excellence  in  District  Skill  Development  Planning  (DSDP  Awards)  was instituted under SANKALP in June 2018. The objective is to promote decentralization in skill eco system at the district level.  MSDE had launched DSDP Awards for Year-1 to recognize the efforts in creating functional and innovative DSDPs  by District Administration. In the year-1 of DSDP awards, total 223 districts had participated, where top 20 Districts were recognized under three categories of awards.

MSDE had launched the DSDP Awards for Year-2, where all the districts of the country were invited to submit their DSDPs to MSDE. Total 467 districts had submitted their DSDP under this initiative. MSDE had on boarded IIT Delhi and IIT Kharagpur as the evaluation partners for evaluating these 467 DSDPs. Post the evaluation done by both  the  IITs,  30  districts  were  shortlisted  and  awarded  on  9th  June  2022,  for  their extraordinary and innovative work done by districts in the field of skill development.

Skill India Portal (SIP) is a unified platform to bring all the skilling components together. It is a platform where the registration to assessment to certification happens seamlessly and support the  skilling  ecosystem  in  developing  the  repositories  of  beneficiaries  with  respect  to  the schemes run by Central and State Government under the flagship program of Skill India.

SIP  covers  all  the  aspects  of  the  training  lifecycle  starting  from  Training  Partner/Training Centre/Schools/Colleges/ITIs/  Hospitals  on  boarding  using  the  centrally  build  Accreditation  & Affiliation  process  (SMART)  which  could  also  be  optional  based  on  scheme  requirements,  to placement of candidate.

Since its inception through continuous improvement, SIP has evolved as a platform being used across the country by various Central Ministries, Training organizations and State Skill Mission Departments  for  execution  and  monitoring  of  various  skilling  schemes.  As  part  of  skilling convergence, various schemes of States and the Central Ministries are integrated with SIP.

To  enhance  the  capability  and  features  of  SIP  it  is  integrated  with  various  third-party applications. Few of them includes UIDAI, for real time Aadhaar authentication of candidate & trainer  at  the  time  of  enrollment  and  assessor  at  the  time  of  assessment.  Aadhaar  Enabled Biometric Attendance System (AEBAS) for real time capturing of attendance of the candidates.

## Financial Assistance

As on 13.07.2022 ,SANKALP has provided financial assistance amounting to INR 49,99,84,274.

## Convergence Status

| State/Ministry                                     | Scheme Name   | Total No. of Batches Received/ Created    | Total No Candidate Enrolled   |   of Total Batches Assessed & Certified |   Total Candidates Assessed Certified | &   |
|----------------------------------------------------|---------------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|-----|
| Ministry of Rural Development                      | DDU-GKY       | 406                                       | 9826                          |                                     291 |                                  6280 |     |
| Ministry of Rural Development                      |               | SDIS-DDU-GKY15038                         | 419761                        |                                    9583 |                                209372 |     |
| Ministry of Rural Development                      |               | MORD-BFT 29                               | 717                           |                                      23 |                                   694 |     |
| Ministry of Housing Urban Affairs                  | and           | NULM 26                                   | 672                           |                                      13 |                                   275 |     |
| Ministry of Housing Urban Affairs                  |               | SDIS-NULM- SUDA 18135                     | 396484                        |                                   10726 |                                236383 |     |
| Ministry Communications and Information Technology | of PDDUSKVP   | 2635                                      | 63992                         |                                    1392 |                                 30067 |     |
| Ministry of Agriculture Farmers Welfare            | &             | Rastriya Krishi Vikas Yojana ( RKVY) 1091 | 20122                         |                                     916 |                                 15526 |     |
| Ministry of Agriculture Farmers Welfare            | &             | Rastriya Kisan Vikas Yojana ( RKVY)       | 135 2209                      |                                      97 |                                  1693 |     |
| Ministry of Development - Housing                  | Rural Rural   | PMAY-G                                    | 6081 145715                   |                                    4547 |                                 92181 |     |

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| Ministry of Transport and Highways   | Road MoRTH                                                                                                                              |   1059 |   30180 |   849 |   19233 |
|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|---------|-------|---------|
| Central Public Department            | Works CPWD                                                                                                                              |     31 |     786 |    24 |     433 |
| Ministry of Tourism                  | Gujarat Tourism Trainings                                                                                                               |     40 |     936 |    35 |     713 |
| MHRD                                 | DPIIT HRD                                                                                                                               |     89 |    1772 |    50 |    1474 |
| MoMA                                 | Seekho Aur Kamao                                                                                                                        |     56 |    1458 |    44 |    1103 |
| NISE                                 | Suryamitra Skill Development Programme                                                                                                  |    152 |    3214 |   112 |    2833 |
| MSJE                                 | NSDFDC                                                                                                                                  |    178 |    4013 |    84 |    1989 |
| MSJE                                 | NBCFDC                                                                                                                                  |     79 |    1512 |    48 |    1036 |
| MSJE                                 | NSKFDC                                                                                                                                  |    127 |    4161 |   103 |    3371 |
| Himachal Pradesh                     | Himachal Pradesh-State Skill Development Misison (Planning Dept)                                                                        |     11 |     150 |     7 |     111 |
| Tamil Nadu                           | TNNSDC RPL 1                                                                                                                            |    440 |   17100 |   395 |   15306 |
| Uttarakhand                          | UTTARAKHAND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT (UKWDP)                                                                                       |   1446 |   35117 |   912 |   20007 |
| ASDM                                 | Placement Linked State Funded Scheme                                                                                                    |   2823 |   73083 |  2375 |   54379 |
| ASDM                                 | Placement Link Skill Development Training Programme (Karagar Se Karigar)                                                                |      2 |      60 |     2 |      60 |
| ASDM                                 | SURYA                                                                                                                                   |     13 |     348 |    12 |     266 |
| ASDM                                 | Employment through Skill Training and Placements (EST&P) under Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY NULM) |     44 |    1129 |    29 |     544 |
| ASDM                                 | Jal Jeevan Mission - RPL                                                                                                                |     26 |     826 |    14 |     259 |
| BSDM                                 | Recruit - Train                                                                                                                         |     -5 |     120 |     5 |      83 |

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|       | (Govt. Gujarat)                                |   of |       |     |       |
|-------|------------------------------------------------|------|-------|-----|-------|
| HSDM  | RPL-HSDM                                       |   13 |   259 | 5   | 102   |
| HSDM  | SAKSHAM- HSDM                                  |    1 |    30 | 0*  | 0*    |
| HSDM  | SURYA                                          |  118 |  2754 | 54  | 1338  |
| JHSDM | Saksham Jharkhand Kaushal Vikas Yojana (SJKVY) | 1478 | 40535 | 957 | 24344 |
| JHSDM | Deen Dayal Upadhyay Kaushal Kendra (DDUKK)     | 1438 | 37457 | 890 | 23876 |
| KSDM  | YuvaKeralam                                    |  112 |  2530 | 67  | 1386  |
| OSDM  | SDIS-SDIS ORISSA STATE SKILLING SCHEME         |  254 |  6552 | 20  | 425   |
| UPSDM | Building and Other Construction Workers - BoCW |    1 |    27 | 0   | 0*    |
| UPSDM | API-UPSDM- RPL                                 |   33 |  1198 | 3   | 27    |
| UPSDM | State Skill Development Fund - SSDF            |    1 |    27 | 0   | 0     |
| UPSDM | UPSDM Composite Scheme                         |   21 |   561 | 0   | 0     |
| WBSDM | SDIS-SDIS WEST BENGAL STATE SKILLING SCHEME    |  585 | 13433 | 488 | 10061 |

Note: Total assessed/certified, batches/candidates includes all pass/fail/not appeared candidates.  *Assessment is not yet completed

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