Lok Sabha Question No. 2240 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-08
Subject: Skill Development Programme for Divyangjan under NSDC
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: Sanjay Haribhau Jadhav, Bhavana Gawali (Patil)

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2240 TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.03.2021

## SKILL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME FOR DIVYANGJAN UNDER NSDC

## † 2240. SHRI SANJAY JADHAV: SHRIMATI BHAVANA PUNDALIKRAO GAWALI:

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

- (a)      the  details  of  the  Skill  Development  Programmes  conducted  and  initiatives taken  for  Divyangjan  under  the  National  Skill  Development  Corporation  and  the National Skill Development Agency;
- (b)      the  details of  the  implementation of the said programmes started State-wise including  Parbhani  District  and  Yavatmal-Washim  Parliamentary  Constituency  of Maharashtra;
- (c)        whether  the Government is likely to  organize any job fair for Divyangjan or differently abled people; and
- (d)       if so, the details thereof especially Parbhani and Yavatmal-Washim Parliamentary Constituency?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR THE MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP (SHRI R. K. SINGH)

(a)  and  (b)       National  Skill  Development  Corporation  (NSDC)  is  implementing central  component  of  Pradhan  Mantri  Kaushal  Vikas  Yojana  (PMKVY)  across  the country  which  is  for  all  sections  including  Persons  with  Disability  (PwD)  .  As  on 19.01.2021, around 48 thousand PwD candidates have been trained/oriented under PMKVY  2.0  across  the  country.  Out  of  which,  122  PwD  candidates  are  from Parbhani constituency of State of Maharashtra. However, no PwD candidates have been trained in Yavatmal-Washim constituency of State of Maharashtra. The Statewise number  of  PwD  candidates  trained/oriented  under  PMKVY  2.0,  as  on 19.01.2021, is given at Annexure.

Under PMKVY 2.0, there are incentives to encourage participation of PwDs in the  skill  training  namely;  post  placement  support,  monthly  conveyance  allowance, boarding and lodging etc. There is an exclusive Sector Skill Council for PwD namely Skill Council for PwD (SCPwD) for catering to the needs of the PwD candidates and it  runs  training  in  PwD-friendly  training  centres.  Such  centres  are  structurally designed  to enable  such  candidates  to experience  beneficial training such as availability  of  Braille,  computer  screen  reader  for  visually  impaired,  sign  language interpreter for speech and hearing impaired at Training Centres.

National  Skill  Development  Agency  has  been  subsumed  under  National Council for Vocational Education and Training (NCVET) which has been notified by MSDE  on  05 th December,  2018  as  an  overarching  regulatory  body  to  establish minimum standards for the functioning of entities in both long and short term training. It, amongst others, anchors the National Skills Qualification Framework (NSQF) and allied  quality  assurance  mechanisms.  In order  to incorporate  the  needs  of PwD in development of qualifications, a committee comprising of various stakeholders was set  up in NSDA (now NCVET).  After several consultations the following decisions were taken:

-   To include PwD component in the Qualification File Template.
-   To add new sector in the NQR to reflect Qualifications being used for training of PwD.
-    To  invite  (SCPwD)  and  Department  of  Empowerment  of  Persons  with Disabilities (DePwD), in stakeholder consultations of all job roles at NSDA (now NCVET), in order to obtain their inputs on the PwD amenability of job roles.

(c) and (d)      Rozgar Melas are conducted by NSDC, PMKKs, SSCs and TPs as a part  of  overall  'Placement  incentives  &  Job  Melas  /  Rozgar  Utsav'  component  of PMKVY 2.0 and it is a ongoing process. Rozgar Melas are conducted for all persons including PwD  candidates.  Special  attention  is given  to the differently  abled candidates to provide them easier access to facilities such as registration windows for divyangjan were made according to the needs. Also, specific group of employers are invited to the Rozgar Melas who are interested in hiring Divyangjan.

Annexure The State-wise number of PwD candidates trained/oriented under PMKVY 2.0, as on 19.01.2021, is given below:

| S. No.   | State/UT          | PwD candidates trained/oriented   |
|----------|-------------------|-----------------------------------|
| 1.       | Andhra Pradesh    | 990                               |
| 2.       | Arunachal Pradesh | 14                                |
| 3.       | Assam             | 1,665                             |
| 4.       | Bihar             | 1,664                             |
| 5.       | Chandigarh        | 5                                 |
| 6.       | Chhattisgarh      | 408                               |
| 7.       | Delhi             | 1,595                             |
| 8.       | Goa               | 2                                 |
| 9.       | Gujarat           | 499                               |
| 10.      | Haryana           | 4,110                             |
| 11.      | Himachal Pradesh  | 190                               |
| 12.      | Jammu And Kashmir | 2,854                             |
| 13.      | Jharkhand         | 1,279                             |
| 14.      | Karnataka         | 365                               |
| 15.      | Kerala            | 331                               |
| 16.      | Madhya Pradesh    | 3,090                             |
| 17.      | Maharashtra       | 680                               |
| 18.      | Manipur           | 2                                 |
| 19.      | Meghalaya         | 13                                |
| 20.      | Odisha            | 662                               |
| 21.      | Puducherry        | 3                                 |
| 22.      | Punjab            | 2,894                             |
| 23.      | Rajasthan         | 8,560                             |
| 24.      | Sikkim            | 66                                |
| 25.      | Tamil Nadu        | 1,407                             |
| 26.      | Telangana         | 623                               |
| 27.      | Tripura           | 6                                 |
| 28.      | Uttar Pradesh     | 13,667                            |
| 29.      | Uttarakhand       | 280                               |
| 30.      | West Bengal       | 434                               |
| Total    | Total             | 48,358                            |

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