Lok Sabha Question No. 1916 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-19
Subject: Training to Differently-abled People
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: M.K. Vishnu Prasad

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1916

ANSWERED ON 19.12.2022

## TRAINING TO DIFFERENTLY-ABLED PEOPLE

1916.  DR. VISHNU PRASAD M.K.:

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

- (a) whether the Government has formulated any scheme to provide training to differentlyabled people residing in the rural areas to make them self-employed and entrepreneurs and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether  the  Government  has  signed  any  memorandum  of  understanding  to  give  cooperation and assistance for providing training and employment to such people and if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the  salient  features  of  the  said  Memorandum  of  Understanding  (MoU)  and  its  current status as on date?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

(SHRI RAJEEV CHANDRASEKHAR)

- (a)       Under Skill India Mission, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) is implementing  its  flagship  scheme  Pradhan  Mantri  Kaushal  Vikas  Yojana  (PMKVY)  for  Skill based training of the youth across the country including the differently-abled candidates under Short Term Training (STT) courses and Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL). STT is linked to placement  while RPL recognises  the  existing  skills  of  the  candidate  and  does  not  mandate placement. Further, there is an exclusive Sector Skill Council for differently-abled, namely Skill Council for PwD (SCPwD) for catering to the needs of the differently-abled candidates and run training in PwD-friendly training centres (TCs). Such centres are structurally designed to enable differently-abled  candidates  to  experience  training  with  ease.  These  training  centres  are structurally  designed  to  cover  Braille,  computer  screen  reader  for  visually  impaired,  sign language interpreter for speech and hearing impaired etc. In addition, other Training Centers can also enroll differently-abled candidates. The year-wise details of differently-abled candidates trained under PMKVY scheme is given in Annexure-I .

Further,  National  Institute  for  Entrepreneurship  and  Small  Business  Development (NIESBUD), Noida, an autonomous Entrepreneurship Development Institute under MSDE has conducted  various  training  programmes  covering  1,95,395  beneficiaries  during  the  last  five years (2017-18 to 2021-2022) which includes 1,907 differently-abled candidates.

Further, Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPwD) (Divyangjan), Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment implements a 'National Action Plan (NAP) for Skill Development of Persons with Disabilities (PwDs)' which was launched in March, 2015.  The  objective  of  the  scheme  is  to  provide  skill  training  to  PwDs  for  enabling  them  to become  self-reliant  and  productive  members  of  the  society  and  to  integrate  them  with  the mainstream  of  the  society.  NAP  is  implemented  under  the  umbrella  scheme  -  'Scheme  for Implementation  of  Rights  of  Persons  with  Disabilities  Act  2016  (SIPDA)'.  Under  NAP,  for imparting training to persons with disabilities including PwDs in rural areas in the age group of 15 to 59 years, fund is released in three instalments to training partners (ETPs) empanelled from Government (GOs) and Non-Government Organisations (NGOs) across Country as per Common Norms guidelines of M/o Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.

(b)  &  (c)               No,  Sir.  Ministry  of  Skill  Development  and  Entrepreneurship  (MSDE)  has  not signed any specific Memorandum  of  Understanding (MoU) for providing training and employment to differently-abled people residing in the rural areas.

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO. 1916  REGARDING  'TRAINING  TO  DIFFERENTLY-ABLED  PEOPLE' TO  BE  ANSWERED ON 19.12.2022

|          |         | RPL       | STT     | STT       | STT             | STT           | Total Trained   |
|----------|---------|-----------|---------|-----------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|
| FY       | Trained | Certified | Trained | Certified | Reported Placed | Self Employed |                 |
| FY-15-16 | 1       | 1         | 304     | 225       | 61              | -             | 305             |
| FY-16-17 | 39      | 11        | 87      | 57        | 2               | -             | 126             |
| FY-17-18 | 60      | 35        | 2,682   | 1,622     | 626             | 69            | 2,742           |
| FY-18-19 | 32      | 26        | 14,029  | 9,749     | 1,815           | 167           | 14,061          |
| FY-19-20 | 20      | 14        | 22,834  | 21,198    | 10,474          | 411           | 22,854          |
| FY-20-21 | 230     | 161       | 8,340   | 7,191     | 2,428           | 21            | 8,570           |
| FY-21-22 | 34      | 31        | 214     | 1,818     | 2,416           | 9             | 248             |
| FY-22-23 | 2       | 1         | 105     | 61        | 2               | -             | 107             |
| Total    | 418     | 280       | 48,595  | 41,921    | 17,824          | 677           | 49,013          |

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