Lok Sabha Question No. 3041 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-20
Subject: PMKVY and SANKALP
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: Krupal Balaji Tumane, Bhavana Gawali (Patil)

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO -† 3041

ANSWERED ON - 20.03.2023

## PMKVY AND SANKALP

† 3041. SHRI KRUPAL BALAJI TUMANE:

SHRIMATI BHAVANA PUNDALIKRAO GAWALI:

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

- (a) whether the Government is implementing any project under Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana and Skill Acquisition and Knowledge Awareness for Livelihood Promotion in   Maharashtra;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the total number of such projects being implemented in Maharashtra and the number of beneficiaries benefitted under these projects during the last five years;
- (d) the total amount of funds spent by the Government on these various projects during the last three years; and
- (e) whether the  Government  propose  to  review  the  PMKVY  and  'SANKALP'  in the near future, if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

THE  MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  SKILL  DEVELOPMENT  AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

(SHRI RAJEEV CHANDRASEKHAR)

(a) to (c) Yes Sir. Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) has been  implementing  Pradhan  Mantri  Kaushal  Vikas  Yojana  (PMKVY)  and  Skill Acquisition and Knowledge Awareness for Livelihood Promotion  (SANKALP) scheme in the State of Maharashtra. Under PMKVY, training has been imparted to candidates in  short  term  training  and  recognition  of  prior  learning.  Under  PMKVY, since inception, i.e., 2015 as on 31.12.2022, 3.55 lakh candidates have been trained in short term training and 8.62 lakh candidates have been oriented in recognition of prior learning in the State of Maharashtra.

Under  SANKALP  scheme,  Rs.22.04  crore  was  released  as  State  Incentive Grant (as Central share)  in 2018-19, to Government of Maharashtra in line with the State's plan. In addition, Rs. 10 lakh was also provided to each aspirational district namely Gadchiroli,  Nandurbar,  Osmanabad and Washim to strengthen  the  skilling ecosystem.  Further,  Ministry  has  deployed  31  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Fellows across 31districts of Maharashtra to support the district skill ecosystem.

(d) Under PMKVY,Rs. 394.86 crorehad been spent during the last three years in the  State  of  Maharashtra.Under  SANKALP  scheme,  Rs.  22.44  crore  had  been released to Government of Maharashtra. (e) Based  on  the  learnings  from  implementation  of  earlier  phases  of  Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY), Ministry has conceived the new version of PMKVY, i.e., PMKVY 4.0. PMKVY 4.0 has been appraised and recommended by Expenditure Finance Committee (EFC) and it has also been announced in Budget 2023.  The Ministry has started the preparatory work to implement the PMKVY 4.0. Ministry undertakes periodic reviews of the implementation of SANKALP. Further, for SANKALP scheme, joint implementation reviews are organized by the World Bank with the State Skill Development Missions.

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