Lok Sabha Question No. 116 (STARRED), answered on 2022-07-25
Subject: Skill Development Training Programmes
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: Alok Kumar Suman

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO. *116 TO BE ANSWERED ON 25.07.2022

## SKILL DEVELOPMENT TRAINING PROGRAMMES

## *116. DR. ALOK KUMAR SUMAN:

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

- (a) whether the Government has implemented various Skill Development schemes/programmes for providing a range of Skill Development training on pan India basis;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the details of the number of people who have benefitted from these schemes/programmes during the last two years on pan India basis; and
- (d) the  number  of  people  who  have  secured  jobs  on  pan  India  basis  after  obtaining  the training?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

- (a) to (d) A Statement is laid on the table of the House.

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (A) TO (D) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *116  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  25.07.2022  ASKED  BY  DR.  ALOK  KUMAR SUMAN REGARDING 'SKILL DEVELOPMENT TRAINING PROGRAMMES'.

- (a) Yes Sir. Under Skill India Mission, the Government of India is implementing more than 40  programmes  through  more  than  20  Central  Ministries/Department  for  skill  development  for youths on pan India basis.
- (b) The  Ministry  of  Skill  Development  and  Entrepreneurship  (MSDE)  is  delivering  skilltraining through a comprehensive network of skill development centres under various schemes viz. Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY), National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (NAPS), Jan Shikshan Sansthan (JSS) and Craftsmen Training Scheme (CTS) through Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) for the youth in urban and rural areas across the country.  Brief of these schemes is as under:

Pradhan  Mantri  Kaushal  Vikas  Yojana  (PMKVY): The  Ministry  of  Skill  Development  and Entrepreneurship  (MSDE)  is  implementing  its  flagship,  demand-driven,  Centrally  Sponsored Scheme,  PMKVY,  for  imparting  short  duration  skill  development  training  through  Short-Term Training  (STT)  and  Recognition  of  Prior  Learning  (RPL)  to  youth  across  all  States/  Union Territories (UTs).

Jan Shikshan Sansthan (JSS) Scheme: The Jan Sikshan Sansthan (JSS) initiative is a step in the direction of realizing the unique demographic potential of urban slums and rural India. The programs are based on the polyvalent or multi-dimensional approach. The main target of the JSS is to impart vocational skills to the non-literates, neo-literates and the person having rudimentary level of education of 8 th standard and school dropouts upto 12th standard in the age group of 1545 years, with due relaxation in case of 'Divyangjan' and other deserving cases. Priority is given to Women, SC, ST, OBC and Minorities. More than 50% beneficiaries of this scheme hail from rural areas.

National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (NAPS): This Scheme is for promoting apprenticeship  training  and  increasing  the  engagement  of  apprentices  by  providing  financial support to industrial establishments undertaking apprenticeship programme under the Apprentices Act, 1961. Training consists of Basic Training and On-the-Job Training / Practical Training at workplace in the industry.

Craftsmen Training Scheme (CTS) through Industrial Training Institutes (ITI): This scheme is for providing long-term training through Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) across the country. The ITIs offer a range of vocational/skill training courses covering a large number of economic sectors with an objective to provide skilled workforce to the industry as well as self employment of youth.

The Ministry is also imparting various long and short term skill training through National Skill Training Institutes (NSTIs) and National Skill Training Institutes for Women [NSTI (W)s].

Apart from MSDE, following major skilling schemes of the other Ministries are imparting various types of skill training to the youth in a big way:

- Deen  Dayal  Upadhyaya  Grameen  KaushalyaYojna  (DDU-GKY)  of  Ministry  of  Rural Development which is a placement linked skill development program for wage employment.
- Skill development through Rural Self Employment Training Institutes (RSETIs) of Ministry of Rural Development enabling a trainee to take Bank credit and start his/her own Microenterprise. Some of such trainees may also seek regular salaried jobs.
- Deen  Dayal  Antyodaya  Yojna  -  National  Urban  Livelihood  Mission  (DAY-NULM)  by Ministry  of  Housing  and  Urban  Affairs  (MoHUA)  is  a  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  to reduce poverty and vulnerability of urban poor households on a sustainable basis. Under the Employment through Skill Training and Placement (EST&P) component, skill training is  provided  to  the  urban  poor  candidates  in  market-oriented  certified  courses  to  place them in wage employment and/ or self-employment opportunities.

Further, Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (DA&FW) is also implementing the following schemes for rural youth/ farmers:

- Skill  Training  of  Rural  Youth  (STRY)  for  7  days  under  Sub  Mission  on  Agricultural Extension  (SMAE)  -  The  short  term  skill  training  of  7  days  (15  trainees  per  batch)  is imparted to rural youth and farmers on specific vocational areas in agriculture and allied areas through Governmental training institutes including Krishi Vigyan Kendras and State Agricultural Universities.
- Skill training under National Skill Development Mission (NSDM) (minimum 200 Hours) The  major  areas  of  skill  trainings  include  mushroom  production,  bee-keeping,  micro irrigation,  maintenance  and  repair  of  farm  equipments,  nursery  management,  organic grower, vermi-compost production, animal husbandry, dairying, poultry, fishery, etc.

(c) The  details  of  number  of  people  who  have  been  trained  during  last  two  years  under  the schemes implemented by MSDE is as under:

## PMKVY : Number of candidates trained under PMKVY during the last two years:

| Financial Year                     | 2020-21   | 2021-22   |
|------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|
| Number of Candidates skill trained | 6,29,611  | 3,76,978  |

## JSS : Number of candidates trained under JSS during the last two years:

| Financial Year                     | 2020-21   | 2021-22   |
|------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|
| Number of Candidates skill trained | 3,59,796  | 4,61,996  |

## NAPS : Number of candidates trained under NAPS during the last two years:

| Financial Year                     | 2020-21   | 2021-22   |
|------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|
| Number of Candidates skill trained | 2,97,368  | 5,80,051  |

## CTS : Number of candidates enrolled under ITI under CTS during the last two years:

| Financial Year                | 2020      | 2021      |
|-------------------------------|-----------|-----------|
| Number of Candidates enrolled | 12,18,036 | 12,21,826 |

The details of number of people who have been trained during last two years viz. 2020-21 and 2021-22 under the schemes implemented by Ministry of Rural Development is as under:

DDU-GKY : Number of candidates trained under DDU-GKY during the last two years:

| Financial Year                     | 2020-21   | 2021-22   |
|------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|
| Number of Candidates skill trained | 38,289    | 97,006    |

## RSETI : Number of candidates trained under RSETI during the last two years:

| Financial Year                     | 2020-21   | 2021-22   |
|------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|
| Number of Candidates skill trained | 2,55,141  | 3,14,114  |

The details of number of people who have been trained during last two years viz. 2020-21 and 2021-22  under  the  schemes  implemented  by  Department  of  Agriculture  and  Farmers  Welfare (DA&FW) is as under:

## STRY : Number of candidates trained under STRY during the last two years:

| Financial Year                     | 2020-21   | 2021-22   |
|------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|
| Number of Candidates skill trained | 6,414     | 10,456    |

## Skill training (minimum 200 Hours) under Rashtriya Kaushal Vikas Yojana (RKVY) :

Number of candidates trained under RKVY during the last two years:

| Financial Year                     | 2020-21   |   2021-22 |
|------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|
| Number of Candidates skill trained | 3,741     |       840 |

(d) The details of number of people who have been placed during last two years viz. 2020-21 and 2021-22 under the schemes implemented by MSDE is as under:

## PMKVY: Number of candidates placed under PMKVY during the last two years :

| Financial Year              | 2020-21   | 2021-22   |
|-----------------------------|-----------|-----------|
| Number of Candidates placed | 2,16,102  | 1,64,162  |

JSS: The objective of training imparted under JSS is to link the individuals for gainful livelihood and  supplement  their  family  income  through  self-employment  and  wage  employment.  The providing of employment/placement to the beneficiaries is not the mandate of the JSS Scheme. As far as the employment of the JSS scheme beneficiaries is concerned, third party evaluation report  of  the  scheme  has  mentioned,  'It  is  finally  observed  that  as  an  impact  of  the  training programme conducted at  JSSs, the  self  and  wage  employment  and  private  job  have  become evident'. The  usefulness  of  the  scheme  would  be  further  self-evident  from  the  fact  that same report  has  mentioned  that  77.05%  of  the  beneficiary  trainees  of  the  JSS  Scheme have undergone occupational shifts .

CTS: Under this Scheme, employement/ placement details are not being traced, however, as per the report of Tracer Study of ITI Graduates (published in January 2018 by the Ministry of Skill  Development  &  Entrepreneurship,  GoI),  63.5%  of  total  ITI  pass-outs  got  employed (wage+ self, out of which 6.7% are self-employed) .

## NAPS:Placements are not tracked in NAPS .

The details of number of people who have been placed during last two years viz. 2020-21 and 2021-22 under the schemes implemented by Ministry of Rural Development is as under:

DDU-GKY : Number of candidates placed under DDU-GKY during the last two years :

| Financial Year              | 2020-21   | 2021-22   |
|-----------------------------|-----------|-----------|
| Number of Candidates placed | 49,563    | 45,612    |

RSETI : Number of candidates placed under RSETI during the last two years :

| Financial Year              | 2020-21   | 2021-22   |
|-----------------------------|-----------|-----------|
| Number of Candidates placed | 1,85,234  | 2,56,429  |

The details of number of skill trained candidates who have been placed during last two years viz. 2020-21 and 2021-22 under DAY-NULM is as under :

| Financial Year              | 2020-21   | 2021-22   |
|-----------------------------|-----------|-----------|
| Number of Candidates placed | 38,753    | 45,845    |

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