Lok Sabha Question No. 3622 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-08-08
Subject: Skill Development in Madhya Pradesh
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: Vivek Narayan Shejwalkar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3622 TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.08.2022

## SKILL DEVELOPMENT IN MADHYA PRADESH

## † 3622. SHRI VIVEK NARAYAN SHEJWALKAR:

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

- (a)       whether the objective of establishing the National Skill Development Fund (NSDF) has been achieved and if so, the details thereof;
- (b)       whether the Government has reviewed the works of Skill Development Training Centres set  up  by  the  National  Skill  Development  Corporation  (NSDC)  in  various  States/UTs  of  the country;
- (c)        if so, the details thereof;
- (d)        whether  the  Government  has  collected  the  details  of  Skill  Development  and  Training Centres set up in Madhya Pradesh; and
- (e)       if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)       National Skill Development Fund (NSDF) was incorporated on 23 rd December, 2008 as a trust under the Indian Trust Act, 1882 with an objective is to enhance, stimulate and develop the  skills  of  Indian  youth  force  by  various  sector  specific  programmes.  The  Trust  accepts donation, contribution in cash or kind from the Contributors for furtherance of these objectives. Since  inception  till  31.03.2022,  Rs.  543.58  Cr.  have  been  received  in  the  NSDF  for  the implementation of various Government funded schemes such as Udaan, Pravasi Kaushal Vikas Yojana  (PKVY),  Seekho  aur  Kamao,  etc.  through  National  Skill  Development  Corporation (NSDC).

Further, since inception till 31.03.2022, Rs. 140.22 Cr. have been received in NSDF as Corporate Social Responsibility  (CSR)  funds from  Private  /  Public  Sector  Undertaking  (PSU) donors for  implementation  of  projects,  as  per  agreements  /  Memorandum  of  Understandings (MoUs).  Under  74  MoUs  /  Agreement  signed  with  various  PSUs/Private  donors,  1.35  lakh candidates have been trained across the country.

- (b)  and  (c)       National  Skill  Development  Corporation  (NSDC)  is  implementing  Central component  of  Pradhan  Mantri  Kaushal  Vikas  Yojana  (PMKVY)  through  its  Training  Centres (TCs)  including  Pradhan  Mantri  Kaushal  Kendras  (PMKKs).  The  TCs  are  accredited  and affiliated  through  single  online  platform  i.e.  Skill  India  Portal  (SIP)  for  imparting  short  term training.

Ministry  has  the  ' Guidelines for Accreditation, Affiliation, and  Continuous  Monitoring  of Training Centres' with objective to carry out standardized mechanism  to assess the infrastructure  and  capability  of  training  centre.  Centre  Accreditation  is  a  quality  assurance process under which the TCs are evaluated against the required parameters. It is driven by a grading matrix and relates to the operation and service of training centre to its trainees.

Under PMKVY, there are various provisions for continuous monitoring of TC as well as candidates.  The  life  cycle  of  training  process  of  candidates  (enrollment-training-assessmentcertification-placement) is tracked or monitored on real-time basis through the Skill India Portal (SIP)  which  is  linked  with  Aadhaar  enabled  biometric  attendance.  TCs  are  being  monitored effectively through various methodologies such as self-audit reporting, call validations, surprise visits,  etc.  Appraisal  of  the  on-going  schemes  and  consequent  improvements  is  an  ongoing process  and  PMKVY  Monitoring  Committee  reviews  and  formulate  framework  on  the  critical cases related to monitoring issues of the stakeholders.

Further, in order to improve the monitoring under PMKVY, District Skill Committee (DSC) is  being  involved  and  entrusted  with  the  monitoring  under  PMKVY  3.0.  DSC  acts  as  an  onground monitoring agency for conducting inspection of TCs.

(d)       Yes Sir.

(e)       As on 30.06.2022, 52 PMKKs have been established in the State of Madhya Pradesh. The details of the PMKVY TCs including PMKKs are captured on the Skill India Portal. As on 30.06.2022, 2,538 training centres (including 52 PMKKs) have imparted training in the State of Madhya Pradesh.

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