Lok Sabha Question No. 3406 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-09
Subject: Training Programme For the Youth of Rural Areas
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: Ramesh Bidhuri

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3406 TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.08.2021

## TRAINING PROGRAMME FOR THE YOUTH OF RURAL AREAS

## 3406. SHRI RAMESH BIDHURI:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  formulated  any  plan  for  promotion  of  Skill Development Training Programmes for youths of rural areas of the country according to the needs of the rural economy so that exodus to big cities in search of job can be prevented;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the details/types of the Skill Development Programmes available for youths of rural and remote areas?

## ANSWER

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

(a) The  Ministry  of  Skill  Development  and  Entrepreneurship  has  taken  various initiatives for Skill Development of the youth across the country including rural areas.

- (b) The  Ministry  has  been  implementing  following  schemes  such  as  Pradhan Mantri  Kaushal  VikasYojana  (PMKVY),  Jan  Shikshan  Sansthan  (JSS),  National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme  (NAPS),  for short term skill training and Craftsmen Training Scheme, for long term skill training to the prospective youth of the  country  both  in  urban  and  rural  areas.  The  details  of  Institutions  /  Training Centres  / Establishment  operational to impart skill training  under  the  above mentioned schemes are as follows:

|   S.No. | Schemes   |   Institutes/Training Centres/Establishments |
|---------|-----------|----------------------------------------------|
|       1 | PMKVY     |                                         2050 |
|       2 | JSS       |                                          233 |
|       3 | NAPS      |                                        18353 |
|       4 | CTS (ITI) |                                        14604 |

Further,  District  Skill  Committees  (DSCs),  under  the  guidance  of  respective State Skill Development Missions (SSDMs), are playing a key role in addressing the skill  gap  and  assessing  demand  at  the  district  level  including  in  rural  areas.  The DSCs have been entrusted with the development of District Skill Development Plans (DSDPs) to promote decentralized planning and implementation at the grassroots. To build capacity of the DSCs and to help them manage skill development planning and  program  delivery,  the  Ministry  of  Skill  Development  and  Entrepreneurship (MSDE) attaches Mahatma Gandhi National Fellows with the district administration. The Fellows are posted as part of their academic programme  in premier management  institutes,  which  has  an  in-built  component  of  on-ground  practical experience. So far, a total of 512 DSDPs have been received from 31 States/ Union Territories.  The  DSDPs  identify  sectors  in  which  employment  opportunities  and demand  for  skilling  exists.  These  activities  are  performed  under  the  World  Bank assisted  programme  Skill  Acquisition  and  Knowledge  Awareness  for  Livelihood Promotion (SANKALP) for strengthening of skilling institutions.

Under  the  Jan  Shikshan  Sansthan  (JSS)  scheme,  the  Non-Government Organisations  (NGOs)  engaged  as  the  JSS  go  to  the  rural  areas  for  outreach programmes for skill training.

(c) The  Ministry  has  been  implementing  various  schemes  such  as  Pradhan Mantri  Kaushal  VikasYojana  (PMKVY),  Jan  Shikshan  Sansthan  (JSS),  National Apprenticeship  Promotion  Scheme  (NAPS)  and  Craftsmen  Training  Scheme,  for providing skill  development training to the  prospective  youth of the country both in urban and rural areas. The details of candidates benefited under the above schemes since 2015-16 to 2020-21 are as follows:

## Figures in lakh

|   S.No. | Schemes   |   Candidates trained (in lakh) |
|---------|-----------|--------------------------------|
|       1 | PMKVY     |                         129.93 |
|       2 | JSS       |                          18.17 |
|       3 | NAPS      |                          11.42 |
|       4 | CTS       |                          75.63 |

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