Lok Sabha Question No. 2019 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-19
Subject: Skill Development Training to Increase GDP
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: Dibyendu Adhikari

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2019

ANSWERED ON 19.12.2022

## SKILL DEVELOPMETN TRAINING TO INCREASE GDP

2019   SHRI DIBYENDU ADHIKARI

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

- (a) whether  it  is  a  fact  that  skill  development  is  no  longer  a  matter  of  choice  but  an imperative to adapt, survive and succeed to a pivotal role in employment and livelihood;
- (b) if so, India's focus on skill development and training is to increase GDP by 5 per cent in 2035 therefor;
- (c) present status of NSDC and NSDA in the country and their initiatives towards post pandemic employment scenario therefor ?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

(SHRI RAJEEV CHANDRASEKHAR)

- (a) & (b) Technology and Digital are creating changes and opportunities in workforce of today and in coming future- in India and the world. The workforce and Entrepreneurs of this new phase of opportunities need skills across every sector.

Therefore Skilling, re-skilling and upskilling of the workforce is critical to pursue new emerging  opportunities  and  to  adapt  to  changes  in  current  industry  and  employment landscape. Skills are a pathway to new opportunities as well as job and income mobility.

The  vision  of  National  Policy  on  Skill  Development  &  Entrepreneurship  (NPSDE), launched in 2015, is to create an ecosystem of Skilling of high Standards and to promote a culture of innovation based entrepreneurship which can generate wealth and employment so as to ensure Sustainable livelihoods for all citizens in the country.

- (c) National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) is a Public Private Partnership firm set up  by  the  Ministry of  Finance. NSDC  works  closely  with  the  Ministry  of  Skill Development and Entrepreneurship in coordinating and stimulating initiatives in the area of skill  development. The  corporation  implemented  special  Customised  Crash  Course Programme for COVID Warriors with the aim to train about one lakh COVID warriors.

National Council for Vocational Education and Training (NCVET) was established in December 2018 by subsuming the functions of erstwhile National Council for Vocational Training (NCVT) and National Skill Development Agency (NSDA). It acts as an overarching regulatory  body  under  Ministry  of  Skill  Development  &  Entrepreneurship  to  regulate  the functioning  of  entities  engaged  in  vocational  education  and  training,  both  long-term  and short-term,  and  establish  minimum  standards  for  their  functioning.  In  the  post  COVID pandemic scenario, NCVET has taken the following steps for qualitative improvement and regulation of vocational education and training:

-  Approved  6  courses  of  COVID  Frontline  Workers  during  COVID  Pandemic,  to provide support and to cater to the deficiency of field health workers in the country and a course of Commercial Vehicle Driver.
-  Formulated and rolled out guidelines for Blended learning and assessments enabling learning  and  assessments  through  blended  modes,  without  the  constraint  of availability of physical infrastructure.
-  Formulated and approved the guidelines for Cross sectoral and Multi sectoral skilling to enable the learners to undertake job roles which cut across multiple sectors and are suited to the post pandemic scenario.
-  Facilitated development of 254 future qualifications to cater to emerging job roles in the post pandemic scenario.

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