Lok Sabha Question No. 3332 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-09
Subject: Education and Employment
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Kripanath Mallah

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3332

TO BE ANSWERED ON 09 TH   AUGUST, 2021

## EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT

## 3332.    SHRI KRIPANATH MALLAH:

Will the Minister of LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the steps taken/being taken by the Government to improve the bridge between education and employment, and to prepare young people for the future of work so far; (b) the details of the funds sanctioned, allocated and utilized for this so far within Assam; (c) the details of the target set and achievements made so far along with its response; and (d) the steps being taken by the Government to cover the wider section especially rural areas
- people in the State under this scheme?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SHRI RAMESWAR TELI)

(a)  to  (d):  Employment  generation  alongwith  improving  employability  of  the  youth  is  the priority concern of the Government.

National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 aims to integrate vocational education programmes into mainstream  education  in  all  educational  institutions  in  a  phased  manner.  Beginning  with vocational  exposure  at  early  ages  in  middle  and  secondary  school,  quality  vocational education  will  be  integrated  smoothly  into  higher  education.  This  is  in  alignment  with Sustainable  Development  Goal  4.4  and  will  help  to  realize  the  full  potential  of  India's demographic dividend.

Ministry of Education is implementing a Scheme for Higher Education Youth in Apprenticeship and  Skills  (SHREYAS),  a  program  conceived  for  students  in  degree  courses,  primarily  nontechnical, with a view to introduce employable skills into their learning, promote apprenticeship as integral to education and also amalgamate employment facilitating efforts of  the  education  system  so  that  clear  pathways  towards  employment  opportunities  are available to students during and after their graduation.

The National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (NAPS) is being implemented by Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE), wherein Government reimburses 25 percent of  the  stipend  payable  to  apprentices  also  enhances  employability  of  the  youth  to  access employment.

MSDE  is  also  implementing  a  pilot  scheme  Pradhan  Mantri  YUVA  (PM  YUVA)  Yojana  for creating an enabling ecosystem for entrepreneurship development through entrepreneurship education,  training,  advocacy  and  easy  access  to  the  entrepreneurship  network  in  skill training institutes, viz. ITIs, PMKKs, JSS etc. The pilot is being implemented in ten States and two  UTs.  In  Assam  and  Meghalaya,  the  PM  YUVA  Pilot  is  being  implemented  in  selected Industrial  Training  Institutes  (ITIs),  Polytechnics,  Pradhan  Mantri  Kaushal  Kendra  (PMKKs) and  Jan  Sikshan  Sansthan  (JSS).  MSDE  also  provides  capacity  building  and  handholding support to the beneficiaries of Jan Shikshan Sansthan (JSSs) and cluster artisans of NorthEastern Region, for their livelihood linkages. Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) is implementing a programme for skilling of rural youth for  entrepreneurship  development  through  Rural  Self  Employment  and  Training  Institutes (RSETIs). The number of candidates trained and placed in Assam in 2020-21 is 7208 and 5145 respectively. MoRD, is  also  implementing  the  Start-up  Village  Entrepreneurship  Programme  (SVEP),  as  a sub-scheme  under  Deen  Dayal  Antyodaya  Yojana  -National  Rural  Livelihoods  Mission  (DAYNRLM).  The  objective  of  the  scheme  is  to  help  the  rural  poor  including  youth  to  set-up enterprises  at  the  village  level  in  non-agricultural  sectors.  The  number  of  enterprises supported in Blocks in Assam since 2018 is 3624 and enterprises formed as on June 2021 is 670. Department of Financial Services (DFS) under Ministry of Finance is implementing Stand Up India Scheme with objective to facilitate loans from Scheduled Commercial Banks (SBCs) of value between Rs. 10 Lakh to Rs. 1 Crore to atleast one Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe borrower  and  one-woman  borrower  per  bank  branch  for  setting  up  Greenfield  enterprise  in manufacturing, services or trading sector  and activities allied to agriculture. As on 31.03.2021,  141  loans  amounting  to  Rs.  37.08  crore  have  been  disbursed  in  the  State  of Assam in 2020-21. DFS is also implementing Pradhan Mantri MUDRA Yojana (PMMY) which facilitates collateral free  loans  of  upto  Rs.  10  Lakh  to  individuals  for  business  activities  in  the  non-agricultural sector and activities allied to agriculture. As on 31.03.2021, over 11.89 lakh loans amounting to Rs. 7657.19 crore have been disbursed in the State of Assam in 2020-21. Besides  above,  Ministry  of  Labour  &  Employment  is  implementing  National  Career  Service (NCS) Project which comprises a digital portal that provides a nation-wide online platform for the  job  seekers  and  employers  for  job  search  and  matching    in  a  dynamic  and  responsive manner  and  has  a  repository  of  career  content  for  job  seekers.  Under  the  NCS  project, Government is also providing financial assistance upto Rs. 50 Lakh for establishment of Model Career Centres (MCCs) including upgradation of employment exchanges to MCCs to deliver employment  related  services. Government  is also providing grant-in-aid to the State Governments  under  the  Interlinking  component  of  NCS  project  for  organizing  job  fairs,  upgradation of Information Technology and refurbishment of the existing employment exchanges. Under Interlinking of Employment Exchanges component, Rs. 4.64 crore has been released to State of Assam. Further, under component of MCC, grant in aid of  Rs. 2.61 crore have been approved.

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