Lok Sabha Question No. 177 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-18
Subject: Skill Development for Unemployed Youth in Bihar
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: Alok Kumar Suman

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 177 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.07.2022

## SKILL DEVELOPMENT FOR UNEMPLOYED YOUTH IN BIHAR

## 177.   DR. ALOK KUMAR SUMAN:

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

- (a)       the  details  about  the  schemes  currently  being  run  by  the  Government  for  Skill Development of unemployed youth in urban and rural areas in Bihar;
- (b)     the details of the number of people who benefitted from these schemes during the last two years in Bihar including district Gopalganj; and
- (c)       the  details  about  the  number  of  people  from  urban  and  rural  areas  in  Bihar  who secured jobs during the said period?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  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  unemployed  youth  in urban and rural areas across the country for unemployed youth including the State of Bihar. 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 15-45 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): MSDE provide long term training through ITIs.

- (b)        The details of number of persons trained in Bihar including district Gopalganj under the various schemes implemented by MSDE during Financial Year 2020-21 and 2021-22 is as under:

|   S. | No.Schemes                                      | Number of people trained in Bihar   | Number of people trained in Gopalganj District   |
|------|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
|    1 | Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY)     | 1,43,931                            | 2,896                                            |
|    2 | Jan Shikshan Sansthan (JSS)                     | 45,083                              | 900                                              |
|    3 | National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (NAPS) | 7,637                               | 194                                              |
|    4 | Craftsmen Training Scheme (CTS)                 | 2,14,692                            | 4035                                             |

(c)         Details  of  number of persons placed under these schemes during the said period (2020-21 and 2021-22) is as under:

PMKVY : Under this Scheme, 27,334 persons have been placed.

CTS -  Under this Scheme, employment/ placement details are not being traced, however, as per report of the Tracer Study of ITI Graduates 2018 conducted by the MSDE through Mott MacDonald, an Independent Agency, 63.5 % of ITI Graduates are employed of which 6.7 % are self-employed.

JSS :  The  objective  of  training  imparted  under  JSS  is  to  encourage  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 have undergone occupational shifts.

NAPS : Since NAPS is an apprenticeship based scheme placements are not tracked.

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