Lok Sabha Question No. 3493 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-08-08
Subject: Skill Development Programme in Gujarat
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: Jaswantsinh Sumanbhai Bhabhor

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †3493 TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.08.2022

## SKILL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME IN GUJARAT

## † 3493. SHRI JASWANT SINGH BHABHOR:

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

(a) whether the Government has started any Skill Development Programme;

(b) if so, the details thereof;

(c)  the  details  of  scheme  formulated  by  the  Government  for  imparting  Computer  Training along with the financial allocation made for this purpose in Gujarat, district-wise; and

(d) whether the Government has also prepared any plan to implement the project at school level?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)        Yes sir.
- (b)        Under Skill India Mission, the Government of India is implementing more than 40 skill development schemes/  programmes across 20 Central Ministries/ Departments, for providing skill development training on a pan India basis. The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) is delivering skill-training 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 youth across the country.
- (c)         Skill  development  and  creating  skilled  talent  in  computer  education  constitute  an important mission to ensure that the growing digital economy of India is provided with the trained  and  skilled  manpower  that  the  industry  requires  both  in  the  short  and  long  runs. Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) through e-Skill India, NSDC's eLearning  aggregator  portal,  has  been  instrumental  in  bringing  together  several  hours  of digital-skilling opportunities together. These courses help participants enhance  their employability skills along with domain skills.

Under Skill India Mission, MSDE is implementing its flagship scheme Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) to impart skill development training to youth of the country. Ministry has launched third phase of Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) 3.0 on 15 th January,  2021  with  an  objective  to  enable  candidates  to  take  up  short  duration  skill development  training  in  various  demand-driven  job  roles  including  job  roles  with  basic computer knowledge / education. The aim of the scheme is to train 8 lakh candidates across the country in various sectors covering Information Technology and IT enabled Services (ITITeS) sector which consist of job roles for basic computer education. Some of the job roles under IT-ITeS are those of Domestic Data entry Operator, Domestic IT Helpdesk Attendant,

Junior Data Associate, Junior Software Developer, Domestic Biometric Data Operator, Web Developer, etc. Till 30.06.2022, a total of 5,878 candidates have been trained in Gujarat in IT-ITeS Sector. There is no separate allocation for IT-ITeS related training programmes. The District-wise fund disbursement under PMKVY in the State of Gujarat is at Annexure-I .

During 2018-19 to 2021-22, a total of 2556 candidates have been trained under JSS in Computer Training related job-roles in Gujarat. There is no separate allocation for IT-ITeS related training programmes. The District-wise fund disbursement under JSS in the State of Gujarat is at Annexure-II .

MSDE  through  Directorate  General  of  Training  (DGT),  under  the  digital  skilling programme has launched the Bharat  Skills,  a  Digital  Repository  for  skills  provides  NSQF curriculum, course material, e-learning videos, question banks and mock test etc. for CTS, CITS  courses  in  the  ITI  eco-system.  This  helps  the  trainers  and  trainees  to  have  easy access to books, practice papers, learning videos which enable them to learn easily their topics  outside  the  class.  DGT  is  also  running  17  courses  in  Information  Technology  (IT)/ Computer/  Internet  of  Things  (IoT)  related  job  roles,  namely,  (i)  Additive  Manufacturing Technician  3-D  Printing,  (ii)  Computer  Hardware  &  Network  Maintenance,  (iii)  Computer Operator  and  Programming  Assistant,  (iv)  Industrial  Robotics  And  Digital  Manufacturing Technician, (v) Information Communication Technology System Maintenance, (vi) Information Technology, (vii) IoT Technician (Smart Agriculture), (viii) IoT Technician (Smart City),  (ix)  IoT  Technician  (Smart  healthcare),  (x)  Network  Technician,  (xi)  Office  Assistant cum Computer Operator, (xii) Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA Drone Pilot), (xiii) Smartphone Technician cum App Tester, (xiv) Soil Testing and Crop Technician, (xv) Solar Technician (Electrical), (xvi) Solar Technician, and (xvii) Technician Mechatronics. The total number of candidates enrolled under these job roles in Gujarat during the last 02 years is 29,576.

FutureSkills  PRIME  is  a  platform  for  Re-skilling/Up-skilling  of  IT  Manpower  for Employability and is a collaborative initiative between MeitY and IT-ITeS SSC (Sector Skills Council) NASSCOM. The Programme would follow an 'aggregator of aggregators' approach for digital skills training on a national scale, with the entire platform being hosted online and seeks to create synergy and collaborations between industry, academia and the government.

To further aid digital adoption, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MEITY) has approved a scheme titled 'Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital Saksharta Abhiyan (PMGDISHA)' to usher in digital literacy in rural India by covering 6 crore rural households (one person per household) by 31.03.2023. To ensure equitable geographical reach, each of the 2,50,000 Gram Panchayats across the country are envisaged to register an average of 200-300 candidates.

As on 25 th March 2022, a total of around 5.77 crore candidates have been enrolled and 4.88 crore have been trained, out of which 3.61 crore candidates have been certified under the PMGDISHA Scheme. The total outlay of the above Scheme is Rs. 2,351.38 Crore (approx.) for the entire country. It is being implemented as a Central Sector Scheme by the Ministry  of  Electronics  &  Information  Technology through an implementing agency namely CSC  e-Governance  Services  India  Limited,  with  active  collaboration  of  all  the  State Governments and UT Administrations.

Ministry of Education (Department of School Education and Literacy) has launched the  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  of  Samagra  Shiksha  in  2018-19.  Under  Vocational Education component of Samagra Shiksha, NSQF compliant vocational courses are offered to  the  school  students  from  class  9 th to  12 th in  the  schools  covered  in  the  scheme. Employability  Skill  module  has  been  made  a mandatory  part  of  the  vocational  courses.  It consists of Communication Skills, Self-Management Skills, Information and Communication Technology Skills, Entrepreneurship Skills and Green Skills.

Samagra Shiksha Scheme: Under this scheme, funds are provided to States/UTs for setting up ICT labs and Smart Classrooms in schools as per the norms of the scheme. The budget  allocation  under  Samagra  Shiksha  Scheme  for  Approval  of  ICT  and  Smart Classrooms in Gujarat is as under:

(Amount in Rs. Crores)

| Approval   | Approval   | Approval   | Approval          | Approval   | Approval          |
|------------|------------|------------|-------------------|------------|-------------------|
| 2018-19    | 2019-20    | 2020-21    | 2020-21           | 2021-22    | 2021-22           |
| ICT Lab    | ICT Lab    | ICT Lab    | Smart Class room* | ICT Lab    | Smart Class room* |
| 0.3        | 0.0        | 0.0        | 43.5              | 0.0        | 104.0             |

*Provision for Smart Classrooms introduced in Samagra Shiksha in 2020-21.

(d) The Department of School Education & Literacy, Ministry of Education is implementing the component of Vocationalisation of School Education under the umbrella of Samagra  Shiksha  -  an  integrated  scheme  for  school  education',  a  Centrally  Sponsored Scheme. Samagra Shiksha is an overarching programme for the school education sector extending from pre-school to class XII  and  aims  to  ensure  inclusive  and  equitable  quality education  at  all  levels  of  school  education.  Under  the  Information  &  Communication Technology (ICT) component of the Scheme, there is a provision to impart computer literacy and computer enabled learning to children, by developing and deploying curriculum based interactive  multimedia,  digital  books,  virtual  labs  etc.  across  the  country.  It  supports establishment of smart classrooms, and ICT labs in schools, including support for hardware, educational software and e-content for teaching. It envisages covering all Government/Government-aided schools with classes VI to XII.

## The District-wise fund disbursement to State of Gujarat under PMKVY till March, 2022:

| District        |   Amount Disbursed (in Rs. Crore) |
|-----------------|-----------------------------------|
| Banas Kantha    |                              2    |
| Surendranagar   |                              6.21 |
| Jamnagar        |                              7.6  |
| Chhotaudepur    |                              1.32 |
| Navsari         |                              2.56 |
| Devbhumi Dwarka |                              0.8  |
| Anand           |                              1.63 |
| Surat           |                             10.37 |
| Gandhinagar     |                              2.59 |
| Narmada         |                              2.07 |
| Tapi            |                              1.75 |
| Morbi           |                              3.87 |
| Amreli          |                              1.42 |
| Sabar Kantha    |                              2.37 |
| Dohad           |                              1.61 |
| Mahesana        |                              2.05 |
| Arvalli         |                              0.08 |
| Ahmadabad       |                             11.87 |
| Rajkot          |                              5.01 |
| Dang            |                              0.76 |
| Kheda           |                              1.56 |
| Porbandar       |                              1.23 |
| Bhavnagar       |                              5.17 |
| Valsad          |                              6.33 |
| Kachchh         |                              5.12 |
| Patan           |                              0.56 |
| Botad           |                              2.2  |
| Bharuch         |                              3.51 |
| Vadodara        |                              7.95 |
| Junagadh        |                              4.89 |
| Mahisagar       |                              0.61 |
| Panch Mahals    |                              3.26 |
| Gir Somnath     |                              2.07 |

The District-wise fund disbursement to State of Gujarat under JSS till March, 2022:

| District               |   Amount Disbursed (in Rs. Crore) |
|------------------------|-----------------------------------|
| Vadodara               |                              1.49 |
| Surat                  |                              1.26 |
| Bharuch                |                              1.44 |
| Kachchh                |                              1.5  |
| Kalol, Gandhinagar     |                              1.45 |
| Patan                  |                              1.5  |
| Sabarkantha            |                              1.45 |
| Banaskantha (Palanpur) |                              1.45 |
| Valsad                 |                              1.26 |
| Mehsana                |                              1.47 |
| Ahmedabad              |                              0.69 |

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