Lok Sabha Question No. 3662 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-20
Subject: Skill India Programme
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: Kalyan Banerjee

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3662 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20.12.2021

## SKILL INDIA PROGRAMME

## † 3662  SHRI KALYAN BANERJEE

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

- (a) the details of the objectives of the Skill India Programme;
- (b) the  details  of  the  number  of  people  who  have  been  provided  skill  training, State and district-wise since the launch of the Skill India Programme therefrom;
- (c) whether  the  Government  keeps  a  record  of  the  number  of  people  who secured employment after being skilled under Skill India Programme and the present status therein;
- (d) If so, the details thereof, State and district-wise thereof; and if not the reasons therefor?

## 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 implementing the following skill  development  schemes for the skill development of the youths across the country.

|   S.No. | Scheme                                      | Objective                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
|---------|---------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|       1 | Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) | MSDE is implementing its flagship scheme PMKVY, with the objective to train candidates across India. PMKVY has two training components, namely, Short Term Training (STT) and Recognition Prior Learning (RPL).                                                                                                                                      |
|       2 | Jan Shikshan Sansthan (JSS) Scheme          | The scheme aims to provide vocational skills to non-literate, neo-literate, persons with rudimentary level of education up to 8 th and school dropouts up to 12 th standards in the age group of 15-45 years. The priority groups are women, SC, ST, minorities, Divyangjan and other backward section of the society. The JSSs work at the doorstep |

|    |                                                 | of the beneficiaries with minimum infrastructure and resources.                                                                                                                                                                         |
|----|-------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|  3 | National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (NAPS) | This scheme is for promoting apprenticeship training and increasing the engagement of the apprentices by providing financial support to industrial establishments under taking apprenticeship program under The Apprenticeship Act 1961 |
|  4 | Craftsmen Training Scheme (CTS)                 | This scheme is for providing long term training in 143 trades through 14,417 Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) across the country.                                                                                                  |

Further  to  this,  MSDE  initiated  various  convergence  efforts  across  the  skill ecosystem to bring a common set of rules and guideline into force so that the skill training provided across the country could follow a common set of rules in every area of skill Development. MSDE has undertaken various measures in this regard, the key measures are as below:-

- The introduction of the Common Cost Norms
- The creation of a National Skill Qualification Framework(NSQF)

(b) Since  the  details  of  people  who  have  been  provided  skill  training  schemewise,  state-wise  and  district-wise  is  too  lengthy,  all  of  them  are  available  on  the website of the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (Link:www.msde.gov.in/en/useful-links/parl-ques/lok-sabha).

- (c) Details of the placement records scheme- wise are as follows:
1. PMKVY: A three-month placement / self-employment monitoring is done by Training Providers, DSCs, SSDMs
2. Under no other scheme, tracking of placement records is not mandatory and hence records of the same are not maintained.

(d) PMKVY: Placement  details  of  the  candidates  under  PMKVY  is  placed  at Annexure I.As per the Third Party Evaluation of PMKVY 2.0 (2016-20), it was found that  average monthly  income of PMKVY trained and certified individuals  was 15% higher  than  the  comparison  group.  Also,  a  significant  19%  difference  in  average monthly  income  was  observed  with  respondents  who  had  undertaken  RPL  versus those  who  had  not  over  a  period  of  time.  Moreover,  76%  of  the  candidates acknowledged that after the training, they have better chance of getting employment.

Even  if  it  is  not  mandatory  in  any  other  scheme  to  maintain  such  records  the following are some of the important facts in this regard.

JSS: The objective of training imparted under JSS is to link 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  been 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  (I)  77.05%  of  the  beneficiary  trainees  have under gone occupational shifts and (II) number of beneficiaries enrolled and trained has increased by 59.23% between the year 2018-19. This facts shows the positive impact of the scheme on the livelihood options of the beneficiaries.

CTS: The final report of Tracer Study of ITI Graduates (published in January 2018 by the Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, GoI) mentions that 63.5% of total ITI pass-outs got employed (wage+ self, out of which 6.7% are self-employed) and 36.4% remained unemployed and was looking for  jobs. Even though the first figure  was  low  for  females  (55.3%)  as  compared  to  that  for  males  (65.1%),  the corresponding  figures  for  SCs  (65%)and  STs  (69.8%)  were  higher  than  the percentage of total pass-outs in (wage+ self)employed.

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