Lok Sabha Question No. 3586 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-20
Subject: IISCs/ITIs
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTON NO. 3586 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20.12.2021

## IISCs/ITIs

## 3586:  COL. RAJYAVARDHAN RATHORE:

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

- (a) the number of IISCs have been established as on date State-wise including year  wise, district wise;
- (b) whether Government has considered increasing engagement between IISCs and ITIs to facilitate transfer of knowledge between domestic and foreign skill development standards and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government is in talks with other countries for skill development and migration of grey and blue collar workers and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) the  number of IISCs that have been IT-enabled post Covid 19, and how many apprentices have enrolled therein previous year, State wise;
- (e) whether the Government  has taken any specialised efforts to ramp up the enrolment in centres which have been impacted poorly due the pandemic; and
- (f) whether the Government is considering amendments to the Apprenticeship Act, 1961 to enable institutions to provide formal apprenticeship training?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) The State-wise and District-wise number of India International skill Centres (IISCs) established is given in the Annexure.
- (b) Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) like Empower Pragati Vocational and Staffing Private  Ltd.,  Funfirst  Global  Skillers  Private  Limited,  Justrojgar  India  Private  Limited, Overseas Manpower Company Andhra Pradesh Limited, Rajasthan Skill and Livelihoods  Development Corporation,  Telangana Overseas Manpower Company and Orion  Secure  have  been  empaneled  as  IISCs  by  NSDC  to  facilitate  international workforce mobility.
- (c) Ministry of Skill  Development  and  Entrepreneurship  (MSDE)   has  signed MoUs/agreements  with  Germany,  Japan,  United  Arab  Emirates,  United  Kingdom, China, Qatar, Belarus, Switzerland, France, Denmark and Australia for skill development and overseas employment.

(d) The IISCs are private entities which provide various IT enabled services including technical training and Pre- Departure Orientation Training (PDOT). Enrolment in IISCs is market driven and is determined by global workforce supply and demand dynamics.

- (e) To  provide  training  and  certification  benchmarked  to  international  standards  to Indians aspiring to work overseas, a pilot project was conducted wherein 14 IISCs were launched, 583 candidates trained, 286 candidates certified, 63 placed overseas. Under the  pilot  phase,  160  Hour  PDOT  was  provided  under  Pravasi  Kaushal  Vikas  Yojana (PKVY) guidelines through partnership between MSDE and Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). Based on the learnings of the pilot program, NSDC has initiated a fee based model  called  the  IISC Network for  re-skilling  and  up  skilling  of  workers  seeking employment abroad . It comprises of Member Organizations operating through several fixed  centers  to  be  referred  as  IISCs.  As  of  date,  100  organizations  are  part  of  the network operating through 557 IISCs across more than 300 trades. The top 5 sectors (based on the number of training centres) are Construction, Electronics, Retail, Tourism and  Hospitality  and  Healthcare.  The  IISCs  cover  68  %  of  top  50  migrating  districts. IISCs are private entities that conduct their own enrolment process. In respect of UAE, 133 candidates were assessed on mutually recognised qualifications. 63 candidates were interviewed and selected by the UAE employer out of which 18 candidates were deployed in UAE. 16 certified candidates deployment is currently on hold due to COVID related travel ban since mid March 2020. In respect of KSA, pilot  program  for  100  workers  was  conducted  and  RPL  assessment  has  been undertaken out of which 81 candidates have successfully cleared the assessment and  were  issued  joint  certification  in  February  2020.  Enrolment  in  these  IISC centres is market driven.
- (f) The Union Budget 2021 in its para 124 states:

'The  Government  proposes  to  amend  the  Apprenticeship  Act  with  a  view  to  further enhancing apprenticeship opportunities for our youth'

Accordingly, the ministry presently is in consultation with various stakeholders following which the draft amendments would be finalized.

Table showing the State-wise and District-wise number of IISCs

| State/UT &Districts   |   Number of 2020-2021 | IISCs 2021-2022   |   Total |
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-------------------|---------|
| Andhra Pradesh        |                    29 |                   |      29 |
| Ananthpuram           |                     1 |                   |       1 |
| East Godavari         |                     4 |                   |       4 |
| Guntur                |                     3 |                   |       3 |
| Krishna               |                     3 |                   |       3 |
| Kurnool               |                     3 |                   |       3 |
| Nellore               |                     2 |                   |       2 |
| Prakasam              |                     1 |                   |       1 |
| Tirupati              |                     3 |                   |       3 |
| Vijayawada            |                     1 |                   |       1 |
| Visakhapatnam         |                     4 |                   |       4 |
| West Godavari         |                     1 |                   |       1 |
| YSR Kadapa District   |                     3 |                   |       3 |
| Arunachal Pradesh     |                     1 |                   |       1 |
| East Siang            |                     1 |                   |       1 |
| Assam                 |                    19 |                   |      19 |
| Cachar                |                     2 |                   |       2 |
| Dibrugarh             |                     2 |                   |       2 |
| Guwahati              |                     2 |                   |       2 |
| Jorhat                |                     1 |                   |       1 |
| Kalgachia             |                     1 |                   |       1 |
| Kamrup Metro          |                     3 |                   |       3 |
| Karimganj             |                     2 |                   |       2 |
| Nagaon                |                     2 |                   |       2 |
| Pajabari              |                     1 |                   |       1 |
| Ro Bhoi               |                     1 |                   |       1 |
| Tinsukia              |                     1 |                   |       1 |
| Udalgiri              |                     1 |                   |       1 |
| Bihar                 |                    20 | 2                 |      22 |
| Darbhanga             |                     1 |                   |       1 |
| East Champaran        |                     1 |                   |       1 |
| Gaya                  |                     2 |                   |       2 |
| Hajipur               |                     1 |                   |       1 |
| Muzaffarpur           |                     2 |                   |       2 |
| Nalanda               |                     1 | 1                 |       2 |
| Patna                 |                     5 | 1                 |       6 |
| Purnea                |                     1 |                   |       1 |

| Samastipur       |   1 |    |   1 |
|------------------|-----|----|-----|
| Saran            |   2 |    |   2 |
| Siwan            |   2 |    |   2 |
| West Champaran   |   1 |    |   1 |
| Chandigarh       |   4 |    |   4 |
| Chhattisgarh     |   2 |    |   2 |
| Raipur           |   2 |    |   2 |
| Delhi            |  21 |    |  21 |
| South East Delhi |   1 |    |   1 |
| New Delhi        |   4 |    |   4 |
| South Delhi      |   4 |    |   4 |
| South Delhi      |   3 |    |   3 |
| South East Delhi |   3 |    |   3 |
| South West Delhi |   2 |    |   2 |
| West Delhi       |   1 |    |   1 |
| West Delhi       |   2 |    |   2 |
| North West Delhi |   1 |    |   1 |
| Goa              |   2 |    |   2 |
| North Goa        |   1 |    |   1 |
| South Goa        |   1 |    |   1 |
| Gujarat          |   8 |    |   8 |
| Ahmedabad        |   3 |    |   3 |
| Godhra           |   1 |    |   1 |
| Surat            |   1 |    |   1 |
| Vadodara         |   3 |    |   3 |
| Haryana          |  11 |    |  11 |
| Ambala           |   2 |    |   2 |
| Gurgaon          |   2 |    |   2 |
| Panchkula        |   2 |    |   2 |
| Fatehabad        |   1 |    |   1 |
| Hisar            |   1 |    |   1 |
| Jind             |   1 |    |   1 |
| Kaithal          |   1 |    |   1 |
| Sirsa            |   1 |    |   1 |
| Himachal Pradesh |   4 |    |   5 |
| Kangra           |   1 | 1  |   2 |
| Palampur         |   1 |    |   1 |
| Sirmaur          |   1 |    |   1 |
| Solan            |   1 |    |   1 |
| Jammu &Kashmir   |   6 |    |   6 |
| Jammu            |   2 |    |   2 |
| Poonch           |   1 |    |   1 |
| Srinagar         |   1 |    |   1 |

| Udhampur            |   2 |   2 |
|---------------------|-----|-----|
| Jharkhand           |  26 |  26 |
| Bokaro              |   1 |   1 |
| Chatra              |   1 |   1 |
| Dhanbad             |   2 |   2 |
| East Singhbhum      |   1 |   1 |
| Garhwa              |   1 |   1 |
| Giridih             |   1 |   1 |
| Hazaribagh          |   1 |   1 |
| Jamshedpur          |   2 |   2 |
| Jamtara             |   1 |   1 |
| Koderma             |   1 |   1 |
| Palamu              |   1 |   1 |
| Ranchi              |   9 |   9 |
| Saraikela-Kharsawan |   3 |   3 |
| Torpa-Khunti        |   1 |   1 |
| Karnataka           |  24 |  24 |
| Bangalore           |   2 |   2 |
| Bangalore Urban     |   3 |   3 |
| Belgaum             |   1 |   1 |
| Bengaluru           |   9 |   9 |
| Davanagere          |   1 |   1 |
| Gulburga            |   1 |   1 |
| Hubbali             |   1 |   1 |
| Kalaburagi          |   1 |   1 |
| Mangaluru           |   1 |   1 |
| Shimoga             |   1 |   1 |
| Udupi               |   3 |   3 |
| Kerala              |  36 |  36 |
| Alappuzha           |   2 |   2 |
| Calicut             |   1 |   1 |
| Cochin              |   3 |   3 |
| Ernakulam           |   6 |   6 |
| Kollam              |   1 |   1 |
| Kozhikode           |   1 |   1 |
| Malappuram          |   5 |   5 |
| Palakkad            |   3 |   3 |
| Pathanamthitta      |   2 |   2 |
| Thiruvananthapuram  |   7 |   7 |
| Thrissur            |   3 |   3 |
| Wayanad             |   2 |   2 |
| Ladakh              |   1 |   1 |
| Leh                 |   1 |   1 |

| Madhya Pradesh   |   18 |    |   18 |
|------------------|------|----|------|
| Balaghat         |    2 |    |    2 |
| Bhopal           |    3 |    |    3 |
| Indore           |    4 |    |    4 |
| Mandsaur         |    1 |    |    1 |
| Narsinghpur      |    1 |    |    1 |
| Neemuch          |    1 |    |    1 |
| Ratlam           |    1 |    |    1 |
| Seoni            |    1 |    |    1 |
| Vidisha          |    1 |    |    1 |
| Dhar             |    1 |    |    1 |
| Indore           |    1 |    |    1 |
| Khandwa          |    1 |    |    1 |
| Maharashtra      |   37 |    |   37 |
| Aurangabad       |    2 |    |    2 |
| BHIWANDI         |    1 |    |    1 |
| Jalgaon          |    1 |    |    1 |
| Latur            |    2 |    |    2 |
| Mumbai           |    8 |    |    8 |
| Mumbai City      |    3 |    |    3 |
| Mumbai Suburban  |    1 |    |    1 |
| Nanded           |    1 |    |    1 |
| Nashik           |    4 |    |    4 |
| NAVI MUMBAI      |    1 |    |    1 |
| Pune             |    4 |    |    4 |
| Thane            |    5 |    |    5 |
| Mumbai           |    2 |    |    2 |
| Mumbai Suburb    |    1 |    |    1 |
| Pune             |    1 |    |    1 |
| Manipur          |    2 |    |    2 |
| Imphal west      |    1 |    |    1 |
| Thoubal          |    1 |    |    1 |
| Meghalaya        |    3 |    |    3 |
| RiBhoi           |    2 |    |    2 |
| Shillong         |    1 |    |    1 |
| Nagaland         |    5 |    |    5 |
| Mon              |    1 |    |    1 |
| Dimapur          |    3 |    |    3 |
| Kohima           |    1 |    |    1 |
| Odisha           |   17 | 1  |   18 |
| Balasore         |    2 |    |    2 |
| Bhubaneswar      |    4 |    |    4 |
| Cuttack          |    1 |    |    1 |

| Jatni          |   1 |    |   1 |
|----------------|-----|----|-----|
| Kandhamal      |   1 |    |   1 |
| Kendrapara     |   1 |    |   1 |
| Khordha        |   2 | 1  |   3 |
| Koraput        |   2 |    |   2 |
| Paralakhamundi |   1 |    |   1 |
| Raygada        |   1 |    |   1 |
| Nischintakoili |   1 |    |   1 |
| Puducherry     |   4 |    |   4 |
| Karaikal       |   1 |    |   1 |
| Puducherry     |   3 |    |   3 |
| Punjab         |  55 | 1  |  56 |
| Amritsar       |   2 |    |   2 |
| Barnala        |   2 | 1  |   3 |
| Bhatinda       |   7 |    |   7 |
| Faridkot       |   1 |    |   1 |
| Firozepur      |   1 |    |   1 |
| Gurdaspur      |   1 |    |   1 |
| Hoshiarpur     |   3 |    |   3 |
| Jalandhar      |  11 |    |  11 |
| Kapurthala     |   2 |    |   2 |
| Ludhiana       |   6 |    |   6 |
| Mansa          |   3 |    |   3 |
| Mohali         |   1 |    |   1 |
| Muktsar        |   1 |    |   1 |
| Muktsar Sahib  |   1 |    |   1 |
| Pathankot      |   1 |    |   1 |
| Patiala        |   7 |    |   7 |
| Sangrur        |   4 |    |   4 |
| Sas Nagar      |   1 |    |   1 |
| Rajasthan      |  39 |    |  39 |
| Ajmer          |   1 |    |   1 |
| Alwar          |   1 |    |   1 |
| Barmer         |   1 |    |   1 |
| Bhilwara       |   1 |    |   1 |
| Bikaner        |   2 |    |   2 |
| Churu          |   2 |    |   2 |
| Dungarpur      |   1 |    |   1 |
| Jaipur         |   8 |    |   8 |
| Jalore         |   1 |    |   1 |
| Jhunjhunu      |   3 |    |   3 |
| Jodhpur        |   2 |    |   2 |
| Karauli        |   1 |    |   1 |

| Kota           | 1   |    |   1 |
|----------------|-----|----|-----|
| Nagaur         | 1   |    |   1 |
| Pali           | 1   |    |   1 |
| Sikar          | 4   |    |   4 |
| Udaipur        | 4   |    |   4 |
| Ajmer          | 1   |    |   1 |
| Jaipur         | 1   |    |   1 |
| Jhunjhunu      | 1   |    |   1 |
| Sikar          | 1   |    |   1 |
| Sikkim         | 2   |    |   2 |
| Gangtok        | 2   |    |   2 |
| Tamil Nadu     | 29  | 2  |  31 |
| Chennai        | 12  |    |  12 |
| Coimbatore     | 1   |    |   1 |
| Kancheepuram   |     | 1  |   1 |
| Krishnagiri    | 1   |    |   1 |
| Madurai        | 3   |    |   3 |
| Nagercoil      | 1   |    |   1 |
| Ramanathapuram | 1   |    |   1 |
| Ramanthapuram  | 1   |    |   1 |
| Salem          | 1   | 1  |   2 |
| Thiruvallur    | 1   |    |   1 |
| Thoothukudi    | 2   |    |   2 |
| Tirupattur     | 1   |    |   1 |
| Vellore        | 2   |    |   2 |
| Virudhunagar   | 2   |    |   2 |
| Telangana      | 23  | 10 |  33 |
| Hyderabad      | 10  | 2  |  12 |
| Jagtial        | 1   |    |   1 |
| Karimnagar     | 1   | 1  |   2 |
| Kothagudem     |     | 1  |   1 |
| Mahabubnagar   | 1   |    |   1 |
| Malkajgiri     | 1   |    |   1 |
| Medchal        |     | 1  |   1 |
| Nalgonda       |     | 1  |   1 |
| Nirmal         | 1   |    |   1 |
| Nizamabad      | 1   | 1  |   2 |
| Ranga Reddy    | 4   |    |   4 |
| Sangareddy     | 2   | 1  |   3 |
| Sircilla       |     | 1  |   1 |
| Warangal       |     | 1  |   1 |
| Yadadari       | 1   |    |   1 |
| Tripura        | 3   |    |   3 |

| North Tripura    | 1   |    |   1 |
|------------------|-----|----|-----|
| West Tripura     | 2   |    |   2 |
| Uttar Pradesh    | 51  | 1  |  52 |
| Agra             | 1   |    |   1 |
| Allahabad        | 2   |    |   2 |
| Baghpat          | 1   |    |   1 |
| Balrampur        | 1   |    |   1 |
| Bijnor           | 1   |    |   1 |
| Bulandshahr      | 1   |    |   1 |
| Chandauli        | 2   |    |   2 |
| Etah             | 1   |    |   1 |
| Farrukhabad      | 1   |    |   1 |
| GautamBudh Nagar | 4   |    |   4 |
| Ghaziabad        | 3   |    |   3 |
| Gorakhpur        | 3   |    |   3 |
| Hathras          | 1   |    |   1 |
| Jaunpur          | 1   |    |   1 |
| Kasganj          | 1   |    |   1 |
| Lucknow          | 9   |    |   9 |
| Meerut           | 2   |    |   2 |
| Mirzapur         | 1   |    |   1 |
| Moradabad        | 2   |    |   2 |
| Muzaffarnagar    | 1   |    |   1 |
| Rae Bareli       | 1   |    |   1 |
| Rampur           | 4   |    |   4 |
| Saharanpur       | 1   |    |   1 |
| Sitapur          |     | 1  |   1 |
| Varanasi         | 6   |    |   6 |
| Uttarakhand      | 5   |    |   5 |
| Dehradun         | 3   |    |   3 |
| Haridwar         | 1   |    |   1 |
| Nainital         | 1   |    |   1 |
| West Bengal      | 31  |    |  31 |
| Asansol          | 1   |    |   1 |
| Bankura          | 3   |    |   3 |
| Bardhaman        | 2   |    |   2 |
| Birbhum          | 1   |    |   1 |
| Burdwan          | 1   |    |   1 |
| Cooch Behar      | 1   |    |   1 |
| Darjeeling       | 5   |    |   5 |
| Kolkata          | 6   | 1  |   7 |
| Malda            | 1   |    |   1 |
| Murshidabad      | 2   |    |   2 |

| Nadia             |   1 |    |   1 |
|-------------------|-----|----|-----|
| North 24 Parganas |   3 |    |   3 |
| Purulia           |   1 |    |   1 |
| Silliguri         |   1 |    |   1 |
| South 24 Parganas |   2 |    |   2 |
| Grand Total       | 538 | 19 | 557 |

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