Lok Sabha Question No. 3695 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-24
Subject: New Skill Development Programme
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: Smt. Malvika Devi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3695

ANSWERED ON 24.03.2025

## NEW SKILL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

3695. SMT. MALVIKA DEVI:

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

- (a) the  steps  being  taken  by  the  Government  to  encourage  Skill  Development Programmes in aspirational districts;
- (b) the details of new Skill Development Programmes that have been started during the last year in the said districts;
- (c) the subsidies given by the Government to new entrepreneurs along with the details of schemes that they can benefit from; and
- (d) the steps being taken to make sure that the people who get trained at these programmes are given jobs right away and also get the same permanently?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) IN THE MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

(SHRI JAYANT CHAUDHARY)

(a) to (b): Under the Government of India's Skill India Mission (SIM) , the Ministry of Skill  Development  and  Entrepreneurship  (MSDE)  delivers  skill,  re-skill  and  up-skill training  through  an  extensive  network  of  skill  development  centres under  various schemes,  viz.  Pradhan  Mantri  Kaushal  Vikas  Yojana  (PMKVY),  Jan  Sikhshan Sansthan (JSS), National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (NAPS) and Craftsman Training Scheme (CTS) through Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs), to all the sections of  the  society  across  the  country  including  aspirational  districts.  The  SIM  aims  at enabling  youth  of  India  to  get  future  ready,  equipped  with  industry  relevant  skills. Details  of  persons  trained  under  various  schemes  of  MSDE  in  India,  including aspirational districts, are as under:

| State/District         | PMKVY (Since 2015- 16 to 31.12.2024)   | JSS (since 2018-19 to 28.02.2025)   | NAPS (since 2018-19 to 28.02.2025)   | CTS( ITIs) (Since 2018-19 to 2023-24)   |
|------------------------|----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
| Pan India              | 1,60,33,081                            | 29,52,539                           | 37,09,218                            | 79,57,128                               |
| Aspirational Districts | 15,57,863*                             | 5,27,709                            | 1,71,045                             | 8,11,991                                |

Also, a financial grant of Rs 10 lakh to each of the 112 Aspirational Districts in India has  been  approved  under  the  SANKALP  scheme.  Under  Aspirational  Skilling Abhiyaan, Rs 13.91 crore has been released to 112 Aspirational Districts with an aim of enhancing skill development initiatives within these districts.

MSDE in collaboration with Ministry of Women & Child Development (MWCD), has launched 'Skilling of Adolescent Girls in Aspirational Districts' project on pilot basis to provide  skill  development  training  to  3,850  adolescent  girls  in  27  aspirational  and difficult districts covering 19 States/UTs.

(c): The  Government  of  India  has  taken  up  various  initiatives  to  create  a  more inclusive  entrepreneurial  ecosystem  through  entrepreneurship  education,  training, advocacy  and  easy  access  to  entrepreneurship  network.  Government  of  India implements  various  schemes/programmes  for  the  entrepreneurship  promotion  like Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme ; Micro and Small EnterprisesCluster Development Programme; Scheme of Fund for Regeneration of Traditional Industries; A Scheme for Promoting Innovation, Rural Industry & Entrepreneurship ; Startup  India;  National  Rural  Livelihood  Mission-  Startup  Village  Entrepreneurship Program;  Pradhan  Mantri  Formalisation  of  Micro  Food  Processing  Enterprises; Technology Incubation and Development of Entrepreneurs Scheme; etc.

To promote access to capital for micro-enterprises and start-ups, the Government has taken  a  number  of  initiatives  like  Credit  Guarantee  Scheme  for  Micro  and  Small Enterprises, Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana, Fund of Funds for Startups, Startup India Seed Fund Scheme and Credit Guarantee Scheme for Startups.

MSDE through its autonomous institutions, i.e, National Institute for Entrepreneurship and  Small Business  Development  (NIESBUD),  Noida  and  Indian  Institute  of Entrepreneurship (IIE), Guwahati conducts Entrepreneurship Awareness Programme (EAP) and Entrepreneurship Development Programme (EDP) to promote entrepreneurship across the country including special areas like northeastern region and aspirational districts.

MSDE in collaboration with the Women Entrepreneurship Platform of NITI Aayog, has launched the Swavalambini - a Women Entrepreneurship Program on 07.02.2025 in the North Eastern States of Assam, Meghalaya and Mizoram and on 01.03.2025 in Uttar  Pradesh  and  Telangana.  MSDE  will  implement  the  program  through  its autonomous institutes namely, NIESBUD and IIE. The program aims to cultivate an entrepreneurial mindset among female students, equipping them with awareness of available  support  mechanisms,  schemes,  resources  and  networks  essential  for pursuing entrepreneurship as a career.

(d): Schemes of MSDE for skill development aims at improving the employability of candidates so that they are gainfully engaged in wage or self employment. MSDE's flagship scheme Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) was evaluated by NITI Aayog in October 2020 under jobs and skills sector. As per the study, about 94 percent of the employers surveyed reported they would hire more candidates trained under PMKVY. Further, 52 percent of the candidates who were placed in full time/part time  employment  and  oriented  under  the  Recognition  of  Prior  Learning  (RPL) component received higher salary or felt that they will get higher salary compared to their un-certified peers.

As regards other schemes of MSDE, third party evaluation reports have mentioned about success in terms of placement or livelihood improvement   of candidates trained under different schemes. The brief details of same are as given below: Jan Shikshan Sansthan (JSS): The evaluation study of JSS scheme conducted in 2020 has found that the scheme has helped in almost doubling the household income for those beneficiaries who have got employment or are self-employed after the JSS training.  Considering  79%  women representation, 50.5% of  the rural  share, 73.4% change  in  the  employment  for  enhanced  livelihood,  89.1%  change  in  the  average income of each beneficiary, 85.7% mobilization of beneficiaries by JSS, the report has further observed that usefulness of the scheme would be further evident from the fact that 77.05% of the beneficiary trainees have undergone occupational shifts. The study also affirmed that the focus of the skilling in the scheme favours self-employment. National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (NAPS): The 3rd party evaluation study of NAPS conducted in 2021 has observed that the scheme has successfully enhanced the employability of youth by providing structured on-the-job training, with a notable increase  in  the  engagement  of  apprentices  across  various  industries.  In  the  new version of the scheme, DBT method has been adopted to transfer government's share directly to apprentices' bank accounts, as streamlined reimbursement process was recommended in the report. Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs): The final report of Tracer Study of ITI Graduates published in 2018 by MSDE mentions that 63.5% of total ITI pass-outs got employed (out of which 6.7% are self-employed).

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