Lok Sabha Question No. 130 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-11-25
Subject: Secured Employment through Skill Development Program
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: Md. Rakibul Hussain

## GOVERNMENTOF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.130

ANSWERED ON 25.11.2024

## SECURED EMPLOYMENT THROUGH SKILL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

130.   MD. RAKIBUL HUSSAIN :

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

- (a) the  details  of  the  effectiveness  of  the  program  run  by  the  Skill  Development  and Entrepreneurship Ministry and the manner the children of Assam has been impacted; and
- (b) the  details  of  the  number  of  students  that  have  received  training  through  this program and the number of individuals that have secured employment as a result?

## 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 / institutes etc. 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 Assam. The SIM aims at enabling youth of India to get future ready, equipped with industry relevant skills. The brief of these schemes is as under:

Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY): PMKVY Scheme is for imparting skill development  training  through  Short-Term  Training  (STT)  and  up-skilling  and  re-skilling through Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) to youth across the country.

Jan  Shikshan  Sansthan  (JSS)  Scheme: The  main  target  of  the  JSS  is  to  impart vocational skills to the non-literates, neo-literates and the persons having rudimentary level of education and school dropouts upto 12th standard in the age group of 15-45 years, with due age relaxation in case of 'Divyangjan' and other deserving cases. Priority is given to Women, SC, ST, OBC and Minorities in the rural areas and urban low-income areas.

National  Apprenticeship  Promotion  Scheme  (NAPS): This  Scheme  is  for  promoting apprenticeship  training  and  increasing  the  engagement  of  apprentices  by  providing financial support for payment of stipend to apprentices. Training consists of Basic Training and On-the-Job Training / Practical Training at workplace in the industry.

Craftsmen  Training  Scheme  (CTS): This  scheme  is  for  providing  long-term  training through  Industrial  Training  Institutes  (ITIs)  across  the  country.  The  ITIs  offer  a  range  of vocational/skill  training  courses  covering  a  large  number  of  economic  sectors  with  an objective to provide skilled workforce to the industry as well as self employment of youth.

The number of candidates received training through above schemes of MSDE is as under:

| Scheme                                   | No of candidates Trained   | No of candidates Trained   |
|------------------------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|                                          | PAN India                  | Assam                      |
| PMKVY (Since inception to October, 2024) | 15755371                   | 824314                     |
| JSS (FY 2018-19 to November 2024)        | 2735435                    | 55147                      |
| NAPS (FY 2018-19 to October 2024)        | 3365404                    | 40594                      |
| CTS (2019 to 2023)                       | 6501712                    | 18548                      |

Amongst the schemes of MSDE, placements were tracked under the STT component of PMKVY  in  the  first  three  versions,  which  is  PMVY1.0,  PMKVY  2.0  and  PMKVY  3.0 implemented  from  FY  2015-16  up  to  FY  2021-22.  The  number  of  candidates  reported placed are 2,53,296, 21,41,575 and 43,016 in PMKVY 1.0, PMKVY 2.0 and PMKVY 3.0 respectively.   Under  PMKVY4.0,  the  focus  was  to  empower  our  trained  candidates  to choose  their  varied  career  path  and  they  are  suitably  oriented  for  the  same.  Further various IT tools like skill India digital hub (SIDH) also gives this opportunity.

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