Lok Sabha Question No. 439 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-02-05
Subject: Skill Development Centres for Women
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: Y. S. Avinash Reddy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.439

ANSWERED ON 05.02.2024

## SKILL DEVELOPMENT CENTRES FOR WOMEN

439. SHRI Y.S. AVINASH REDDY:

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

- (a)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  set  up  more  Skill  Development  Centres  in various States to give training and to make persons self-oriented for their livelihood and to tap their talent;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c)  the  steps  being  taken  by  the  Government  to  update  the  technology  and  funds sanctioned/spent thereon, year-wise; and
- (d) the corrective steps being taken by the Government for providing skill development to women?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) and (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/  schools/  colleges/  institutes under various schemes, viz. Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY), Jan Sikshan 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. The SIM aims at enabling youth of India to get future ready equipped with industry relevant skills. Under these schemes, Training Centres (TCs) are set up on need base to impart the training across the country.
- (c)            In  order  to  meet  skilling  requirement  for future  workforce,  improve the  quality  of skilling and align the training programs with the changes in the economy and technology to meet  the  needs  of  the  industry,  following  steps  have  been  taken  by  Ministry  of  Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE):
- i. The  training  programmes  offered  under  the  schemes  of  MSDE  are  developed  in collaboration  with  industries,  keeping  in  view  market  demands.  36  Sector  Skill Councils (SSCs), led by industry leaders in the respective sectors, have been set up by National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC).
- ii. Future  ready  job-roles  addressing  the  requirement  of  Industry  4.0,  emerging sectors  like  Drone,  Artificial  Intelligence  (AI),  Robotics,  Mechatronics,  etc.,  have been prioritized.
- iii. The National Council of Vocational Education and Training (NCVET) has been set up  as  an  overarching  regulator  establishing  regulations  and  standards  to  ensure quality in the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) space.
- iv. The  Awarding  Bodies  recognised  by  NCVET  are  expected  to  develop  the qualifications  as  per  the  industry  demand  and  map  them  with  the  identified occupations as per the National Classification of Occupation, 2015, of Ministry of Labour and Employment and obtain industry validations.
- v. DGT has also signed MoU with IT Tech companies like IBM, CISCO, Future Skill Rights  Network  (erstwhile  Quest  Alliance),  Amazon  Web  Services  (AWS)  and Microsoft  to  ensure  industry  linkages  for  the  institutes  at  the  state  and  regional levels under Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives.

Details of year-wise fund released under the schemes of MSDE are as under:

(Rs. in Crores)

|   Scheme |   2018-19 | 2019-20   |   2020-21 | 2021-22       | 2022-23   |
|----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------------|-----------|
|    41.62 |     47.6  | 107.64    |    241.6  | 335.67        | NAPS      |
|  1490.09 |   1857.89 | 1240.45   |    696.05 | 291.78        | PMKVY     |
|    68.06 |    111.98 |           |    107.67 | 137.63 154.65 | JSS       |

Day-to-day administration as well as financial control in respect of ITIs lies with the respective State Government/Union Territory Administration.

(d) As stated above, training under the skill development programmes is provided to all  the  sections  of  the  society  with  specific  provisions  for  encouraging  participation  of women  namely  under  PMKVY,  conveyance  cost  and  boarding  &  lodging  facilities  are being provided to them. Further, there are 313 women ITIs & 19 National Skill Training Institutes for women. In addition to this, under the JSS scheme, focus is being given to women and other vulnerable sections. Since July 2018, coverage of women beneficiaries under the scheme has been about 82% of the total beneficiaries.

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