Lok Sabha Question No. 255 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-02-05
Subject: Skill Training to Domestic Workers
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: Sunil Dattatray Tatkare

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO - 255

ANSWERED ON - 05/02/2024

## SKILL TRAINING TO DOMESTIC WORKERS

255. SHRI SUNIL DATTATRAY TATKARE:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  initiated  any  scheme  to  provide  skill  training  to domestic workers working in unorganized sector and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether  the  Government  has  set  up  new  Sector  Skill  Councils  for  domestic workers and if so, the details thereof and its objectives; and
- (c) the target fixed by the Government to provide skill development to house workers during the next five years; and
- (d) the other steps being taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) 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/colleges/ institutes etc. under various schemes, viz.  Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY), Jan Shikshan 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 & industry ready skills.

Under  SIM,  MSDE  through  its  flagship  scheme  PMKVY  is  delivering  skills  to youth  of  the  country  in  various  sectors  including  domestic  workers  sector  covering unorganized sector. Under PMKVY, as on 31.12.2023, 1.92 lakh candidates have been trained/oriented under domestic workers sector.

- (b) MSDE through  National  Skill  Development  Corporation  (NSDC)  has  facilitated the  setting  up  of  Domestic Workers  Sector Skill  Council (DWSSC) as an Industry-led

autonomous body in 2015-16 to develop National Skill Qualification Framework (NSQF) aligned  job  roles  and  course  curriculum,  conduct  skill  gap  studies  and  assess  and certify trainees of domestic workers sector.

(c) Short  Term  Skill  Training  is  provided  based  on  the  market  demand,  therefore specific target has not been fixed for skill development of household workers. (d) DWSSC has developed  standardized  Qualification  Packs  (QPs)  for  training  in domestic  workers  sector  namely  child  caretaker  (non-clinical),  elderly  caretaker  (nonclinical), general housekeeper and housekeeper-cum-cook. In  addition  to  training  under  PMKVY,  more  than  95  thousand  candidates  have been trained, till 31.12.2023, under domestic workers sector across various schemes/initiatives  which  include  CSR  (Corporate  Social  Responsibility)  /  Fee  Based projects, and Government of India and State Government funded projects. Further, MSDE has launched Skill India Digital (SID) platform, a comprehensive and accessible platform for skill enhancement, offering industry-relevant skill courses, job  opportunities,  and  entrepreneurship  support  to  youth  of  the  country  in  various sectors including domestic workers sector covering unorganized sector.

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