Lok Sabha Question No. 139 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-11-25
Subject: Upgradation of  Skilling of Youth under Skill India Mission
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: Shri Jugal Kishore, Shri Ashok Kumar Rawat, Shri Kali Charan Singh, Shri Yogender Chandolia, Dr. Nishikant Dubey, Shri Suresh Kumar Kashyap, Shri Khagen Murmu, Smt. Shobhanaben Mahendrasinh Baraiya, Smt. Aparajita Sarangi, Shri Vijay Kumar Dubey, Shri Praveen Patel

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO - 139

ANSWERED ON 25/11/2024

## UPGRADATION OF SKILLING OF YOUTH UNDER SKILL INDIA MISSION

139.     SHRI KALI CHARAN SINGH:

SHRI PRAVEEN PATEL:

SHRI ASHOK KUMAR RAWAT:

SHRI YOGENDER CHANDOLIA:

SMT. SHOBHANABEN MAHENDRASINH BARAIYA:

SHRI VIJAY KUMAR DUBEY:

SHRI KHAGEN MURMU:

DR. NISHIKANT DUBEY:

SMT. APARAJITA SARANGI:

SHRI SURESH KUMAR KASHYAP:

SHRI JUGAL KISHORE:

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

- (a) whether the Government has taken steps under the Skill India Mission, for youth to upgrade their skills and whether these skills are helping them get jobs in relevant sectors, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the number of candidates that have been trained under PMKVY; and
- (c) the number of candidates that have been trained in the States of Gujarat, Jharkhand, Chatra constituency, Himachal  Pradesh,  Shimla  constituency, Uttar  Pradesh  Misrikh constituency, under PMKVY (Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana), State-wise?

## ANSWER

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

(SHRI JAYANT CHAUDHARY)

- (a)    In order to upgrade the skills of the youth and to help them get jobs in relevant sectors, the Ministry of  Skill  Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) under Skill India Mission delivers  skill,  re-skill  and  up-skill  programme,  through  an  extensive  network  of  skill development Centres/  Institutes  across  the  country,  under  various  schemes  viz.  Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY), Jan Shikshan Sansthan (JSS), National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (NAPS) and Craftsmen 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.

Following specific  steps  have  been  taken  to  align the  training  programs  to  market  needs and improve the employability of trainees:

- 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)  which  are  mandated  to  identify  the  skill  development needs of respective sectors as well as to determine skill competency standards.
- 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 under PMKVY 4.0.  Under CTS also, new age courses have been developed to meet the demand of futuristic job roles in emerging technologies.

iii.         The National Council for 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.         Directorate General of Training (DGT) is implementing Flexi MoU Scheme and Dual System of Training (DST). These initiatives are meant to provide training to ITI students in industrial environment.
- vi.         Courses  aligned  to  National  Skills  Qualification  Framework  (NSQF)  also  have components of On Job Training (OJT) and employability skills.
- vii.         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.
- viii.        NSDC,  under  the  Market  led  program,  provides  support  to  training  providers  that collaborate and align skill courses with industry demand.
- ix.         Under  NAPS,  apprenticeship  training  and  increasing  engagement  with  industrial establishments for undertaking apprenticeship programmes is promoted.
- x.         Government of India has signed Migration and Mobility Agreement with ten countries viz.,  U.K.;  France,  Germany,  Israel,  Taiwan,  Austria,  Mauritius,  Australia,  Portugal  and Finland for aligning skilling with demand in these countries.
- xi.        Government of India has announced setting up of 30 Skill India International Centers for catering to the demand for skilled workers for foreign countries.

Among the schemes of MSDE, placements were specifically tracked only in the Short Term Training (STT) component of PMKVY in the first three versions i.e., PMKVY 1.0, PMKVY 2.0 and  PMKVY  3.0  of  the  scheme  implemented  from  FY  2015-16  to  FY  2021-22.  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.  The  sector-wise  number  of  candidates reported placed under STT component of PMKVY is given at Annexure-I.

- (b) and (c)       The number of candidates trained since inception and upto 31.10.2024 under PMKVY is as under;

| All-India/State/District   | Candidates Trained under PMKVY   |
|----------------------------|----------------------------------|
| Pan-India                  | 1,57,55,371                      |
| Gujarat                    | 4,67,349                         |
| Jharkhand                  | 3,07,766                         |
| Chatra District            | 6,888                            |
| Himachal Pradesh           | 1,66,785                         |
| Shimla District            | 17,571                           |
| Uttar Pradesh              | 23,36,352                        |
| Sitapur (Misrikh)          | 18,327                           |

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 139 TO BE ANSWERED ON 25.11.2024 REGARDING 'UPGRADATION OF SKILLING OF YOUTH UNDER SKILL INDIA MISSION'.

## Sector-wise number of candidates reported placed under STT component of PMKVY since 2015-16 upto 31.10.2024

| Sector Name                  | Reported Placed   |
|------------------------------|-------------------|
| Aerospace and Aviation       | 1,514             |
| Agriculture                  | 91,447            |
| Apparel                      | 4,20,848          |
| Automotive                   | 42,884            |
| Beauty and Wellness          | 1,48,122          |
| BFSI                         | 45,802            |
| Capital Goods                | 23,062            |
| Construction                 | 86,938            |
| Directorate General Training | 0                 |
| Domestic Workers             | 10,273            |
| Electronics and Hardware     | 4,07,892          |
| Food Processing              | 11,515            |
| Furniture and Fittings       | 8,616             |
| Gems and Jewellery           | 14,768            |
| Green Jobs                   | 18,378            |
| Handicrafts and Carpet       | 8,494             |
| Healthcare                   | 70,929            |
| Hydrocarbon                  | 328               |
| IASC                         | 0                 |
| Information Technology       | 0                 |
| Infrastructure Equipment     | 1,012             |
| Iron and Steel               | 16,315            |
| IT-ITeS                      | 1,27,363          |
| Leather                      | 38,863            |
| Life Sciences                | 10,953            |
| Logistics                    | 2,04,476          |
| Management                   | 34,119            |
| Media and Entertainment      | 39,644            |
| Mining                       | 7,728             |
| Paints And Coatings          | 0                 |
| Persons with Disability      | 16,665            |
| Plumbing                     | 18,381            |
| Power                        | 40,258            |
| Retail                       | 2,15,261          |
| Rubber                       | 13,557            |
| Sports                       | 1,523             |
| Telecom                      | 1,31,031          |
| Textiles And Handlooms       | 34,799            |
| Tourism & Hospitality        | 78,241            |
| Total                        | 24,41,999         |

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