Lok Sabha Question No. 2990 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-07
Subject: Skill Development Training
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: Pashupati Nath Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  2990

ANSWERED ON 07.08.2023

## SKILL DEVELOPMENT TRAINING

† 2990   SHRI PASHUPATI NATH SINGH:

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

- (a) whether the Government is aware that a number of youths are struggling for employment even after getting skill development training;
- (b) if so, the steps being taken by the Government to utilize the power of these youths for the sake of the nation; and
- (c) whether  the  Government  is  taking  any  concrete  step  for  the  employment  of  the  trained youths of Dhanbad in Bharat Coking Coal Limited?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

(SHRI RAJEEV CHANDRASEKHAR)

(a) and  (b)      In  2014,  it  is  estimated  that  almost  3  out  of  every  4  Indian  in  the  workforce  were unskilled and 1.5 cr joining the workforce annually unskilled. This was the situation after 65 years of independence. The Skill India Mission (SIM) has worked to address the huge skill deficit in the work force.

The  SIM  of  the  Government  of  India  is  aimed  at  Skilling,  Re-skilling  and  Up-skilling  to ensure our youth are prepared for the large number of opportunities coming up as the economy expands and India moves from the 10 th largest economy to 3 rd largest economy in the world.  SIM is aimed at future ready and Industry ready skills for our youths.

Under SIM, the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) delivers skill, re-skill  and  up-skill  training  through  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.  Training  for  skilling,  re-skilling  and  up-skilling  of  youth  of  the country is being imparted through a vast network of training facilities which includes 14,938 ITIs, 288 JSSs, 545 PMKKs and 37,047 establishments actually engaging apprentices.

Amongst  the  schemes  of  the  MSDE,  placement  is  specifically  tracked  only  under  Short Term Training (STT) component of PMKVY. Since the beginning of the Scheme in 2015-16, under the STT component of PMKVY, a total 68.94 lakh candidates have been trained as on 31.03.2023, out of which 54.43 lakh have been certified and 24.37 lakh candidates have been reported placed which  is  42.99%  of  total  certified  numbers.  As  regards  other  schemes,   third  party  evaluation reports have observed success in terms of placement or enhancement of income of candidates trained. As far as employment of the JSS scheme beneficiaries is concerned, third party evaluation report of the scheme observed that as an impact of the training programme conducted at JSSs, the  self  and  wage  employment  and  private  job  have  become  evident.  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  final  report  of  Tracer  Study  of  ITI Graduates (published in January 2018 by the Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, GoI) mentions that 63.5% of total ITI pass-outs got employed (wage + self, out of which 6.7% are self-employed).

(c) Coal  India  Ltd  (CIL)  is  imparting  skill  development  training  program  to  the  unemployed youth  under  apprenticeship  scheme  to  make  them  industry  ready.  During  2020-23,  8897 apprentices were engaged pan CIL to make them employable.  Further, during 2017-18 to 202223,  Bharat  Coking  Coal  Limited,  (BCCL),  which  is  a  subsidiary  of  CIL,  has  trained  3785  trade apprentices and certificates have been issued to them.  The apprentices can apply as and when recruitment  notifications  are  issued  by  BCCL.  CIL  and  its  subsidiaries  have  also  covered  more than 24,000 persons under their skilling/ livelihood projects taken up from CSR funds during 201920 to 2022-23.

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