Lok Sabha Question No. 1167 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-07-28
Subject: Enrolment, Employment and Retention under Skill Development Programmes
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: Shri Ramasahayam Raghuram Reddy, Shri K Sudhakaran

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1167

ANSWERED ON 28.07.2025

## ENROLMENT, EMPLOYMENT AND RETENTION UNDER SKILL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES

## 1167.  SHRI RAMASAHAYAM RAGHURAM REDDY:

- SHRI K SUDHAKARAN:

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

- (a) the total number of candidates enrolled, certified and placed under the Pradhan Mantri  Kaushal  Vikas  Yojana  (PMKVY)  and  other  skill  development  programmes, year-wise since FY 2021 -22;
- (b) the number of certified candidates who secured wage employment within three months of certification, including the number of employed in the formal sector; and
- (c) whether  the  Government  maintains  data  on  job  retention  rates  and  average post- placement earnings and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(SHRI JAYANT CHOUDHARY)

(a) to (c): 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  VikasYojana  (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 including Uttar Pradesh. The SIM aims at enabling youth of India to get future ready and equipped with industry relevant skills.

The  total  number  of  candidates  trained  under  various  schemes  of  MSDE  since  FY 2021-22 are given below:

| Scheme   | 2021-22           | 2022-23   | 2023-24           | 2024-25   |
|----------|-------------------|-----------|-------------------|-----------|
| 6,16,040 | 2,11,170          | 5,39,340  | 20,34,686         | PMKVY     |
| JSS      | 4,61,996 7,26,284 |           | 5,07,337          | 4,55,856  |
| 5,90,785 | 7,38,252          |           | 9,32,731 9,85,641 | NAPS      |
| CTS      | 12,25,851         | 12,51,181 | 14,45,362         | 13,09,640 |

Note: Under NAPS data is for apprentices engaged and in CTS data is of candidates enrolled for session 2021-2024

Amongst  the  schemes  of  MSDE,  placements  were  tracked  under  the  Short  Term Training component of PMKVY in the first three versions, which is PMKVY1.0, PMKVY 2.0  and  PMKVY  3.0,  implemented  from 2015-16  up  to 2021-22.  The  number  of candidates  reported  placed across  the  country  in  these  three  versions  of  PMKVY was 24,37,887. Under PMKVY 4.0, the focus is on empowering the 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 also give this opportunity.

Third  party  evaluation  of  schemes  of  MSDE  have  acknowledged  their  positive outcome  and  mentioned  about  their  success  in  terms  of  placement  or  livelihood improvement of candidates trained, as indicated below:

PMKVY :  MSDE's flagship scheme PMKVY was evaluated by NITI Aayog in October 2020.  As  per  the  study,  about  94  percent  of  the  employers  surveyed  reported  they would  hire  more  candidates  trained  under  PMKVY.  Further,  52  percent  of  the candidates who were placed in full time/part time employment and oriented under the RPL component received higher salary or felt that they will get higher salary compared to their un-certified peers.

JSS : Evaluation study of JSS scheme conducted in 2020 has found that the scheme has helped in almost doubling the household income for those beneficiaries who have got employment or are self-employed after the JSS training. Considering 79% women representation,  50.5%  of  the  rural  share,  73.4%  change  in  the  employment  for enhanced livelihood, 89.1% change in the average income of each beneficiary, 85.7% mobilization of beneficiaries by JSS, 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 study also affirmed that the focus of the skilling in the scheme favours self-employment which is in tune with Aatmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan.

ITIs :  The  final  report  of  Tracer  Study  of  ITI  Graduates  published  in  2018  by  MSDE mentions  that  63.5%  of  total  ITI  pass-outs  got  employed  (wage+self,  out  of  which 6.7% are self-employed).

NAPS :  Third-party  evaluation  study  of  NAPS  conducted  in  2021  has  observed  that the scheme  has  successfully  enhanced  the  employability  of  youth  by  providing structured on-the-job training, with a notable increase in the engagement  of apprentices across various industries. In the new version of the scheme, DBT method has  been  adopted  to  transfer  government's  share  directly  to  apprentices'  bank accounts, as streamlined reimbursement process was recommended in the report.

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