Lok Sabha Question No. 86 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-07-22
Subject: Placement under PMKVY
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: Shri Chamala Kiran Kumar Reddy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO - 86

ANSWERED ON - 22/07/2024

## PLACEMENT UNDER PMKVY

86. SHRI CHAMALA KIRAN KUMAR REDDY:

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

- (a) whether  it  is  a  fact  that  the  placement  ratio  is  below  20  per  cent  under  Pradhan  Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY), if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether it is true that the fund allocated under PMKVY is underutilized;
- (c) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor; and
- (d) the details of male and female dropout applicants from Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana in past five years?

## ANSWER

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

## (SHRI JAYANT CHAUDHARY)

- (a) Ministry  of  Skill  Development  and  Entrepreneurship  (MSDE)  is  implementing  its  flagship scheme  Pradhan  Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY), since 2015, for imparting skill development  training  through  Short-Term  Training  (STT)  and  up-skilling  and  re-skilling  through Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) to youth across the country.

Placements  were  tracked  in  the  Short-Term  Training  (STT)  component  in  the  first  three versions of the Scheme which is PMKVY 1.0, PMKVY 2.0 and PMKVY 3.0 implemented from FY 2015-16 to FY 2021-22. Under the said three versions, 56.88 lakh candidates have been certified under STT and 24.38 lakh candidates have been reported placed, which is around 43%.

Placement  is  delinked  from  PMKVY  4.0,  the  current  version  of  the  scheme  under implementation from FY 2022-23 onwards.

- (b) & (c) Under PMKVY since 2015, Rs. 13,446.59 crore have been allocated, out of which Rs. 11,054.33 crore  have  been  utilized.  Under  the  State  component  of  the  PMKVY  2.0,  due  to  poor performance of the States, the financial allocation was rationalized from ₹3,050 crore to ₹2,419.14 crore (approximately). The reason for low performance of States includes delay in release of funds from  State's  treasury  to  SSDM,  different  payment  process  followed  by  States/UTs,  delay  in submission of  the UCs by States/UTs, slow clearance of technical /  operational  impediment  with regard to on-boarding on SMART, SDMS, AEBAS, Skill India Portal etc.
- (d) The details of male and female dropout candidates under PMKVY during the last five years (2019-20 to 2023-24) are given below:

| FY-19-20   | FY-19-20   | FY-20-21   | FY-20-21   | FY-21-22   | FY-21-22   | FY-22-23   | FY-22-23   | FY-23-24   | FY-23-24   |
|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|
| Male       | Female     | Male       | Female     | Male       | Female     | Male       | Female     | Male       | Female     |
| 87,101     | 58,488     | 113,314    | 117,812    | 18,539     | 19,560     | 11,769     | 9,550      | 133,765    | 136,269    |