Lok Sabha Question No. 120 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-02-03
Subject: Skill Development centre in Jharsuguda and Bargarh
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: Shri Pradeep Purohit

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 120

ANSWERED ON 03.02.2025

## SKILL DEVELOPMENT CENTRE IN JHARSUGUDA AND BARGARH

120.   SHRI PRADEEP PUROHIT:

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

- (a) whether number of young people in Jharsuguda and Bargarh districts in Odisha are struggling to find employment;
- (b)  if  so,  whether  any  specific  skill  development  initiatives  to  enhance  their  employability  in industries in these districts;
- (c) whether the Government proposes to set up a skill development centre in above mentioned district to equip youth with the skills needed for employment in the local industrial sector; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

(SHRI JAYANT CHAUDHARY)

- (a): The official data on Employment and Unemployment is collected through Annual Periodic Labour  Force  Survey  (PLFS),  which  is  conducted  by  Ministry  of  Statistics  and  Programme Implementation (MoSPI) since 2017-18. The survey period is July to June every year.

As per the data available in the latest Annual PLFS Reports, the estimated Unemployment Rate (UR) on usual status for youth of age 15- 29 years in the state of Odisha has decreased from 23.6 %  in  2017-18  to  11.11%  in  2023-24.  Also,  the  estimated  Worker  Population  Ratio  (WPR) indicating employment on usual status for youth of age 15- 29 years in the state of Odisha has increased from 28.5 % in 2017-18 to 46.3 % in 2023-24.

- (b):     Ministry  of  Skill  Development  and  Entrepreneurship  (MSDE)  imparts  skill  development training  (skilling,  re-skilling  and  upskilling)  through  its  various  flagship  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.
- (i) Under PMKVY, the skill development training is provided through Short-Term Training (STT) and the up-skilling and re-skilling is provided through Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) to youth across the country with an aim of enhancing employability of the youth to access employment opportunities by equipping them with industry relevant skills. The age group covered is 15-45 yrs for STT and 18-59 yrs for RPL. The training duration is 200-600 Hrs for STT and 30-120 Hrs for RPL.  Under the PMKVY scheme, 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 2015-16 to 2021-22. Under PMKVY 4.0, the focus is on empowering our trained candidates to choose their varied career path and they are suitably oriented for the same. Total number of candidates trained in PMKVY from 2015-16 to 2024-25 (up to 31.12.2024) in the districts of Jharsugada and Bargarh are 4,773 and 19,620 respectively.

(ii) The JSS Scheme aims to provide skill training in a non-formal mode at the doorstep of the beneficiary through registered societies (NGOs) with a 100 per cent grant from the Government of India. The objective of scheme is to increase the household income by promoting self/wage employment through skill development training. The main target of the JSS is to impart vocational skills to non-literates, neo-literates and persons having rudimentary level of education up to 8th standard and school dropouts up to 12th standard in the age group of 15-45 years. JSS offers flexible, affordable, and accessible skill training to women, Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST), Other Backward Classes (OBCs), minorities, and other disadvantaged groups of the society.  From  2021-22  to  2024-25  (up  to  26.01.2025),  the  number  of  beneficiaries  trained  in Bargarh district under JSS are 6,760. However, there is no JSS operational in Jharsuguda.

(iii)  The  National  Apprenticeship  Promotion  Scheme  (NAPS)  was launched  in  2016  and  was extended to continue as NAPS -2 from FY 2022-23. Under NAPS-2, financial support in the form of the partial stipend of Rs 1500/- per month to the apprentices is provided to the establishments. The stipend support by Government of India (GoI) is paid directly through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT)  to  the  bank  account  of  apprentices,  since  August,  2023.  Total  number  of  apprentices engaged in these two districts are 1,979. In Jharsuguda and Bargarh, the number of apprentices engaged  are  1,689  and  290,  respectively.  The  figures  are  from  2018-19  to  2024-25  (up  to 31.12.2024). For the same period, the number of establishments engaging apprentices in Bargarh are 22 and Jharusguda are 42.

(iv)  Directorate  General  of  Training  (DGT)  under  the  aegis  of  MSDE  is  implementing  the LongTerm Training under its Craftsmen Training Scheme (CTS) through a network of Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) for the youth of the country.  There are a total number of 501 ITIs in the state  of  Odisha  out  of  which  473  are  private  ITIs  and  28  are  Govt.  ITIs.  In  the  district  of Jharsuguda, there are 7 ITIs (1 Govt and 6 private) and in Bargarh, there are 11 ITIs ( 3 Govt and 8 private). The total number of candidates enrolled in Jharusguda and Bargarh districts are 8,071 and 8,830 respectively (since 2014 to 2024).

(v) PM Vishwakarma Scheme was launched by the Hon'ble Prime Minister on 17.09.2023 in the entire country. The Scheme aims at upskilling the Vishwakarmas with the knowledge of modern tools, techniques and credit support for expanding their business. The minimum age of beneficiary under PM Vishwakarma Scheme is 18 years on the date of registration. MSDE is implementing the skill component of the scheme. As on 30.01.2025, 17.41 lakh candidates have been trained and assessed on pan India, out of which 0.47 lakh candidates have been trained and assessed in the state of Odisha. Total number of 491 candidates have been trained and assessed in these two districts.

(c) & (d): Schemes of MSDE aim at enabling youth of India to get future ready & industry ready skills. These schemes are demand driven and new training centres (TCs) are set up/engaged on need basis to impart the training across the country.  Details of training centres setup/engaged under various schemes of MSDE in Jharsuguda and Bargarh districts in Odisha are given as under:

| Scheme                       |   Jharsuguda |   Bargarh |
|------------------------------|--------------|-----------|
| PMKVY                        |           05 |        01 |
| JSS                          |           00 |        01 |
| NAPS (number establishments) |           42 |        22 |
| CTS (ITIs)                   |           07 |        11 |
| PM Vishwakarma               |           01 |        05 |

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