Lok Sabha Question No. 54 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-07-22
Subject: Skill Development Programmes
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: Dr. Kirsan Namdeo

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO - 54

ANSWERED ON - 22/07/2024

## SKILL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES

54. DR. KIRSAN NAMDEO :

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

- (a) whether programmes of skill development are being run by the Government as per the needs of marginalized, scheduled tribes and extremely backward areas;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the details of employment given to people in the country particularly in the State of Maharashtra during the last three years, State-wise; and
- (d) whether the Government is coordinating with Private and Public Sector Undertakings in this regard and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(SHRI JAYANT CHAUDHARY)

(a) to (b) 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 Vikas Yojana (PMKVY), Jan Shikshan Sansthan  (JSS),  National  Apprenticeship  Promotion  Scheme  (NAPS)  and  Craftsman Training Scheme (CTS) through Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs).  These schemes are demand driven and their benefits are available to all the sections of the society across the country including marginalized, scheduled Tribes and also to the youth of extremely backward  areas.  The  SIM  aims  at  enabling  youth  of  India  to  get  future  ready  and industry ready skills.

The brief of these schemes is as under:

Pradhan  Mantri  Kaushal  Vikas  Yojana  (PMKVY): PMKVY Scheme is for imparting skill  development  training  through  Short-Term  Training  (STT)  and  up-skilling  and  reskilling  through  Recognition  of  Prior  Learning  (RPL)  to youth  across  the  country including rural areas.

Jan  Shikshan  Sansthan  (JSS)  Scheme: The  main  target  of  the  JSS  is  to  impart vocational skills to the non-literates, neo-literates and the persons having rudimentary level of  education and  school dropouts upto 12th standard in the  age group of 15-45 years,  with  due  age  relaxation  in  case  of  'Divyangjan'  and  other  deserving  cases. Priority is given to Women, SC, ST, OBC and Minorities in the rural areas and urban low-income areas.

National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (NAPS): This Scheme is for promoting apprenticeship  training  and  increasing  the  engagement  of  apprentices  by  providing financial  support  for  payment  of  stipend  to  apprentices.  Training  consists  of  Basic Training and On-the-Job Training / Practical Training at workplace in the industry.

Craftsmen  Training  Scheme  (CTS): This  scheme  is  for  providing  long-term  training through Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) across the country. The ITIs offer a range of vocational/skill  training  courses  covering  a  large  number of  economic  sectors  with  an objective  to  provide  skilled  workforce  to  the  industry  as  well  as  self  employment  of youth.

(c) Objective of schemes under SIM is to equip  youth of the country with industry relevant  skills  to  enable  them  to  get  gainfully  engaged  in  wage  of  self  employment. Providing employment per se is not the mandate of these schemes.

(d) Private and  Public Sector  Undertakings engage  apprentices under the National Apprenticeship  Promotion  Scheme.    Collaboration  with  such  undertaking  in  the  area  of  skill development  is  also  established  through  the  arrangement  of  Flexi  MoU  scheme  and  Dual System  of  Training  under  the  Directorate  General  of  Training  as  well  as  through  MoUs  with individual  companies.      Besides,  Private  and  Public  Sector  Undertakings  (PSUs)  under  their Corporate  Social  Responsibility  (CSR)  contribute  to  the  National  Skill  Development  Fund (NSDF) for implementing various skill development projects through National Skill Development Corporation  (NSDC).  Since  2014-15  till  30.06.2024,  Rs.  375  Cr.  have  been  received  from Private / PSU donors for implementing various skill development projects wherein 1.93 lakh and 1.44 lakh candidates have been trained and certified respectively.

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