Lok Sabha Question No. 177 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-04
Subject: Scope of Community Development through Skill Development
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: Jaswantsinh Sumanbhai Bhabhor

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 177

ANSWERED ON 04.12.2023

## SCOPE OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT THROUGH SKILL DEVELOPMENT

† 177.  SHRI JASWANT SINGH BHABHOR:

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

- (a) the  details  of  efforts  made  by  the  Government  to  increase  the  scope  of  community development through skill development during the previous year and the current year;
- (b) whether  the  Government  has  issued  any  new  guidelines  in  this  regard  and  if  so,  the details thereof; and
- (c) the  special  efforts  made  under  the  scheme  for  women,  Scheduled  Castes  (SCs), Scheduled  Tribes  (STs),  persons  with  disabilities  and  children  from  weaker  sections  of  the society?

## ANSWER

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

## (SHRI RAJEEV CHANDRASEKHAR)

- (a) Under  the  Govt  of  India  Skill  India  Mission  (SIM),  Ministry  of  Skill  Development  and Entrepreneurship  (MSDE)  provides  skilling,  re-skilling  and  up-skilling  to  all  young  Indians through  a  comprehensive  network  of  Centres/Institutes  across  the  country  under  various schemes  viz.  Pradhan  Mantri  Kaushal  Vikas  Yojana  (PMKVY),  Scheme  of  Support  to  Jan Shikshan Sansthans (JSS), National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (NAPS) and Craftsman Training Scheme (CTS) through Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs).

Ministry  of  Skill  Development  and  Entrepreneurship  (MSDE)  is  implementing  the  Scheme  of Polytechnics  through  Directorate  General  of  Training  (DGT).  Under  this  scheme,  Community Development  Through  Polytechnics  (CDTP)  is  one  of  the  components  wherein  non-formal, short-term, employment-oriented skill development programmes is provided through Polytechnics for the marginalized section of society, to enable them to obtain gainful self/wage employment.

- (b) The Government has revised the guidelines of CDTP in 2022-23 to include the provision of  its  implementation  through  National  Skill  Training  Institutes  (NSTIs)  and  Industrial  Training Institutes  (ITIs)  and  to  extend  the  coverage  to  Aspirational  and  Border  Area  Districts.  The Government has also increased the recurring grant up to Rs. 19.72 lakhs from the existing Rs. 17.00 lakhs per polytechnic per annum under this component.
- (c) The  CDTP  component  is  implemented  by  the  State  government  and  Union  Territory Administrations  through  selected  Polytechnics  in  accordance  with  guidelines  issued  by  the Central Government.  Under the guidelines, the target group are poor and deprived sections of society  in  both  urban  and  rural  areas  specifically  women,  SCs/STs,  OBCs, minorities,  school dropouts, street children, physically handicapped, economically weaker sections of the society and other under-privileged persons. No fee is charged from the trainees under this component and there is no restriction on the age, sex and qualification of the trainees.

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