Lok Sabha Question No. 94 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-07-22
Subject: Skill Development of Unemployed Youth
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: Shri Khagen Murmu

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 94

ANSWERED ON 22.07.2024

## SKILL DEVELOPMENT OF UNEMPLOYED YOUTH

- 94 . SHRI KHAGEN MURMU:

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

- (a) the details of the  schemes  currently  run by the Government  for  skill development of unemployed youth in rural areas of the State of West Bengal;
- (b) the number of youths benefited there-from the during the last three years; and
- (c) the number of youths got employment during the said period?

## ANSWER

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

(SHRI JAYANT CHOUDHARY)

- (a) 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 Sikhshan 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 rural and urban areas of the State of West Bengal. The SIM aims at enabling youth of India to get future ready, equipped with industry relevant 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.

(b) The number of candidates trained under Schemes of MSDE during last three years 2021-22, 2022-23 & 2023-24 in the State of West Bengal is given as under:

| PMKVY   | NAPS   | JSS    | CTS (2021, 2022, 2023)   |
|---------|--------|--------|--------------------------|
| 69,488  | 37,511 | 44,371 | 93,384                   |

(c) Amongst the schemes of the MSDE, placements were tracked in the Short Term Training (STT) component of PMKVY 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 202122. Placement is delinked from PMKVY 4.0, the current version of the scheme under implementation from FY 2022-23 onwards. During 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22, a total 42056 candidates have been reported placed in the State of West Bengal under STT component of PMKVY.

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