Lok Sabha Question No. 3461 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-17
Subject: Employment and Skilling Opportunities to the Youth
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Smt. Smita Uday Wagh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3461 ANSWERED ON 17/12/2024

## EMPLOYMENT AND SKILLING OPPORTUNITIES TO THE YOUTH

3461. SMT. SMITA UDAY WAGH:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENTbe pleased to state:

- (a) the  measures  implemented  by  the  Government  to  provide employment and skilling opportunities to the youth in Maharashtra, particularly in rural and underdeveloped regions;
- (b) whether the Government shares details of the key achievements in creating employment and skilling initiatives in Maharashtra during the last three years;
- (c) the  manner  in  which  the  Government  ensures  that  the  youth from  diverse  socio-economic  backgrounds  in  Maharashtra, including  those  from  marginalized  communities,  benefit  from these employment and skilling programmes; and
- (d) whether the Maharashtra-specific programmes under the initiatives  of  the  Government aimed at addressing the unique industrial and agricultural needs of the State to boost youthemployment?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI KAMLESH PASWAN)

(a) & (b): With a view to provide employment and skilling opportunities to rural people in the country including Maharashtra, Ministry of Rural Development  is implementing  schemes  like Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Scheme (MGNREGS),  DeenDayalUpadhyayaGrameenKaushalyaYojana  (DDUGKY)  and  Rural  Self  Employment  Training  Institutes  (RSETIs). MGNREGS is a demand driven wage employment programme with the  objective  to  enhance  the  livelihoods  of  MGNREGA  workers. Under the Scheme, the details of persondays generated in the State of  Maharashtra, during the last three financial years from 2021-22, 2022-23  and  2023-24,  711.17  lakh,  709.59  lakh  and  968.96  lakh persondays respectively have been generated. DDU-GKY and RSETIs are two skilling programme under this Ministry. The details

of candidates trained and placed/ settled under DDU-GKY & RSETI in Maharashtra during the last 3 years are as under:

| Scheme         | DDU-GKY   | DDU-GKY   | RSETI   | RSETI   |
|----------------|-----------|-----------|---------|---------|
| Financial Year | Trained   | Placed    | Trained | Settled |
| 2021-22        | 348       | 1612      | 19606   | 15251   |
| 2022-23        | 6403      | 3534      | 27322   | 21474   |
| 2023-24        | 5916      | 3617      | 30397   | 22961   |

In  addition  to  this,  this  Ministry  has  also  developed  a  formal mechanism  for  the  skill  development  of  rural  masons,  i.e.  'Rural Mason  Training'  programme  under  Pradhan  MantriAwaasYojanaGramin.  Under  the  programme,  so  far  nearly  3  lakh  masons  have been trained and nearly 37,000 being from the State of Maharashtra.

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 MantriKaushalVikasYojana (PMKVY), Jan SikhshanSansthan (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  State  of  Maharashtra.  Details  of  the Training  Data  under  Schemes  of  MSDE  for  State  of  Maharashtra during the last 3 years:

| Scheme      |   2021-22 |   2022-23 |   2023-24 |
|-------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| PMKVY       |     39864 |     14913 |     35257 |
| JSS         |     38479 |     52934 |     37273 |
| NAPS        |    146865 |    185999 |    263245 |
| CTS in ITIs |    112997 |    121884 |    128333 |

(c):          All  the  schemes/programmes  emphasize  that  youth  from diverse socio-economic  backgrounds  of the country, including Maharashtra get the benefit of the schemes/programmes. MGNREGA  is  a  demand  driven  programme  and  ensures  providing

works  to  all  persons  as  per  demand  irrespective  of  their  social status.   DDU-GKY  guidelines  provide  for  earmarking  50%  of  the funds  for  SCs  and  STs.  Under  DDU-GKY,  coverage  of 15%  of minorities, 5% of People with Disabilities (PwDs) & 33% of women is mandatory.   The  training  under  the  skill  development  programmes under  MSDE  through schemes  mentioned  above  is  provided  to  all the sections of the society including women and other marginalized groups. To encourage participation of women and other marginalized groups in the Skill development Programmes, special provisions  have  been  made   in  the  Common  Cost  Norms (CCN),  in  terms  of  reimbursement  of  boarding  &  lodging  and conveyance costs.  Under CCN, specific provisions have also been made  to  encourage  participation  of  candidates  living  in  Special Areas, such as North Eastern States and Hilly States. Under PMKVY, training  programs  in  sectors  like  Electronics,  Retail,  Healthcare, Beauty  &  Wellness,  Handicrafts  and  Apparel  are  structured  to attract  higher  participation.  Further,  there  are  324  ITIs  &  19 National Skill Training Institutes for women. Under the JSS scheme, focus  is  being  given  to  women  and  other  vulnerable  sections  by giving  age  relaxations  and  since  July  2018,  coverage  of  women beneficiaries  under  the  scheme  has  been  around  82%  of  the  total beneficiaries.

(d):          With  a  view  to  address  the  agricultural  needs  and  boost youth employment of the country including Maharashtra, Ministry of Agriculture  is  implementing  a  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  on 'Support  to  State  Extension  Programmes  for  Extension  Reforms' popularly  known  as  Agriculture  Technology  Management  Agency (ATMA)  is   implemented  across  the  country  by  the  Ministry  of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare. The scheme promotes decentralized farmer-friendly Extension system in the country with an objective to support  State  Government's  efforts  to  revitalize  the  extension system  and  making  available  the  latest  agricultural  technologies and  good  agricultural  practices  in  different  thematic  areas  of agriculture  and  allied  areas  to  farmers,  farm  women  and  youth, Training, through various interventions like Farmers Demonstrations, Exposure Visits, KisanMelas etc.

The Government is implementing Skill Training of Rural Youth (STRY) with the objective to impart short term skill training (7 days duration)  to  rural  youths  and  farmers  in  agriculture  and  allied

sectors for upgradation of their knowledge and skills and promote wage/self  employment  in  rural  areas.  The  component  aims  at providing short duration skill based training programs to rural youth including women  farmers on agri-based vocational areas for creating a pool of skilled manpower. Recently, the STRY programme has been subsumed under ATMA cafeteria.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare has formulated a dedicated scheme  'Sub Mission on Agricultural Mechanization' (SMAM) during the year 2014-15. For implementation of  this  scheme  Four  Farm  Machinery  Training  &  Testing  Institutes are engaged in the country for imparting skill development training courses to different categories of beneficiaries like farmers, technicians, under graduate engineers, entrepreneurs on selection, operation, repair and maintenance, energy conservation and management of agricultural equipment.

Under  Mission  for  Integrated  development  of  Horticulture (MIDH), a centrally sponsored scheme  for holistic growth of horticulture  segment,  run  by  Ministry  of  Agriculture  &  Farmers Welfare, Centre of Excellence (CoE) for Horticulture is an approved component, which has provision for conduct of trainings to farmers including women and youth.

Similarly to address the industrial needs, specific programmes like Make in India, Start-Up India, Industrial Corridors, Ease of Doing Business, One-District-One Product, Modified Industrial Infrastructure  Upgradation Scheme etc., are implemented.

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