Lok Sabha Question No. 561 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-07-24
Subject: SANKALP Scheme
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: Dean Kuriakose, Behanan Benny, Amar Singh, A. Chellakumar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO- 561

ANSWERED ON 24.07.2023

## SANKALP

| 561   | ADV. DEAN KURIAKOSE   | SHRI BENNY BEHANAN   |
|-------|-----------------------|----------------------|
|       | DR. AMAR SINGH        | DR. A CHELLAKUMAR    |

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

- (a) the  budgetary  allocation  and  expenditures  for  the  Skill  Acquisition and  Knowledge  Awareness  for  Livelihood  promotion  (SANKALP)  scheme over the past 5 years;
- (b)        the details of the proportion of expenditures is devoted to integrating marginalized and disadvantaged sections into skill development programmes;
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  conducted  any  outcome  analysis  of the scheme, if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the details of the performance indicators have the Government, in collaboration  with  the  World  Bank,  adopted,  for  the  implementation  of  this scheme?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP (SHRI RAJEEV CHANDRASEKHAR)

(a)  and  (b)  Skill  Acquisition  and  Knowledge  Awareness  for  Livelihood  Promotion (SANKALP)  is  a  World  Bank  loan-assisted  outcome-based  Centrally  Sponsored Scheme. The theme of SANKALP is to address the challenges of skill development programs,  ensuring  quality,  making  them  market  relevant  and  accessible  in  the context  of  short-term  training.  SANKALP  has  three  key  result  areas  namely  Institutional  strengthening  at  Central,  State  and  District  Levels;  Quality  Assurance and market relevance of skill development programmes and Inclusion of marginalized population in these programmes.

The budgetary allocation and expenditure under SANKALP scheme over the past 5 years are given in the table below:

(Rs. In crore)

| Year    |   Budget Allocated ( RE) |   Actual Expenditure |
|---------|--------------------------|----------------------|
| 2018-19 |                    75    |                70.8  |
| 2019-20 |                   215    |               201.36 |
| 2020-21 |                   185    |               151.95 |
| 2021-22 |                   193.47 |               132.73 |
| 2022-23 |                   186.89 |               173    |

Separate data on expenditure incurred on inclusion of marginalized and disadvantaged sections is not maintained.

- (c) The  World  Bank  undertakes  periodic  Implementation  Support Missions (ISM) to review the progress of the scheme.  As  per  the Implementation  Status  &  Results  Report  of  the  8 th   ISM conducted by the World  Bank  during  1st  -10th  May,  2023,  the  scheme  has  been  rated  as 'Satisfactory'  on  the  overall  implementation  progress  while  on  progress towards  achievement  of  Program  Development  Objective  (PDO),  the scheme has been rated as 'Highly Satisfactory'.
- (d) The performance monitoring indicators for SANKALP adopted for the implementation of this scheme are as under:
- PDO  Indicator  1:  Trainees  who  have  successfully  completed  the market  relevant  short-term  Skill  Development  (SD)  programs  and were certified (disaggregated by women)
- PDO Indicator  2:  Percentage  of  graduates  who  are  wage  employed  or self-employed within six months of completion of short-term SD Programs
- PDO  Indicator 3: Improved performance of states on institutional strengthening,  market  relevance  of  SD  programs,  and  access  to  and completion of the training by marginalized populations
- PDO Indicator 4: National Skills Qualification Framework (NSQF) aligned Qualification Packs(QPs) translated into teaching learning materials.
- Intermediate  Result  Indicator  1:  A  system  in  place  to  undertake  the Monitoring  and  Evaluation  (M&E)  of  SD  programs  at  the  national  and state level
- Intermediate  Result  Indicator  2:  Number  of  trainers  and  assessors trained/retrained
- Intermediate  Result  Indicator  3:  Number  of  Completed  pilot  projects  by MSDE and states targeting socially excluded groups to improve access to skills training programs
- Intermediate Result Indicator 4: Strengthened capacity of the District Skill Committee (DSC) to Implement short term skill programs

Intermediate Result Indicator 5: Improved Service delivery at the Gram

- Panchayat (GP) level for linking unemployed youth to local markets.

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