Lok Sabha Question No. 44 (STARRED), answered on 2023-07-24
Subject: Short Term Training Programmes for Women
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: Nishikant  Dubey, Manoj Kumar Tiwari

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.*44 ANSWERED ON 24.07.2023

## Short Term Training Programmes For Women

## *44. DR. NISHIKANT DUBEY: SHRI MANOJ TIWARI:

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

(a) the details of short term training programmes that are available for women across the country; (b) the number of women who have completed their vocational training during the last three  years  and  were  given  employment  in  the  industries,  training  institutions,  yearwise; and (c) whether the Government has proposed opening of more Training Institutes in all the

- industrial hubs and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

(a) to (c) A Statement is laid on the table of the House.

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (A) TO (C) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.*44 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.07.2023 ASKED BY DR. NISHIKANT  DUBEY  AND  SHRI  MANOJ  TIWARI  REGARDING  SHORT  TERM TRAINING PROGRAMMES FOR WOMEN

- (a) Under Skill India Mission, the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) has been imparting short term skill training through various programmes to all the sections of the society across the country including women as mentioned below:
- (i)  Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) is a flagship Scheme of MSDE with an objective to impart short duration skill development training and certification to youth and to make them employable for better livelihood across the country.  PMKVY has two components,  namely  Short  Term  Training  (STT)  and  Recognition  of  Prior  Learning (RPL).  Posttraining placement is also tracked in respect of STT certified candidates, while  RPL  is  not  linked  with  placements  as  it  recognizes  the  existing  skills  of candidates.    In  order  to  increase  the  participation  of  women,  conveyance  cost  and boarding and lodging facilities are being provided to them.
- (ii)    Under  Jan  Shikshan  Sansthan  (JSS)  scheme,  MSDE is imparting skill  training  to non-literate, neo-literates, persons having rudimentary level of education upto 8th standard  and  school  dropouts  upto  12th  standard  in  the  age  group  of  15-45 years in rural and urban areas.  Under the scheme, focus is being given to women and other vulnerable sections.
- (iii)    The National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (NAPS) is being implemented by MSDE  with  the  aim  to  promote  apprenticeship  training  in  the  country  by  providing financial support for payment of stipend to apprentices.

(iv)Directorate  General  of  Training  (DGT)  under  MSDE  has  also  developed  16  Short Term Training courses under Craftsmen Training Scheme (CTS) to increase as well as encourage women participation in ITIs.

Further,  National  Skill  Training  Institutes  (NSTIs)  also  offer  courses  under Craftsmen  Training  Scheme  (CTS)  through  33  NSTIs  across  the  country,  which includes 19 NSTIs which are exclusively for women.   In addition, 30% of the seats in General Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) are reserved for women trainees subject to the general reservation policy of the respective State.

- (v) Apart from above, more than 20 Central Ministries are implementing Skilling/upskilling training programmes through various schemes, such as Deen Dayal Upadhyaya  Grameen  Kaushalya  Yojana (DDU-GKY),  the  Rural  Self  Employment Training Institutes (RSETI) under Ministry of Rural Development, Deen Dayal Antyodaya  Yojana  -  National  Urban  Livelihood  Mission  (NULM)  under  Ministry  of Housing and Urban Affairs,etc.
- (b) As stated above, training under the skill development programmes is provided to all the sections of the society including women, with specific provisions for encouraging participation  of  women.    During  last  three  years  (2020-21  to  2022-23),  women constituted about 34% of total candidates trained, under schemes of MSDE with share of women being as high as 81.05% and 46.43% under short term training programmes, namely  JSS  and  PMKVY  respectively.The  number  of  women  trained  under  various Schemes/Programmes of MSDE during last three years i.e., from 2020-21, 2021-22 and 2022-23, is as under:

|   S.No | Name of the Scheme                                 | 2020-21   | 2021-22   | 2022-23   | Total No. of Women trained (3 years)   | No. of Total candidates trained (3 years)   |   Per centage of women trained (3 years) |
|--------|----------------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|      1 | PMKVY                                              | 8,77,631  | 3,05,742  | 1,10,973  | 12,94,346                              | 27,87,986                                   |                                    46.43 |
|      2 | JSS                                                | 2,97,899  | 3,85,242  | 4,35,039  | 11,18,180                              | 13,79,622                                   |                                    81.05 |
|      3 | NAPS                                               | 54,280    | 1,21,599  | 1,48,831  | 3,24,710                               | 16,35,801                                   |                                    19.85 |
|      4 | CTS (ITIs) (Enrolled in years 2020, 2021 and 2022) | 1,62,181  | 1,68,158  | 1,75,671  | 5,06,010                               | 37,01,320                                   |                                    13.67 |

Under fee based training programme implemented by NSDC, 52,66,554 persons have been trained during 2020-21 to 2022-23 which includes 26,73,794 women, that is, about 50.77%.  During the same period 45.51% of women trained got placed.

Under PMKVY, 12.94 lakh women candidates were trainedduring last three years (2020-21 to 2022-23), out of which 2.16 lakhhave been reported placed.  Under the JSS Scheme,  data  regarding  placement  is  not  centrally  maintained.  As  NAPS  is  an apprenticeship related scheme, no placement is tracked.  The final report of tracer study of ITI Graduates (published in January, 2018 by the MSDE) mentions that 63.5% of total ITI  pass-outs  got  employed  (wage  +  self,  out  of  which  6.7%  are  self-employed)  and 55.3% of female are wage/self-employed.

- (c) About  14,938  ITIs,  454  Pradhan  Mantri  Kaushal  Kendras  (PMKK),  288  JSS institutions are functioning across the country and as on 31.03.2023,37,047 establishments  were  actually  engaging  apprentices.  Based  on  skilling  requirement received from Industrial Hubs, MSDE may explore opening of more training institutes.

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