Lok Sabha Question No. 2529 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-18
Subject: Pradhan Mantri Yuva Udyamita Vikas Abhiyan
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: DNV Senthilkumar. S., Amol Ramsing Kolhe, Supriya Sadanand Sule, Kuldeep Rai Sharma, Manjulata Mandal, Subhash Ramrao Bhamre, C.N. Annadurai

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2529

ANSWERED ON 18.12.2023

## PRADHAN MANTRI YUVA UDYAMITA VIKAS ABHIYAN

| 2529.   | DR. DNV SENTHILKUMAR S.: SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE: SHRIMATI MANJULATA MANDAL: SHRI C.N. ANNADURAI:   | DR. AMOL RAMSING KOLHE: SHRI KULDEEP RAI SHARMA: DR. SUBHASH RAMRAO BHAMRE:   |
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Will the Minister of SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP be pleased to state:

- (a) whether entrepreneurship will be a compulsory subject or would it be integrated in all subjects of the curriculum and if so, the details and the mechanism to evaluate for assessing their entrepreneurship capabilities; and
- (b) the number of students who have been provided entrepreneurship education and training under the scheme under the Pradhan Mantri Yuva Udyamita Vikas Abhiyan (PM-YUVA) during each of the last three years and the current year?

## ANSWER

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

(SHRI RAJEEV CHANDRASEKHAR)

- (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/colleges/institutes  etc.  under  various  schemes,  viz.  Pradhan  Mantri Kaushal  Vikas  Yojana  (PMKVY),  Jan  Shikshan  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. The SIM aims at enabling youth of India to get future ready & industry ready skills.

An Employability Skills module has been launched by Directorate General of Training (DGT). The same is being implemented as a mandatory module in both Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) and Pradhan  Mantri  Kaushal  Vikas  Yojana  (PMKVY)  to  enhance  the  soft  skills,  digital  skills,  financial literacy  related  skills  of  the  trainees.  There  are  4  modules  about  employability  skills,  Constitutional values, becoming a professional in the 21st Century, essential digital skills, financial and legal literacy, diversity  and  Inclusion,  English  and  communication  skills,  customer  service,  entrepreneurship,  and apprenticeship, getting ready for jobs and career development. The trainees of ITIs are being tested for the acquired skills, knowledge and aptitude through formative/summative assessment at the end of the course.

- (b)   MSDE in association with Wadhwani Operating Foundation (WOF) launched the Pradhan Mantri Yuva  Udyamita  Vikas  Abhiyan  (PM-YUVA) on  9 th November,  2016  with  the  objective  to  create  an enabling  ecosystem  for  entrepreneurship  development  through  entrepreneurship  education  and training across the country.

Based on the learning from PM-YUVA Phase-I, MSDE implemented a project on Entrepreneurship  Development  (PM-YUVA  Phase-II)  through  National  Institute  for  Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development (NIESBUD), upto March, 2022, in around 300 Institutes under the skill  ecosystem. The aim of the pilot project was to promote entrepreneurship as an alternate career choice  and  to  provide  mentoring  support  to  potential  and  early-stage  entrepreneurs  by  imparting entrepreneurship education and mentoring support to trainees/ beneficiaries from skill ecosystem.

The details of the total number of beneficiaries covered under the scheme are as under:

| S No.   | Activity                                                   |   Total |
|---------|------------------------------------------------------------|---------|
| 1       | Principals' Orientation                                    |     396 |
| 2       | Entrepreneurship Awareness Program (Students' Orientation) |   34760 |
| 3       | Community Awareness Program                                |    5003 |
| 4       | Entrepreneurship Development Program                       |   17797 |
| 5       | Training of Trainers (Faculty Facilitator Training)        |     443 |
| 6       | Faculty Mentor Training                                    |     227 |
| 7       | Mentoring Camp                                             |    3951 |
|         | Grand Total                                                |   62577 |

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