Lok Sabha Question No. 1032 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-02
Subject: Technical Knowledge
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: PREM SINGH CHANDUMAJRA, V. PANNEER SELVAM, JAYSHREEBEN  PATEL, ARJUNLAL MEENA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1032

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.03.2016

## TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE QUESTION

## 1032.  SHRI PREM SINGH CHANDUMAJRA: SHRI V. PANNEERSELVAM: SHRI BHOLA SINGH:

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

- (a) whether the Government has taken note of the fact that a large number of persons seeking jobs belong to the category of those having technical knowledge as revealed in the census 2011;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the response of the Government thereto;
- (c) whether the situation has emerged basically due to lack of concord between the training institutes and the industry;
- (d) if so, the details thereof and the corrective action taken in this regard;
- (e) whether the Government has taken this into consideration before formulating its skill development programmes to enhance the employability of our workers; and
- (f) if so, the details thereof and the action taken thereon?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) IN THE MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP (SHRI RAJIV PRATAP RUDY)

(a) to (f) As  per  68 th Round  National  Sample  Survey,  2011-12,  27  percent  of  the youth in the age group of 20-24 having vocational education, is unemployed. Accordingly, in order to understand the sectoral and geographical spread of skill requirement/gaps and incremental  human  resource  requirement across the sectors, studies  have  been undertaken by the Government through National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC), a Public Private Partnership (PPP) entity. As per the study, employment opportunities in India would increase from 461.1 million in 2013 to 581.9 million in 2022, across the 24 sectors, pointing at an incremental human resource requirement of approximately 120.8 million. Considering the overlap in the human resource requirement across a number of sectors,  the  unique  number  for  incremental  demand  would  be  109.7  million  by  2022, wherein the top 10 sectors would account for 80% of this requirement.

To  evolve  appropriate  skill  development  framework  and  removal  of  disconnect between the demand for and supply of skilled manpower through vocational and technical training, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship has been constituted by the Government on 9 th November, 2014.

Further, Government through National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) has constituted  and  operationalised  33  Sector  Skill  Councils  (SSCs)  which  are  industry  led bodies intended to align the skilling efforts as per the industry's requirement. The SSCs with representation from industry prescribe the National Occupational Standards (NOS) and  Qualification  Packs  (QPs)  based  on  which  the  training  is  imparted.  As  on  31 st January,  2016,  these  33  SSCs  have  developed  4323  unique  National  Occupational Standards  (NOSs)  for  1644  Job  Roles  align  as  to  the  National  Skills  Qualification Framework (NSQF), to provide the employable skills to the youth.

Besides,  as  an  effort  to  align  skill  development  initiative  with  the  incremental human resource requirement, Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) has been launched by my Ministry on 15 th July, 2015. The scheme has the target to benefit 24 lakh persons within one year across the Country with training of 14 lakh fresh entrants and certification of 10 lakh persons under Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL). NSDC is the implementing agency for PMKVY. As on 29 th February, 2016, 14.69 lakh candidates have been enrolled under the scheme for vocational training under different sectors across the Country with coverage of 29 States and 6 Union Territories (UTs).

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