Lok Sabha Question No. 1801 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-07-27
Subject: SDCs-for SC/ST/Women/Backward Classes
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: HARISH CHANDRA MEENA, LADU KISHORE SWAIN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1801 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.07.2016

## 'SDCS-FOR SC/ST/WOMEN/BACKWARD CLASSES'

1801.  SHRI HARISH MEENA:

SHRI LADU KISHORE SWAIN:

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

- (a) whether  the  Skill  Development  Centres  (SDCs)  setup  by  the  Government  have reservation of seats for women/SC/ ST and Other Backward Classes;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the details of funds allocated under skill development of SCs and STs, State-wise during each of the last three years and the current year;
- (d) the steps taken by the Government to impart skills and achieve skilling targets to bridge the social, religious gender and economic gap; and
- (e) the  number  of  skilled  persons  created  and  provided  employment  in  the  country, category-wise during the above period?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (e) There are around 13,000 Government Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) to provide long term skill development training programmes. These ITIs have different kinds of reservation for candidates belonging to SC/ST and OBCs according to their percentage of population in the various States. In the Central Government training institutes, the seats reserved for Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST) and Other Backward Classes (OBC) are 15%, 7.5% and 27 %, respectively.

The  short  term  skill  development  training  programmes  are  delivered  through Pradhan  Mantri  Kaushal  Vikas  Yojana  (PMKVY)  scheme,  which  is  having  around  8000 numbers of private training partners. In this scheme, there is special financial incentive for candidates  of  categories  such  as  Below  Poverty  Line  (BPL),  females  and  Physically Handicapped persons.

There are more than 40 schemes in 20 different Ministries which provide a variety of skill development training programmes. During the last three years, i.e.  2015-16, 201415  and  2013-14,  the  number  of  trained  persons  (in  lakh)  is:  104.16,  76.11  and  76.37, respectively.    The  multiple  schemes  under different  Ministries  have  their  own  guidelines and there is no centralized record of all different programmes under different Ministries.

Under PMKVY (as on 18 th July, 2016), a total of 17.94 lakh candidates have been enrolled,  17.93  lakh  have  been  trained  and  11.84  lakh  have  been  certified.  Under  this scheme, it  was  not  mandatory  for  NSDC's  training  partners  to  report  employment  data. The employment data available reflects only a fraction of the actual employment provided under the scheme. However, under PMKVY 2016-20 approved by the Cabinet on 13 th July 2016, the focus on employment has been significantly enhanced. The last 20% payment to training  partners  would  be  made  only  after  wage  employment  or  self  employment  to  at least 70% of the trained candidates.

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