Lok Sabha Question No. 2495 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-11
Subject: Skill Development Programme to Retired Defence Personnel
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: KUNWAR HARIBANSH SINGH, GAJANAN CHANDRAKANT KIRTIKAR, VINAYAK BHAURAO RAUT, SUNIL BALIRAM GAIKWAD, ASHOK SHANKARRAO CHAVAN, SUNIL KUMAR MONDAL, SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE, VIJAY KUMAR S.R.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

## DEPARTMENT OF EX-SERVICEMEN WELFARE

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2495

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 11 TH  MARCH, 2016

## SKILL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME TO RETIRED DEFENCE PERSONNEL

## 2495.  KUNWAR HARIBANSH SINGH:

SHRI GAJANAN KIRTIKAR:

SHRI VINAYAK BHAURAO RAUT:

DR. SUNIL BALIRAM GAIKWAD:

SHRI ASHOK SHANKARRAO CHAVAN:

SHRI SUNIL KUMAR MONDAL:

DR. SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE:

SHRI S.R. VIJAYAKUMAR:

Will the Minister of DEFENCE j{kk ea=h be pleased to state:

- (a) the approximate number of defence personnel retired or are released every year in the country;
- (b) the  details  of  various  schemes  being  implemented  by  the  Government  for rehabilitation of retired defence personnel;
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  signed  a  Memorandum  of  Understanding  (MoU) with  National  Skill  Development  Corporation  /  Skill  Development  Network  Trust  for collaboration  on  Technical  and  Programme  Management  Support  to  retired  defence personnel in the country;
- (d) if so, the details thereof and the main features of MoU;
- (e) the number of ex-servicemen to be trained for gainful employment; and
- (f) the  other  steps  taken  /  being  taken  by  the  Government  to  provide  gainful employment to ex-servicemen in the country?

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MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

(RAO INDERJIT SINGH)

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- (a) Approximately,  55,000  personnel  retire  annually  from  the  armed forces.

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- (b) The details of various schemes being implemented by the government for rehabilitation of retired defence personnel are at Annexure.
- (c) Yes,  Madam.    Ministry  of  Defence  (MoD)  has  signed  a  Memorandum  of Understanding  (MoU)  with  Skill  Development  Network  (SDN)  Trust  on  19 th February, 2016 for providing Programme Management Support in implementation of Skill Development Programmes of the Ministry of Defence in India.
- (d) SDN  Trust  will  provide  the  programme  management  support  to  MoD  in successful  roll  out  of  National  Skill  Qualification  Framework  (NSQF)  complaint training programmes to Ex-Servicemen (ESM), Skill Development Programmes of Ordnance Factory Boards, Defence Public Sector Undertakings and implementation of vocational education programmes in schools run by Defence Forces.

SDN  Trust's  Programme  Management  Support  includes  the  Teacher Training,  e-content  training  of  ESM,  training  of  other  beneficiaries,  technology platform etc. for leveraging the MoD funding towards Skill and Entrepreneurship Development initiatives and schemes.

- (e) Number  of  ESM  to  be  trained for  providing  gainful  employment  is approximately 3,00,000 ESM and their wards ion five years starting from financial year 2015-16.
- (f) Steps taken / being taken to provide gainful employment to ex-servicemen are:-
- (i)  Dissemination  of  information  on  Directorate  General  Resettlement (DGR) website regarding Open Competitive Examination for various posts, dates and syllabus etc.
- (ii) Signing  of  Memorandum  of  Understanding  with  Confederation  of Indian  Industries  (CII)  to  arrange  job  fairs  by  Corporate  Sectors  to provide additional employment opportunities to ESM.
- (iii) Hosting of job portal by DGR wherein ESM can upload their Bio-data and corporate  /  other  sectors  can  approach  them  and  pick  as  per their requirement.
- (iv) Organize ESM Job Fairs Pan India to provide an interface between Corporate & ESM.
- (v) Regular interaction with corporate houses to generate entrepreneur / employment opportunities for ESM.
- (vi) Provision  of  entrepreneurship  of  opportunities to  ESM  through  the corporate bodies like TATA Motors, AMAZON.com etc.

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## ANNEXURE IN RESPECT OF REPLY GIVEN IN PART (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2495 FOR ANSWER ON 11.3.2016

## TRAINING PROGRAMMES

## (i) Officers' Training:

- 24 Weeks Management Courses at IIMs and other reputed B-Schools
- Modular  management  courses  like  Project  Finance,  Academic  Institutions, Supply Chain, Retail, Six Sigma, Seafaring etc.
- Newly  introduced  courses  for  2015-16  like  Strategic  Retail  Management, Human Resource Management(HRM), Facility, Transition, Export and Import, Event Management etc., Corporate Social Responsibility and Jet Transition.

## (ii) Junior Commissioned Officers (JCOs)/Other (OR) and Equivalents' Training at Institutes:

- Security, Fire &  Industrial  Safety,  Computer  &  Information  Technology including 'O' Level, Hospitality, Tourism, Agriculture based, Business Management,  Modular  Management,  Vocational  &  Technical,  Medical  & Healthcare, Library & Information Science, Legal Assistant etc.
- Newly introduced courses for 2015-16 like Logistics & Transport Management, Retailing & Showroom, Corporate Office, Material Management, Marine Engineering etc.

## (iii) Courses at Regimental Centres:

- At least two courses are planned every month at all the Regimental Centres to provide variety of courses to the retirees on pension drill.

## RE-EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

## (i) Reservation in Government Jobs:

The Central Government has provided for the following reservation for ESM for vacancies in the posts to be filled by direct recruitment:-

- 10%  in  Group  'C'  posts  and  20%  in  Group  'D'  posts.  In  addition  4.5% reservation  in  each  category  in  meant  for  Disabled  Soldiers  and  Widows/ Dependents.
- 14.5% in Group 'C' and 24.5% Group 'D' posts in Public Sector Undertakings and Nationalized Banks.
- 10% posts upto Assistant Commandants in Paramilitary Forces.
- 100 % in Defence Security Corps.

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## (ii) Placement Assistance through DGR:

Directorate General Resettlement (DGR) sponsors Ex-Servicemen (Officers) to various Government organizations, Public Sector Undertakings, Corporate Houses,  Private  Sector,  Central  Para  Military  Forces  etc.  based  on  their requisition  for  re-employment  of  ESM.  The  DGR  sponsored  ESM  are  reemployed  by  the  requisitioning  agencies  after  due  process  of  selection  by them.

## (iii) DGR sponsored security schemes:

## SCHEMES OF SELF EMPLOYMENT

## (i) Schemes for Officers only:

- ESM Coal Loading and Transportation Scheme.
- Allotment  of  Bharat  Petroleum  Corporation  Limited  /Indian  Oil  Corporation Limited, Company Owned Company Operated Outlets PAN India.
- Management of CNG Station by Ex-Servicemen (O) in National Capital Region.

## (ii) Schemes for all:

- Coal Tipper Attachment Scheme.
- Allotment of Regular LPG Distributorship Scheme under 'Government Personnel' Category.
- Allotment of Army Surplus Vehicles.
- Allotment of Oil Product Agencies Under 8 % Defence Quota.
- Allotment of LPG Agency Under Rajiv Gandhi Gramin LPG Vitran Yojna.

## (iii) Schemes for JCOs/OR Only:

- Allotment of Mother Dairy Milk Booths and Fruit & Vegetable (SAFAL) Shops in NCR.
- Allotment of Milk Shops of Gopaljee Dairy Pvt. Ltd. in Delhi/Noida.
- Allotment of KIOSKS/Retail outlet of Gopaljee Farm Fresh in Faridabad/NCR.
- (iv) Tool Kits are provided to Ex-Servicemen technicians.

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