Lok Sabha Question No. 1486 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-02-09
Subject: Assessment of Skill Gap Between Industry Demand and Available Skills
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: Shri Shyamkumar Daulat Barve

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1486

ANSWERED ON 09.02.2026

## ASSESSMENT OF SKILL GAP BETWEEN INDUSTRY DEMAND AND AVAILABLE SKILLS

† 1486.   SHRI SHYAMKUMAR DAULAT BARVE:

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

- (a) whether the Government has carried out any assessment of the gap between the demand of industries and the available skills in the Ramtek Parliamentary Constituency of Maharashtra which includes major industrial clusters like Butibori and Hingna;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the  number of  youths  trained under the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana and Jan Shikshan  Sansthan  in  the  said  Constituency  during  the  last  three  years  and  the  number  of people who got employment in local industries;
- (d) whether  the  Government  has  any  scheme to set  up  special  skill  centres  in  sectors  like logistics,  textiles  and  mining  for  the  Scheduled  Caste  and  Scheduled  Tribe  youths  in  said Constituency that is a Scheduled Caste reserved area; and
- (e) the specific schemes currently being run to promote agriculture-based entrepreneurship in the rural parts of the region like Katol, Savner

## ANSWER

THE  MINISTER  OF  STATE  (INDEPENDENT  CHARGE)  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

(SHRI JAYANT CHAUDHARY)

- (a) & (b)     District Skill Committees (DSCs), established across all States/UTs are mandated with formulating  District  Skill  Development  Plans (DSDPs)  to  support  decentralized,  grassroots-level skill planning by identifying local employment opportunities, skilling demand, and available training infrastructure.  Government  skill  programmes  are  then  designed  to  bridge  these  identified  skill gaps across sectors. The Sector Skill Councils (SSCs), led by industry experts, regularly conduct skill  gap  studies  to  assess  sector-wise  skill  needs  and  set  competency  standards,  which  guide government  interventions  to  align  the  workforce  with  industry  requirements.  Additionally,  the SANKALP  (Skill  Acquisition  and  Knowledge  Awareness  for  Livelihood  Promotion)-supported National Skill Gap Study by National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) provides a standardized,  data-driven  framework  to  assess  skill  gaps  across  seven  high-growth  sectors.  It helps MSDE align skilling initiatives with industry demand and future workforce needs.

As a part of SANKALP, District Skill Development Plan has been formulated for Nagpur District which identified District relevant job roles and training infrastructure requirement.

- (c) 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  /  institutes  etc.  under  various  schemes  Pradhan  Mantri

Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) Scheme is for imparting skill development training through ShortTerm Training (STT) and up-skilling and re-skilling through Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) to youth  across  the  country.  And,  the  main  target  of Jan  Shikshan  Sansthan  (JSS) is  to  impart vocational  skills  to  the  non-literates,  neo-literates  and  the  persons  having  rudimentary  level  of education  and  school  dropouts  upto  12th  standard. The  number  of  candidates  trained  under PMKVY scheme in the Nagpur District (Ramtek Lok Sabha  Constituency) during  the  last  three years from 2023-24 to 2025-26 (as on 31.12.2025) is 11,294.

Further,  among  the  schemes  of  MSDE,  placements  were  specifically  tracked  only  in  the  Short Term Training (STT) component of PMKVY in the first three versions i.e., PMKVY 1.0, PMKVY 2.0 and PMKVY 3.0 of the scheme implemented from FY 2015-16 to FY 2021-22.  Under PMKVY 4.0, the focus was to empower our trained candidates to choose their varied career path and they are suitably  oriented  for  the  same.  Further,  various  IT  tools  like  Skill  India  Digital  Hub  (SIDH)  also gives this opportunity.

(d)  &  (e):        Under  the  schemes  of  MSDE, Training Centres (TCs) are set up on need base to impart the training across the country. The scheme/programmes under MSDE align skilling with local industry needs through NSQF-aligned, NCVET-approved courses developed in consultation with  industry  and  line  Ministries.  Industry-led  Awarding  Bodies  design  job  roles,  and  industries participate as Training Partners to ensure relevance. States conduct district-level skill gap studies to  offer  demand-driven  courses,  complemented  by  On-the-Job  Training  that  provides  practical industry exposure.

Under PMKVY 4.0, implementation has been decentralized through District Skill Committees and Skill  Hub  Institutions  to  enhance  outreach,  including  to  SC/ST  youth.  Demand-driven,  NSQFaligned  courses have been introduced across key sectors such as manufacturing, construction, electronics,  logistics,  tourism,  and  green  jobs to  strengthen  industry  linkages  and  improve placement  outcomes. About  12,364  SC  candidates  and  3,904  ST  candidates  in  Nagpur  district have been trained/oriented across sectors, with higher participation in Agriculture, Electronics and Hardware, Logistics and Textiles and Handlooms, aligning with local industry requirements.

Under  PMKVY,  training  is  provided  in  agriculture  and  allied  sectors,  dairy,  food  processing, agro-logistics  and  related  job  roles  in  Nagpur  district,  which  includes  Katol  and  Savner.  Youth trained  under  PMKVY  in  agriculture,  logistics  and  food  processing  are  encouraged  to  take  up agri-business  ventures  through  various  market  access  schemes  with  support  from  DSCs  and district administration. Further, the Skill India Digital Hub (SIDH), a unified digital platform, provides candidates  with  access  to  industry-relevant  courses,  job  opportunities,  and  entrepreneurship support, thereby directly facilitating employment outcomes.

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