Lok Sabha Question No. 1822 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-07-27
Subject: Skill Development Mission
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: SANJAY HARIBHAU JADHAV, DEVENDRA (ALIAS) BHOLE SINGH SINGH, RAMESH POKHRIYAL NISHANK

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1822 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.07.2016

## SKILL DEVELOPMENT MISSION QUESTION

## †1822. SHRI SANJAY HARIBHAU JADHAV: SHRI DEVENDRA SINGH BHOLE: DR. RAMESH POKHRIYAL "NISHANK":

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

- (a) the  infrastructure  prepared  by  the  Government  to  provide  assistance  to  the youth under skill development mission;
- (b) the  schemes  being  extended  by  the  Government  for  encouraging  youth  for work and the steps being taken to provide assistance to various States for creating better infrastructure for imparting meaningful training to the youth in skill development, State-wise including Uttar Pradesh;
- (c) whether  support  from  foreign  or  private  sectors  has  been  taken  by  the Government with a view to improve the quality of training;
- (d) the progress made in respect of imparting training linked with organic farming, floriculture,  jadi-buti  production,  fruit  production  in  Himalayan  States  according  to their requirements; and
- (e) whether any survey of these organisations has been conducted by the Central Government  which  have  participated  in  skill  development  mission  and  if  so,  the details thereof along with the amount  distributed so far  among  the  various organisations under the skill development mission, State-wise?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (e) The  Government  has  set  up  National  Skill  Development  Corporation (NSDC) as a Public private Partnership entity to promote private training providers to set  up  skill  training  centres  across  the  Country  through  loan  support at  subsidized rates.  The  NSDC  conducts  short  term  skill  training  courses  through  its  approved training partners. As on date, it has 267 approved training partners (TPs) with 5093 operational training centres, including 602 mobile centres with coverage across 29 states and 6 Union Territories. All these training partners are approved by the NSDC after  following  due  process.  Various  kinds  of  training,  including  Pradhan  Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY)  are  imparted  by  these TPs  based  on  the Qualifications Packs  (QPs) and National Occupation Standards (NOSs) developed by  the  respective  Sector  Skill  Councils.  Field  inspections  including  affiliation  & accreditation of these training partners are done by the NDSC. So far, an amount of Rs. 2366 crore has been spent by the NSDC for various training programmes.

Skill / Vocational Training to women is being encouraged through a network of 11 women training institutes viz. one National Vocational Training Institute (NVTI) at Noida and 10 Regional Vocational Training Institutes (RVTIs) at Mumbai (Maharashtra),  Bengaluru,  Thiruvananthapuram,  Panipat,  Kolkata,  Tura,  Allahabad, Indore, Vadodara & Jaipur. These institutes cater to the training needs of all women having  minimum  qualification  of  10th  standard.  To  extend  these  programmes,  the Govt.  has  approved  08  more  RVTIs  one  each  in  the  state  of  Tamil  Nadu,  Bihar, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Tripura, Goa, Jammu & Kashmir and Telangana, five of which have been made operational in 2015-16.

Under  the  provisions  of  the  Apprentices  Act,  1961,  the  Apprenticeship Training is provided on-the-job at the real workplace in industry to school leavers, ITI pass  outs,  10+2  (vocational),  diploma  and  Graduate  in  engineering  and  nonengineering  pass-outs.  As  on  date,  231321  trade  apprentice  are  undergoing apprenticeship training in various States/UTs. Long term vocational training is imparted through Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs). There are a total 13,105 ITIs (Government - 2293 and private - 10812) across India  with  18.7  lakh  seats  in  126  trades.  There  is  no  central  financial  support  for these  long  term  courses.  The  survey  of  these  institutions  is  done  at  the  time  of affiliation through the Quality Council of India. The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) is implementing World Bank assisted Vocational Training Improvement Project (VTIP) for  up  gradation  of  400  Government  ITIs.  The  MSDE  also  envisaged  World  Bank assistance for its projects namely 'Skills Training for Industrial Value Enhancement (STRIVE)'  to  improve  the  performance  of  ITIs  and  access  to  and  relevance  of apprenticeship training and 'Skill India Mission Operation (SIMO)' to implement the objectives  of  National  Skill  Development  Mission  (NSDM).  Both  these  projects provide  funds  to  States  including  Uttar  Pradesh  for  strengthening  the  training infrastructure in the States. Under  PMKVY,  trainings  have  been  imparted  to  15,022  candidates  for Cultivation)  and  Organic 17  onwards  provides  for  25%  funds  directly  to  States  for  meeting  the  unique  skill

Floriculture (Open  Cultivation), floriculture (Protected Farming job roles of which 4076 are from Himalayan States. The PMKVY for 2016requirements of the States.

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