Lok Sabha Question No. 4129 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-10
Subject: New Courses in Skill Development
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: RAMESH POKHRIYAL NISHANK, VIJAY KUMAR HANSDAK, BHARAT SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4129 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.08.2016

## NEW COURSES IN SKILL DEVELOPMENT QUESTION

4129.  DR. RAMESH POKHRIYAL 'NISHANK': SHRI BHARAT SINGH :

SHRI VIJAY KUMAR HANSDAK:

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

- (a) whether the Government has introduced/proposes to introduce new courses in skill development programmes according to the need of Himalayan/rural/backward States and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) if not, the reasons therefor;
- (c) whether courses relating to organic farming, floriculture, herbs production, ecotourism, forest related industry, fruits processing, horticulture etc. have been introduced; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and the number of persons benefitted from it during each of the last three years and the current year, State-wise?

## ANSWER

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

## (SHRI RAJIV PRATAP RUDY)

(a) to (d) Pradhan  Mantri  Kaushal  Vikas  Yojana  (PMKVY)  2015-16  had  a  target  to cover  24  lakh  youth  in  the  country.  The  scheme  was  implemented  by  National  Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) with the objective to enable a large number of Indian youth  to  take  up  industry-relevant  skill  training  that  will  help  them  in  securing  a  better livelihood.  Individuals  with  prior  learning  experience  or  skills  were  also  assessed  and certified under Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) category.

Government through National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) has constituted  40  Sector  Skill  Councils  (SSCs)  including  Agriculture  Sector  Skill  Council, Tourism  and  Hospitality  Services  Sector  Skill  Council  etc,  which  covers  all  the  priority sectors  identified  by  Government,  major  unorganized  segments  and  sectors  with  large workforce.  All  the  SSCs  can  facilitate  the  process  to  conduct  upskilling  through  training partners for all the relevant job roles where there is a demand from the industry. Courses relating to job roles such as Organic grower, Floriculturist etc. have been introduced.  The details  of  job  roles,  total  number  of  candidates  enrolled,  total  trainings  completed,  total results  uploaded  and  total  certified  by  the  Agriculture  Sector  Skill  Council,  are  at Annexure-I .

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As on 15 July  2016,  a  total  of  17.94  lakh  candidates  have been enrolled,  17.93 lakh  have  been  trained  and  11.8  lakh  have  been  certified  under  the  PMKVY  scheme ( Annexure-II ).

## Number  of  candidates  enrolled,  trained  and  certified  in  different  job  role  under Agriculture Sector Skill Council:

| Agriculture Sector Skill Council's Job Role    |   Total Enrolled |   Total Trainings Completed |   Total Results Uploaded |   Total Certified |
|------------------------------------------------|------------------|-----------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------|
| Agriculture Extension Service Provider         |              978 |                         978 |                      978 |               660 |
| Animal Health Worker                           |            11578 |                       11578 |                    11548 |              7796 |
| Artificial Insemination Technician             |              199 |                         199 |                      199 |               116 |
| Bamboo Grower                                  |              611 |                         611 |                      491 |                69 |
| Banana Farmer Level 4                          |             1935 |                        1935 |                     1935 |              1229 |
| Bee Keeper                                     |             2103 |                        2103 |                     2103 |              1488 |
| Broiler Farm Worker                            |             6556 |                        6556 |                     6556 |              3982 |
| Bulb Crop Cultivator Level 4                   |               60 |                          60 |                       60 |                52 |
| Chillies Cultivator                            |              373 |                         373 |                      373 |               124 |
| Coffee Plantation Worker                       |              120 |                         120 |                      120 |                90 |
| Community Service Provider                     |             2846 |                        2846 |                     2825 |              1671 |
| Dairy Farmer/ Entrepreneur Level 4             |            21502 |                       21502 |                    21369 |             14201 |
| Dairy Worker Level 2                           |               87 |                          87 |                       60 |                44 |
| Floriculturist (Open Cultivation)              |             5790 |                        5760 |                     5670 |              3895 |
| Floriculturist (Protected Cultivation) Level 4 |             3095 |                        3095 |                     2993 |              2007 |
| Gardener Level 4                               |            18898 |                       18898 |                    18781 |             12244 |
| Green House Fitter                             |              906 |                         906 |                      906 |               516 |
| Hatchery Production Worker - Fishery           |              150 |                         150 |                      150 |                 0 |
| Mango Grower                                   |             1980 |                        1980 |                     1950 |               984 |
| Marine Capture Fisherman                       |              872 |                         872 |                      872 |               509 |
| Micro Irrigation Technician                    |            11380 |                       11350 |                    11260 |              6889 |
| Organic grower Level 4                         |             6137 |                        6137 |                     6082 |              2541 |
| Paddy Farmer Level 4                           |              383 |                         383 |                      383 |               256 |
| Quality Seed Grower                            |             5359 |                        5359 |                     5359 |              2757 |
| Sericulturist                                  |              210 |                         210 |                      210 |                 0 |
| Solanaceous Crop Cultivator Level 4            |              446 |                         446 |                      446 |               281 |
| Solar Pump Technician                          |             4792 |                        4792 |                     4732 |              3383 |
| Soyabean Cultivator Level 4                    |              968 |                         968 |                      968 |               710 |
| Sugarcane Cultivator Level 4                   |              904 |                         904 |                      900 |               616 |
| Supply Chain Field Assisstant                  |              121 |                         121 |                      121 |               103 |
| Tea Plantation Worker Level 2                  |             5359 |                        5359 |                     5359 |              2473 |
| Tractor operator                               |            20065 |                       20065 |                    19711 |             11642 |
| Tuber Crop Cultivator                          |              150 |                         150 |                      150 |               126 |
| Warehouse Worker                               |              750 |                         750 |                      750 |               330 |
| TOTAL                                          |           137663 |                      137603 |                   136370 |             83784 |

## Number of candidates enrolled, trained, passed and placed under different Sector Skill Councils:

| Sector Skill Council                                  |   No. of Candidates Enrolled |   No. of Candidates Trained |   No. of Candidates Passed |   No. of Candidates Certified |
|-------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------|-----------------------------|----------------------------|-------------------------------|
| Textiles & Handloom Sector Skill Council              |                        29212 |                       29212 |                      24040 |                         19378 |
| Logistics Sector Skill Council                        |                       233132 |                      233072 |                     194228 |                        175056 |
| Leather Sector Skill Council                          |                        60359 |                       60359 |                      48935 |                         47335 |
| Agriculture Sector Skill Council of India             |                       137663 |                      137603 |                      96172 |                         81223 |
| Security Sector Skill Development Council             |                        65843 |                       65753 |                      58171 |                         53655 |
| Retailers Association's Skill Council of India        |                       174697 |                      174528 |                     137621 |                        125417 |
| Beauty and Wellness Sector Skill Council              |                       128613 |                      128470 |                     104850 |                         94059 |
| Electronics Sector Skills Council of India            |                       176258 |                      176108 |                     138032 |                        122843 |
| Apparel Sector Skill Council                          |                        79245 |                       79245 |                      62775 |                         52580 |
| Automotive Skills Development Council                 |                       110626 |                      110626 |                      80283 |                         68306 |
| Rubber Skill Development Council                      |                        23156 |                       23156 |                      14541 |                         12548 |
| Construction Skill Development Council of India       |                        64820 |                       64820 |                      31862 |                         26822 |
| Tourism and Hospitality Services Sector Skill Council |                        66238 |                       66238 |                      46634 |                         41338 |
| Iron And Steel Sector Skill Council                   |                        28325 |                       28325 |                      23682 |                         21255 |
| Telecom Sector Skill Council                          |                        53788 |                       53723 |                      34016 |                         28567 |
| Furniture and Fittings Sector Skill Council           |                        18619 |                       18619 |                      15864 |                         14682 |
| Gems & Jewellery Skill Council of India               |                        70205 |                       70205 |                      56255 |                         51569 |
| Healthcare Sector Skill Council                       |                        60450 |                       60425 |                      37580 |                         32592 |
| Capital Goods Skill Council of India                  |                        14889 |                       14889 |                       9998 |                          7182 |
| IT-ITeS Sector Skills Council NASSCOM                 |                        40650 |                       40627 |                      14537 |                         10742 |
| Media & Entertainment Skills Council                  |                        13298 |                       13272 |                       8769 |                          7263 |
| Food Processing Sector Skill Council                  |                        27692 |                       27692 |                      22183 |                         20453 |
| Indian Plumbing Skills Council                        |                        20610 |                       20610 |                      16501 |                         14830 |
| Mining Sector Skill Council                           |                        40872 |                       40872 |                      33891 |                         30095 |
| Power Sector Skill Council of India                   |                         5295 |                        5295 |                       4058 |                          3169 |
| Life Sciences Sector Skill Council                    |                        17238 |                       17238 |                       9985 |                          8629 |
| BFSI Sector Skill Council of India                    |                        26303 |                       26303 |                      13267 |                          9703 |
| Handicrafts and Carpet Sector Skill Council           |                         2410 |                        2410 |                       1917 |                          1374 |
| Disability Sector Skill Council of India              |                         2683 |                        2568 |                          0 |                             0 |
| Green Jobs Sector Skill Council                       |                          383 |                         383 |                         59 |                             0 |
| Infrastructure Sector Skill Council                   |                          724 |                         724 |                        656 |                           590 |
| Sports Sector Skill Council                           |                           20 |                          20 |                         12 |                             0 |
| Grand Total                                           |                      1794316 |                     1793390 |                    1341374 |                       1183255 |

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