Lok Sabha Question No. 1052 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-02
Subject: Money Spent on Skill Training
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: MEENAKASHI LEKHI, PREM DAS RAI, DUSHYANT CHAUTALA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1052

TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.03.2016

## MONEY SPENT ON SKILL TRAINING QUESTION

## 1052.  SHRIMATI MEENAKASHI LEKHI: SHRI DUSHYANT CHAUTALA:

SHRI PREM DAS RAI:

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

- (a) the details of the money spent by the Government on skill development in the last one year;
- (b) the number of people to whom skill training was imparted, scheme-wise;
- (c) the  amount  paid  to  private  skill  training  organisations  for  the  training  of  each person, scheme-wise;
- (d) the details of the ten largest private skill training organisations that have trained the most number of people; and
- (e) whether  skill  training  has  led  to  increase  employability  and  if  so,  the  details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) to (e) There  are  over  40  skill  development  schemes  implemented  by  over  18 Central Ministries/Departments across various sectors which has the mandate to promote skilling of all the people including youth, in the Country.

Details of people trained under various skill development schemes/programmes of over 18 Central Ministries/Departments for the year 2014-15 to 2015-16 (upto December, 2015) are as under:-

(Figures in lakhs)

| Year      | Number of persons trained   |
|-----------|-----------------------------|
| 2014-2015 | 76.12                       |
| 2015-2016 | 37.44 (upto December, 2015) |

Further,  Government  has  set  up  the  National  Skill  Development  Corporation (NSDC) as a Public Private Partnership entity to promote private training providers to set up Skill Development Centres across the Country. NSDC, an industry led 'Not For Profit Company' acts as a catalyst in a skill development by providing the fund received from National  Skill  Development  Fund  (NSDF)  to  enterprises,  companies  and  organisations that  provide  skill  training.  The  details  of  the  funds  allocated/spent  by  the  National  Skill Development  Corporation  (NSDC)  for  different  activities  related  to  skill  development across the Country for the current financial year 2015-16 are as under:-

|   S. No. | Name of the scheme   | Fund spent (Rs. in crore)   | Person trained (as on 31.01.2016)   |
|----------|----------------------|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|        1 | Skilling             | 143.00 *                    | 7,33,536                            |
|        2 | UDAAN                | 60.00                       | 17,281 (enrolled)                   |
|        3 | STAR                 | 87.00 *                     | 13,98,745                           |
|        4 | PMKVY                | 104.50                      | 8,01,741                            |

*  Fund spent from the previous year's unspent balance.

Details  of  NSDC's top 10 Training Partners on the basis of Training Completed, are as follows:

Note : Data has been extracted from the current financial year (1 st April 2015 to 31 st Jan 2016).

|   S. No. | Partner Name                                                     |   Training Completed (In period 1st April 16 to 31st Jan 16) |
|----------|------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Centum Workskills India limited                                  |                                                        73754 |
|        2 | LabourNet Services India Private Limited                         |                                                        67649 |
|        3 | NIIT Yuva Jyoti Limited                                          |                                                        65238 |
|        4 | AISECT Skill Mission Society                                     |                                                        38504 |
|        5 | Indigram Skill & Knowledge Initiatives Private Limited (I-Skill) |                                                        33754 |
|        6 | Mann Deshi Foundation                                            |                                                        29684 |
|        7 | Sahayog Micromanagement                                          |                                                        29321 |
|        8 | Don Bosco Tech Society                                           |                                                        24903 |
|        9 | TMI group                                                        |                                                        23350 |
|       10 | 24x7 Learning Private Limited                                    |                                                        21414 |

Further, Government through National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) has constituted  and  operationalised  33  Sector  Skill  Councils  (SSCs)  which  are  industry  led bodies intended to align the skilling efforts as per the industry's requirement. The SSCs with  representation  from  industry,  academia  and  State/UT  Government,  prescribe  the National Occupational Standards (NOS) and Qualification Packs (QPs) based on which the training is imparted. As on 31 st January, 2016, these 33 SSCs have developed 4323 unique National Occupational Standards (NOSs) for 1644 Job Roles align to the National Skills Qualification Framework (NSQF), to provide employable skills to youths.

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