Lok Sabha Question No. 520 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-04-27
Subject: MoUs for Skill Development
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: P. KUMAR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 520 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.04.2016

## MoUs FOR SKILL DEVELOPMENT

## 520. SHRI P. KUMAR:

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

- (a)  whether  any  Memorandum  of  Understanding  (MoU)  for  skill  development  has been signed by his Ministry with other Ministries/ Departments/PSUs/State Governments/ Universities/Educational Institutes/ Vocational units;
- (b)  if  so,  the  details  in  this  regard,  MoU-wise,  Ministry-wise  and  Department-wise; and
- (c) the details and the salient features of various such MoUs?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (c) The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship has signed Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) with a number of Central Ministries/Departments for collaborating in skill development and leveraging existing Government infrastructure for skill training. The details of MoUs signed with Central Ministries/Departments  are  given  at  Annexure-I.  In  addition  the  Ministry  of  Skill Development  &  Entrepreneurship  has  reached  out  to  PSUs  and  signed  tripartite Memorandum of Understandings with PSUs including Powergrid, National Thermal Power  Corporation,  Coal  India  Ltd.  Rural  Electrification  Corporation  Ltd.  for  skill training  projects  to  be  implemented  by  National  Skill  Development  Corporation (NSDC) and funded by PSUs. The National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) under  Ministry  of  Skill  Development  and  Entrepreneurship  has  also  signed  MoUs with 31 universities and 16 state governments for vocational programme.

## Annexure-I

## Central Ministries/Departments signing MoUs with Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship for Skill Development.

- 1)    Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities
- 2)    Ministry of Defence
- 3)    Ministry of Railways
- 4)    Ministry of Health & Family Welfare
- 5)    Dept of Fertilisers
- 6)    Dept of Chemicals and Petro-Chemicals
- 7)    Dept of Pharmaceuticals
- 8)    Ministry of Steel
- 9)    Ministry of Mines
- 10) Ministry of Power
- 11)  Coal India (Ministry of Coal)
- 12) National Thermal Power Corporation, Power Grid (Ministry of Power)

## Overall Key Elements of MoUs

-  Leverage existing government infrastructure to deliver skill training programmes
-  Mobilize CSR funds of Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) to support skilling
-  Upgrade equipment of Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) and NSDC/SSC affiliated training providers
-  Promote and scale up apprenticeship training in PSUs in coordination with Directorate General of Training (DGT)
-  Incentivize hiring of National Skill Qualification Framework (NSQF) certified personnel
-  Promote adoption of ITIs by PSUs, including provision of technical and resource support
-  Introduce vocational courses in schools run by Ministries/PSUs
-  Establish 'Centres of Excellence' for high quality skill training
-  Align training programmes to NSQF and mobilize workforce for Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL)

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