Lok Sabha Question No. 2690 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-08-05
Subject: MoU for Skill Development
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: KUNWAR HARIBANSH SINGH, KALIKESH NARAYAN SINGH DEO, SUDHEER GUPTA, M. UDHAYAKUMAR, ASHOK SHANKARRAO CHAVAN, SUNIL BALIRAM GAIKWAD, GAJANAN CHANDRAKANT KIRTIKAR, HEMAMALINI, E. AHAMED

**GOVERNMENT OF INDIA**

**MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP**

**LOK SABHA**

**UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2690**

**TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.08.2015**

**MoU FOR SKILL DEVELOPMENT**

**QUESTION**

**2690. KUNWAR HARIBANSH SINGH:              SHRI KALIKESH N. SINGH DEO: SHRI SUDHEER GUPTA:                                   ADV. M. UDHAYAKUMAR:**

**SHRI ASHOK SHANKARRAO CHAVAN:          DR. SUNIL BALIRAM GAIKWAD:**

**SHRI GAJANAN KIRTIKAR:                              SHRIMATI HEMA MALINI:            SHRI E. AHAMED:**

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

(a)	whether any Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) for skill development has been signed by his Ministry with other Ministries/ Departments/PSUs in the recent past;

(b)	if so, the details in this regard, MoU wise and Ministry-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)**

1. Yes, Madam.

1. & (c)  Details of MoUs signed by Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship with other Ministries/ Departments/PSUs are given at **Annexure** .

**Annexure**

**MoUs signed by Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship with PSUs**

| Funding  Entity   | Number of candidates   | Number of locations   | Number of  states   | Objective                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | Project Cost  (in Cr)   |
|-------------------|------------------------|-----------------------|---------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------|
| POWERGRID         | 5,000                  | 33                    | 24 states           | To provide skill training to 5000 Indian youths and women across 33 locations through NDSC approved training providers, with required trades in each location identified through Baseline Study                                                                                                         | 6.52                    |
| NTPC-I            | 5,000                  | 22                    | 12 states           | To provide skill training to 5000 Indian youths and women across 22 locations  through NDSC approved training providers, with required trades in each location identified through Baseline Study                                                                                                        | 6.50                    |
| NTPC-II           | 25,000                 | -                     | Bihar               | To train 25000 candidates across under-served locations                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 30.00                   |
| Coal India Ltd    | 2,70,000               | To be  decided        | To be  decided      | 1. Recognition of Prior Learning for unskilled and semi-skilled workers- 100000 2. Skill training and certification for contract workers-70000 3. Fresh Skilling for youth and women in the operational areas-70000 4. National Vocational Educational Qualification Framework (NVEQF) in Schools-30000 | To be  decided          |

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