Lok Sabha Question No. 250 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-07-22
Subject: National Skill Development Agency
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: CHANDRAKANT RAGHUNATH PATIL

**GOVERNMENT OF- INDIA**

**MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP**

**LOK SABHA**

**UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 250**

**TO BE ANSWERED ON 22.07.2015**

**250 : 	SHRI C.R. PATIL**

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

1. the  details of programmes and activities undertaken so far by the  National Skill Development Agency (NSDA);

1. the targets set and achievements made in skill development since its inception, year wise;

1. the details of the shortfall in achievements, if any, along with the reasons therefore; and

1. the measures being undertaken to achieve the targets?

**ANSWER**

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

**(SHRI RAJIV PRATAP RUDY)**

(a) to (d)	Activities/initiatives undertaken by the National Skill Development Agency (NSDA) since its inception include Implementation of National Skill Qualifications Framework (NSQF), Sensitization and Awareness on NSQF, Creation of Qualification Register, Setting up of Equivalence with International Frameworks, Development of National Quality Assurance & Monitoring, Capacity Building of State Skill Development Missions, Development of Labour Market Information Systems and Accreditation of Training Providers in skill development etc. The targets and achievements for the year 2011 to 2015 are as follows.

| Year                                  |   Annual targets for training of persons under various skill development programmes (in lakhs) |   Number of persons trained |   Achievements in percentage |
|---------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
| 2011-2012                             |                                                                                          46.53 |                       45.68 |                         98.2 |
| 2012-2013                             |                                                                                          72.51 |                       51.88 |                           72 |
| 2013-2014                             |                                                                                          73.43 |                       76.37 |                         104. |
| 2014-2015                             |                                                                                         105.08 |                       76.12 |                        72.43 |
| 2015-2016 (till the end of May, 2015) |                                                                                         131.34 |                        4.60 |                         3.50 |

The Government has recently approved Common Norms for various Skill Development Schemes which envisages creation of Common Norms Committee to bring about uniformity and standardization among the skill development schemes of the Central Government and to help facilitate achievements of the targets.

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