Lok Sabha Question No. 2856 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-03
Subject: National Skill Development Corporation Programme
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: BHOLA SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2856 TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.08.2016

## NATIONAL SKILL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION PROGRAMME

## 2856. DR. BHOLA SINGH:

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

- (a) whether the Government has met the target of providing vocational training to eligible  candidates  under  the  National  Skill  Development  Corporation  (NSDC) programme;
- (b) if  so,  the  number  of  candidates  benefited under the said  programme during each of the last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise;
- (c) the year-wise and State/UT-wise number of candidates who have passed out and have been employed based on NSDC's vocational training in the country during the said period;
- (d) whether  Government  has  tied  up  with  various  industrial  associations  like FICCI,  CII  to  run  such  vocational  training  programmes  under  their  mandatory Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) contributions; and
- (e) 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 (c) National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) under Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship aims to create skilling capacity in the country by encouraging private sector initiatives in skilling by providing patient funding through a combination  of  debt,  equity  and  grants  to  private  sector  to  build  capacity.   NSDC meets the training targets through its training partners running training programmes across  the  country.  Training  targets  and  achievement  along  with  the  placement (year-wise) are as under :

| Financial Year   | Training Target in fee based model   | No. of candidates trained   | No. of candidates placed   |
|------------------|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
| 2013-14          | 4,00,000                             | 1,005,074                   | 342,006                    |
| 2014-15          | 1,000,000                            | 1,233,346                   | 673,033                    |
| 2015-16          | 2,622,665                            | 1,355,473                   | 635,156                    |
| Q1-2016- 17      | 1,68,586                             | 184,239                     | 82,997                     |
| Total            | 4,191,251                            | 3,778,132                   | 1,733,192                  |

NSDC is also implementing agency of Government schemes namely Pradhan Mantri  Kaushal  Vikas  Yojana  (PMKVY)  and  UDAAN.  As  on  15 th July,  2016,  17.93 lakh persons have been trained under PMKVY and as on 31 st March 2016, around 11,117 persons have been trained under UDAAN.

(d) & (e) National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) under Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) has signed Memorandam of Understanding (MoU) with several PSUs and Corporates to promote skill development  initiatives  under  Corporate  Social  Responsibility  (CSR).  Most  of  the MoUs are tripartite agreement between, National Skill Development Fund (NSDF), NSDC  and  the  Companies.  Details  of  MoUs  signed  and  funds  received  are  at Annexure-I.

Details of the MoUs signed and funds received is as follows:

| S. No.   | Companies   | MoU date   |   Total Funds Committed (in Rs.) | Project Duration in Years   |   Funds received by NSDF (2015-16) |
|----------|-------------|------------|----------------------------------|-----------------------------|------------------------------------|
| 1        | PowerGrid   | 14.01.2015 |                         65296875 | 1                           |                           22008619 |
| 2        | NTPC-I      | 08.05.2015 |                         65008125 | 2                           |                           13000000 |
| 3        | NTPC-II     | 26.06.2015 |                        300000000 | 5                           |                           60000000 |
| 4        | CAMS        | 07.09.2015 |                          2830000 | 1                           |                                  0 |
| 5        | CIFCL       | 31.03.2015 |                          5000000 | 0.5                         |                                  0 |
| 6        | HCL         | 14.09.2015 |                          4818000 | 1                           |                                  0 |
| 7        | MECL        | 01.10.2015 |                          2670000 | 2                           |                            1068000 |
| 8        | RECL        | 22.08.2015 |                        100000000 | 2                           |                           19400000 |
| 9        | NMDC        | 29.02.2016 |                         12000000 | 3                           |                            2400000 |
| 10       | CIL         | 03.05.2015 |                        150000000 | 2                           |                                  0 |
| 11       | NALCO       | 19.11.2015 |                         13000000 | 2                           |                                  0 |
|          | Total       |            |                        720623000 |                             |                          117876619 |

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Annexure-I