Lok Sabha Question No. 2061 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-09
Subject: MoU with SAIL
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: SUBHASH RAMRAO BHAMRE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2061 TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.03.2016

## MOU WITH SAIL

## 2061. DR. SUBHASH BHAMRE:

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

- (a) whether Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) and National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) have signed an MoU for skill development in steel sector; and
- (b) if so, the details of salient features of this MoU?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) & (b) National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) has signed a Memorandum  of  Understanding  with  Steel  Authority  of  India  Limited  (SAIL)  for collaboration to support skill development initiatives on 13 th July, 2015. This MoU is valid  for  1  year.The  basic  purpose  of  collaboration  between  SAIL  and  NSDC  to support the skill development Initiatives is as follows:
- (i)   Skilling of on-roll employees of SAIL,
- (ii)   Skilling of off-roll manpower of SAIL,
- (iii)   Skilling of local youth for future employability and income generation.

The scope includes the following specific areas to support the skill development initiatives  in  the  country,  specially  focusing  on  Iron  &  Steel  Industry. The details of activities envisaged in MoU are given at Annexure.

## ANNEXURE

## Details of activities envisaged in MoU signed between NSDC and SAIL .

1. Establishing  Skill  Development  Centers  (SDCs)  in  the  vicinity  of  Four  Steel Plant locations viz. Bhilai Steel Plant, Bokaro Steel Plant, Rourkela Steel Plant and Durgapur  Steel  Plant  to  be  operated  on  self-sustaining  basis  by  NSDC  training partners.  Buildings  in  each  of  the  locations  with  connected  land  will  be  given  to training  partners  as  mutually  decided/approved  by  NSDC  and  SAIL  on  long-term lease to operate these Skill Development Centers.
2. Establishing a Centre of Excellence (CoE) for skill development specifically for Iron  &  Steel  Industry  in  the  vicinity  of  IISCO  Steel  Plant,  Burnpur.  This  CoE  is envisaged to be a standalone autonomous body within the framework of State/Center Policy.
3. Establishing a system of Certifying and Recognizing Prior Learning (RPL) for contractual/  outsourced  manpower  working  in  SAIL  Plants/Units  with  support  of Sector Skill Council (SSC)-Iron & Steel.
4. Upgrading the training infrastructure in the technical training Institutes of SAIL Plants and aligning the training courses organized by these training institutes with Quality Packs (QPs) and National Occupational Standard (NOS) for steel industry as developed by SSC-Iron & Steel.
5. Imparting training and building capability of local youths around the vicinity of SAIL Plants/Units to earn their livelihood through agriculture, handicrafts, cooperatives, entrepreneurships, small scale industry and other endeavours.

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