Lok Sabha Question No. 3171 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-16
Subject: Vocational Training
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: ASADUDDIN OWAISI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3171 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16.03.2016

## VOCATIONAL TRAINING

## 3171. SHRI ASADUDDIN OWAISI:

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

- (a) whether as per the NSSO survey, 90 percent of people do not receive formal or non-formal vocational training in India;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor;
- (c) whether even after establishing National Skill Development Corporation, there was no increase in skilled manpower in the country; and
- (d) if  so,  the  details thereof and the targets fixed by the Government to provide skill  training  to  workers  during  coming  years  and  steps  taken  or  being  taken  to increase the percentage of vocational training?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) & (b) It is observed that in 68 th round of National Sample Survey Organization  (NSSO)  the  proportion  of  workforce  who  have  formal  Vocational Education Training (VET) is 3.61% (after excluding the higher education without VET category). In 2 years time, the percentage growth of VET trained manpower in the workforce  is  1.19%.  Assuming  a  linear  growth,  it  is  expected  that  in  2015,  the percentage of labor force that have formal VET training is 5.4%.
- (c) National  Skill  Development  Corporation  (NSDC)  under  Ministry  of  Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) is a Public Private  Partnership  (PPP) entity to promote private training providers across the country. NSDC has over 250 Training Partners with over 4,000 Training Centres across the country which run the training  programme  in  various  sectors  like  Agriculture,  Automobile,  Building  and Construction, Capital Goods, Gems and Jewellery, etc. So far, 36.54 lakh persons have been trained by NSDC through its training providers.
- (d) As  per  National  Policy  on  Skill  Development  and  Entrepreneurship  2015, 402.9 million candidates are to be trained by the end of 2022. Of these candidates, 104.6  million  fresh  candidates  in  the  labor  market  are  to  be  trained.  Rest  298.3 million  candidates  are  to  be  trained  in  RPL,  upskilling,  reskilling  and  skilling  the existing workforce categories. There are over 40 skill development schemes across various sectors implemented by over 18 Central Ministries/Departments to promote skilling  of  all  people  including  youth,  in  the  Country.  Further,  Government  has launched Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) on 15 th July, 2015 which has the target to benefit 24 lakh persons across the Country with training of 14 lakh fresh entrants and certification of 10 lakh persons under Recognition Prior Learning (RPL) within one year. As on 14.03.2016, 18.40 lakh candidates have been enrolled for vocational training under different sectors across the country under PMKVY.

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