Lok Sabha Question No. 2769 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-05-11
Subject: Skill Development Centres
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: P.K.SREEMATHI TEACHER, KRISHNAN NARAYANASAMY RAMACHANDRAN, NISHIKANT  DUBEY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2769 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.05.2016

## SKILL DEVELOPMENT CENTRES

## 2769.  SHRIMATI P.K. SREEMATHI TEACHER:      SHRI K.N. RAMACHANDRAN: SHRI NISHIKANT DUBEY:

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

- (a) whether  the skill  development  centres  are  proposed  to  be  run by the Government itself or on Public Private Partnership (PPP) basis;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the  details  of  the  modalities  chalked  out  for  running  these  centres  on  PPP mode;
- (d) the  number  of  youth  trained  by  these  centres  and  funds  allocated  for  the purpose during each of the last three years, Statewise; and
- (e) the  details  of  steps  taken  by  the  Government  for  promoting  skill  and entrepreneurship  development  in  various  States  including  Jharkhand  and  funds earmarked for the same, State-wise?

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

(a) to (e) It  has  been  endeavour  of  the  Government  to encourage  participation by  private  sector  in  skill  development.  National  Skill  Development  Corporation (NSDC) under Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) provides financial  assistance  to  Training  Partners.  Loan  is  one  of  the  mode  of  such assistance. NSDC has disbursed soft loan to 157 training partners during last three years as under:-

| Number of Training Partners   | Purpose    |   2013-14 (Rs. in crore) |   2014-15 (Rs. in crore) |   2015-16 (Rs. in crore) |
|-------------------------------|------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
| 148                           | Training   |                   232.83 |                   125.38 |                   118.86 |
| 9                             | Innovation |                     3.93 |                    10.4  |                     3.71 |
| Total                         |            |                   236.76 |                   135.78 |                   122.57 |

A  state/union  territory  wise  list  of  NSDC's  Operational  Training  Centres  is given at Annexure. In addition, NSDC has been mandated to set up Model Training Centers in each district of States/UTs to run industry driven courses of high quality with  focus  on  employability  all  across  India.  Entities  having  experience  in  skill development and vocational training either as a single entity or as a consortium are eligible  to  participate  under  the  scheme.  An  amount  of  Rs.  75  crore  has  been sanctioned during 2015-16 for setting up of Model Training Centres. NSDC training partners have so far trained 80.33 lakh persons across the country.

The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship has Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) targeting to cover 24 lakh youth with fresh training of  14  lakh  and  certification  of  10  lakh  under  Recognition  of  Prior  Learning  (RPL). Under  the  scheme,  17.58  lakh  persons  have  been  trained  including  25609  in Jharkhand till 25.4.2016. Under the scheme funds are not allocated State wise rather a monetary reward is credited to the bank account of trainees upon their successful assessment and certification.  Under PMKVY, 26,488 no. of youth have been trained in the state of Jharkhand.

List list of NSDC's Operational Training Centres, (state/union territory wise) as on 31 st January, 2016 .

| State                  | Fixed centres   | Mobile centres   |   Grand Total |
|------------------------|-----------------|------------------|---------------|
| Andhra Pradesh         | 63              | 6                |            69 |
| Assam                  | 59              | 1                |            60 |
| Bihar                  | 123             | 5                |           128 |
| Chandigarh             | 6               | 1                |             7 |
| Chhattisgarh           | 599             | 2                |           601 |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli | 1               |                  |             1 |
| Delhi                  | 92              | 22               |           114 |
| Goa                    | 5               |                  |             5 |
| Gujarat                | 126             | 5                |           131 |
| Haryana                | 246             | 9                |           255 |
| Himachal Pradesh       | 213             | 5                |           218 |
| Jammu and Kashmir      | 13              | 5                |            18 |
| Jharkhand              | 39              | 7                |            46 |
| Karnataka              | 222             | 31               |           253 |
| Kerala                 | 141             | 71               |           212 |
| Lakshadweep            |                 | 1                |             1 |
| Madhya Pradesh         | 471             | 8                |           479 |
| Maharashtra            | 312             | 26               |           338 |
| Manipur                | 4               |                  |             4 |
| Meghalaya              | 7               |                  |             7 |
| Mizoram                | 4               |                  |             4 |
| Nagaland               | 11              |                  |            11 |
| Odisha                 | 113             | 94               |           207 |
| Puducherry             | 3               |                  |             3 |
| Punjab                 | 220             | 4                |           224 |
| Rajasthan              | 189             | 21               |           210 |
| Sikkim                 | 19              |                  |            19 |
| Tamil Nadu             | 109             | 28               |           137 |
| Telangana              | 70              | 6                |            76 |
| Tripura                | 9               |                  |             9 |
| Uttar Pradesh          | 288             | 20               |           308 |
| Uttarakhand            | 15              | 3                |            18 |
| West Bengal            | 229             | 13               |           242 |

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