Lok Sabha Question No. 2874 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-05-11
Subject: Skill Development for Poor in Backward Districts
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: P. KUMAR, PARVESH SAHIB SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED   QUESTION   No. 2874 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.05.2016

## SKILL DEVELOPMENT FOR POOR IN BACKWARD DISTRICTS QUESTION

## 2874.  SHRI P. KUMAR:

## SINGH:

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

- (a) whether  skill  development  scheme  is  not  being  extended  to  the  poor  in  the backward districts of the country.;
- (b)  if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefore alongwith the steps taken by the Government in this regard;
- (c)  the main schemes regarding start-up and stand-up in the country and facilities given to poor youth under these  schemes, State/UT -wise  ; and
- (d)  the details of youth got training/benefited under these schemes during each of the last  three  years  and  the  current  year,  State-wise,  scheme-wise  particularly  in  rural areas?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  &  (b)        There  are  over  18  Central  Ministries/Departments  including  Ministry  of  Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) involved in the implementation of more than 40 schemes for various skill development programmes including to the poor in the backward districts  of  the  country.  Further,  Government  launched  Pradhan  Mantri  Kaushal  Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) on 15th July, 2015 which is a reward based, demand driven scheme. The scheme aims to enable and mobilize a large number of Indian youth including the poor ones in  the  backward  districts  to  take  up  skill  training,  become  employable  and  earn  their livelihood.

The scheme namely Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) could not run successfully  in  Left  Wing  Extremists  (LWE)  districts  due  to  operational  difficulties.  To incentivize the training partners, the Ministry will follow Common Norms as per the Gazette Notification No. H-22011/2/2014-SDE-1 dt. 15.07.2015. In these Norms, a special incentive has been designed where over and above the Base Cost, an additional amount equal to 10% of the Base Cost should be permitted for Skill Development programmes conducted in districts affected by Left Wing Extremism (LWE) as identified by the M/o Home Affairs for the Integrated Action Plan.

(c)  to  (d)        Hon'ble  Prime  Minister  has  launched  the  Start-up  India  movement  on  16th January, 2016 in which a fund worth Rs.10,000 crore would be created for funding of Startups.  Besides, Start- ups would be exempted from paying income tax on their profit for the first three years. Further, there will also be eighty percent exemption in patent fee for Startups business along with a self-certification based compliance system.

Apart from it, the Government has launched a new scheme called 'Stand-up India' which was announced by Hon'ble Prime Minister on 5th April, 2016. The objective of the Stand-up  India  scheme  is  to  facilitate  bank  loans  from  Scheduled  Commercial  Banks (SCBs) between Rs 10 lakh to 1 crore. Every branch of Nationalised Bank have to provide loan  at  least  to  one  woman  and  one  SC/ST  candidates  under  the  scheme.  Since  the Schemes came into force recently, no statistics regarding the schemes is available.

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## SHRI PARVESH SAHIB