Lok Sabha Question No. 1682 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-07-27
Subject: Budgetary Allocation for SD
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: DEVENDRA (ALIAS) BHOLE SINGH SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1682 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.07.2016

## BUDGETARY ALLOCATION FOR SD

## 1682:  SHRI DEVENDRA SINGH BHOLE

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

- (a) The  reasons  for  non  -  utilisation  of  allocations/employment  opportunities/other allocations made under different skill development scheme;
- (b) Whether the budgetary allocations under various skill development schemes have been inadequate/declining steadily during the past several years; and
- (c) If so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor along with the steps taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) The  mandate  of  the  Ministry  of  Skill  Development  and  Entrepreneurship  is  to improve the employability of the labour force by skilling on a large scale with speed and high  standards,  to  meet  the  overarching  vision  of  'Skill  India'.  Pradhan  Mantri  Kaushal Vikas Yojna, launched on 15th July 2015, is the major flagship programme of the Ministry. It aims to mobilize a large number of Indian youth to take up outcome based skill training and earn their livelihood. The scheme, with an outlay of Rs. 1500 Crore during 2015-16, envisaged that payment to individual candidates would be released only after successful completion of skill training and certification, subject to Aadhar validation through their bank account. The process of opening bank accounts and Aadhar validation for all the trainees being a long drawn process, could not be completed within the financial year, resulting in non - utilization of allocation during 2015-16.
- (b) & (c) For effective outcome based monitoring of implementation of the programmes and  schemes  and  to  ensure  optimum  utilisation  of  resources,  budgetary  allocations  by Ministry  of  Finance  have  been  based  on  an  exercise  to  rationalise  Plan  and  Non  Plan schemes  of  all  Ministries  and  Departments.  As  against  a  budgetary  allocation  of  Rs. 1983.82  crore  in  2015-16,  the  Ministry  of  Skill  Development  and  Entrepreneurship  was allocated Rs. 1804.28 crore in 2016-17. For generation of additional funds for skilling, the Ministry  of  Skill  Development  &  Entrepreneurship  has  reached  out  to  PSUs/  Companies under various Ministries for CSR Funds for Skill Development and signed several tripartite Memorandum of Understandings for skill training projects to be implemented by National Skill  Development  Corporation  and  funded  by  PSUs.  In  addition,  strategic  partnerships have been undertaken between Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship and other Ministries/Departments in the Central Government, to collaborate on scaling up skill training activities in specific sectors and leveraging existing infrastructure.

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