Lok Sabha Question No. 1224 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-05-02
Subject: Skill Development
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: ALOK SANJAR

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1224 TO BE ANSWERED ON 2 ND  MAY, 2016

## SKILL DEVELOPMENT

1224.   SHRI ALOK SANJAR:

Will the Minister of LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  is  implementing  skill  development  schemes/ programmes for propagating vocational education for imparting training to the unemployed youths of the country;
- (b)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  number  of  the  skill  development centres set up in the country and the number of people benefited therefrom during each of the last three years and the current year,State/UT-wise;
- (c)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  set  up  more  such  training  centres especially in rural areas of the country; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise including Madhya Pradesh?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (IC) FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SHRI BANDARU DATTATREYA)

(a): For skilling to provide employment, a new Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) has been established to coordinate the skill activities across Ministries.

Ministry  of  Skill  Development  and  Entrepreneurship  (MSDE)  is  implementing Skill  Development  Initiative  (SDI)  Scheme  to  provide  vocational  training  to people to develop skilled manpower for the country including rural areas since May 2007 to improve their employability.

- (b)to(d):According to Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship(MSDE),  there  are  over  40  skill  development  scheme  being implemented by various Ministries/Departments of Government of India.

According  to  National  Skill  Development  Agency  (NSDA),  Ministry  of  Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, no. of persons skilled across various sectors in the last few years are as follows:

| Year                         |   Persons trained (in lakh) |
|------------------------------|-----------------------------|
| 2012-13                      |                       51.88 |
| 2013-14                      |                       76.37 |
| 2014-15                      |                       76.12 |
| 2015-16 (till October, 2015) |                       28.85 |

The  Ministry  of  Rural  Development  is  undertaking  a  placement  linked  Skill Development  Program  called  Deen  Dayal  Upadhyaya  Grameen  Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) for rural poor youth. DDU-GKY is undertaken as PPP Project through Project Implementing Agencies (PIAs).

As per available information, Khadi and Village Industries Commission(KVIC)/ State/Union  Territory  Khadi  and  Village  Industries  Boards(KVIBs)  have  been imparting skill development training and organizing Entrepreneurship Development Programmes(EDPs) under Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme(PMEGP) to promote entrepreneurship. They also conduct specialized training programmes related to Khadi and Village Industries(KVI), management training and Entrepreneurship Awareness Programmes (EAPs) and EDPs. The duration of the training is flexible and varies from  1  week  to  15  month,  depending  upon  the  trade,  purpose  and  level  of training  such  as  managerial,  supervisory  or  artisan  oriented,  entrepreneur oriented, skill up-gradation etc. Details of State-wise training for the year 201415 is given at Annexure.

For  complementing  skill  initiatives,  Government  has  also  implemented  the National Career Service having a portal (www.ncs.gov.in) for online registration and  posting  of  jobs  for  job-seekers  and  provide  other  employment  related services.

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## Annexure

Referred to in reply to part (b) to (d) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1224 for answer on 02.05.2016

State/UT -wise details of training provided by KVIBs for the year 2014-15.

| Sl.No.   | State/UT          |   No. of persons trained |
|----------|-------------------|--------------------------|
| 1.       | Jammu & Kashmir   |                      111 |
| 2.       | Delhi             |                     2969 |
| 3.       | Rajasthan         |                     1806 |
| 4.       | Uttarakhand       |                     4699 |
| 5.       | Uttar Pradesh     |                    11264 |
| 6.       | Madhya Pradesh    |                     1840 |
| 7.       | Arunachal Pradesh |                     1224 |
| 8.       | Nagaland          |                     2625 |
| 9.       | Mizoram           |                     2733 |
| 10.      | Meghalaya         |                      165 |
| 11.      | Assam             |                     2830 |
| 12.      | Bihar             |                     1048 |
| 13.      | West Bengal       |                     3034 |
| 14.      | Odisha            |                     3182 |
| 15.      | Maharashtra       |                    28321 |
| 16.      | Telangana         |                     4824 |
| 17.      | Karnataka         |                     7950 |
| 18.      | Kerala            |                    10503 |
| 19.      | Tamil Nadu        |                     6485 |
|          | GRAND TOTAL       |                    97613 |