(a) whether the Government has taken any step to ensure and promote skill development in rural areas of the country;
(b) whether the Government ensures job after the course of skill development is finished; and
(c) the details of candidates who have been benefited from the schemes in the rural areas, State-wise?
(a) to (c) Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (2016 - 2020) is the flagship outcome-based Skill Training Scheme of the Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (MSDE) which aims to train 10 million youths by 2020 pan India both in Rural and Urban areas. MSDE does not maintain any segregated data for rural and urban areas. There are three training routes under the scheme: Short term Training for fresh skilling of school / college drop outs and unemployed youth, Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) to recognize the existing skills and Special Projects to address skilling requirements of groups which are under represented or require special initiatives and efforts. RPL only provides orientation to the already skilled workforce, and does not mandate placements.
Under PMKVY 2016-2020, Training Centres make all efforts to facilitate placements of certified candidates through multiple initiatives like Rojgar Melas and collaboration with industries and Sector Skill Council. Also, candidates can avail benefit of placement through ‘Yuva Sampark’ portal which brings both candidate and potential employer on IT platform to find potential match between two (employer and candidate).
The details of candidates who have been benefited under PMKVY as on 17th Jan 2020, data reported in Systematic Data Management System reports is at
Directorate General of Training (DGT) under MSDE is entrusted with the responsibility of long term vocational training in the Country. One of the flagship schemes is ‘Craftsmen Training Scheme’ being implemented through network of 15,042 Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) (Govt. 2738 + Private 12,304 ITIs) located all over the country with an objective to provide skilled work force to the industry in 138 trades with duration of 6 months , 1 year and 2 year . Initiatives for improving quality of ITIs include, formulation of new affiliation norms, grading to evaluate their performance, ISO 29990 certification to raise the overall quality and standards, regular inspection of ITIs, regular up-gradation of training content of ITI curriculum as per industrial requirement etc. The details of the candidates who have been benefited under Craftsmen Training Scheme are at Annexure-II.
Ministry of Rural Development is implementing Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY), a placement linked skill development program for rural poor youth under National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM) all over the country. Every candidate undergoing training under DDU-GKY is given mandatory basic training in Information Technology for 80 Hours. During the year 2019-20 (upto 31st October, 2019) 1,27,918 candidates have been provided training.
Annexure-I
Annexure as referred to in reply of Part (a) & (c) of Lok Sabha Question No. 62 dated 03.02.2020 regarding ‘SKILL DEVELOPMENT IN RURAL AREAS’
PMKVY 2016-20 State/UT wise Progress as per SDMS Reports till 17-Jan-2020
STT SPL RPL
State / UT Trained Reported Placed Trained Reported Placed Oriented
Andaman and Nicobar Island 480 124 0 0 46
Andhra Pradesh 1,05,449 58,220 2,781 746 50,194
Arunachal Pradesh 5,284 1,852 1,276 8 3,999
Assam 74,329 26,166 3,607 68 1,02,116
Bihar 1,93,233 80,353 5,322 562 1,09,132
Chandigarh 6,210 2,224 934 342 4,913
Chhattisgarh 65,259 19,424 696 0 18,051
Dadra and Nagar Haveli 1,110 661 0 0 1,382
Daman and Diu 1,485 925 0 0 1,453
Delhi 1,24,752 52,839 17,706 6,475 1,32,518
Goa 1,277 660 145 32 3,950
Gujarat 74,642 31,515 9,303 3,343 1,22,495
Haryana 2,46,603 1,28,093 11,670 2,215 1,46,304
Himachal Pradesh 39,207 15,221 5,367 1,770 27,078
Jammu and Kashmir 86,371 39,823 3,130 641 50,459
Jharkhand 51,550 19,575 1,543 682 64,551
Karnataka 94,691 38,763 10,297 6,709 2,04,010
Kerala 45,000 15,480 432 142 1,11,093
Madhya Pradesh 3,14,093 1,44,279 14,119 4,889 1,42,043
Maharashtra 1,23,313 46,994 25,418 870 5,63,652
Manipur 8,050 2,435 542 0 11,976
Meghalaya 9,279 3,549 30 24 9,769
Mizoram 3,940 811 829 130 750
Nagaland 4,469 1,351 472 2 334
Odisha 1,10,915 48,487 4,535 391 1,91,944
Puducherry 5,249 2,983 29 13 3,774
Punjab 1,64,707 77,141 5,446 1,477 52,970
Rajasthan 2,86,837 1,32,386 2,641 758 3,29,324
Sikkim 3,091 776 21 0 1,450
Tamil Nadu 1,64,610 90,585 13,811 8,354 1,96,981
Telangana 1,28,834 70,692 3,102 1,912 79,894
Tripura 12,465 5,425 1,644 280 14,948
Uttar Pradesh 5,41,605 2,32,831 12,083 4,455 4,32,377
Uttarakhand 60,176 26,551 968 125 33,673
West Bengal 1,70,763 80,822 2,717 382 1,00,418
Total 33,29,328 15,00,016 1,62,616 47,797 33,20,021
RPL Orients Candidates hence doesn’t mandate placement
Annexure-II
Annexure as referred to in reply of Part (a) & (c) of Lok Sabha Question No. 62 dated 03.02.2020 regarding ‘SKILL DEVELOPMENT IN RURAL AREAS’
Table State Name Total trainees trained Trainees being trained in 2018-19 in the trades of 1 & 2 years
2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18
Andaman & Nicobar Islands 109 123 247 254 568
Andhra Pradesh 42924 98101 57686 48279 99658
Arunachal Pradesh 384 306 425 413 915
Assam 1808 3295 2847 2413 4256
Bihar 51460 61209 66460 80702 200186
Chandigarh 497 634 871 893 1218
Chhattisgarh 8862 10383 13991 13727 28533
Dadra & Nagar Haveli 98 216 108 77 214
Daman & Diu 0 595 176 149 349
Delhi 5196 5715 7128 7090 16192
Goa 1350 2085 1562 1781 2879
Gujarat 38174 241655 51703 51540 124394
Haryana 13841 32411 34655 38502 89774
Himachal Pradesh 12164 17539 17174 16118 31991
Jammu and Kashmir 106 2461 2538 2221 3483
Jharkhand 29506 46360 26710 27467 56817
Karnataka 30675 85865 70781 59095 143845
Kerala 23201 31406 29774 26222 55083
Lakshadweep 98 94 90 72 87
Madhya Pradesh 17404 20917 41136 54754 123076
Maharashtra 69953 93346 105806 101247 186679
Manipur 43 51 63 59 174
Meghalaya 433 556 583 387 805
Mizoram 174 385 544 333 588
Nagaland 0 87 150 90 190
Odisha 45779 40163 48480 38830 94416
Puducherry 714 634 903 648 1789
Punjab 25677 31207 42146 34699 53701
Rajasthan 52377 52522 126957 113915 228027
Sikkim 192 648 274 206 475
Tamil Nadu 26985 74981 39840 34229 66371
Telangana 21173 21276 34851 31825 59585
Tripura 818 858 1352 1050 3282
Uttar Pradesh 106482 85380 154853 165192 562799
Uttarakhand 5083 4696 8464 9270 19844
West Bengal 10670 9772 12745 20481 50174
Grand Total 644410 1077932 1004073 984230 2312417