(a) whether it is true that the National Skill Development Council’s redeployment ratio has never crossed 50 per cent ;
(b) if so, the reasons therefor;
(c) the number of employees in the last four years who have received the short duration Skill Development Training and have been re-deployed; and
(d) the details of effective steps taken by the Government in this direction?
(a) to (d) National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) under Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship is implementing a flagship scheme known as Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) with an objective to provide skilling to one crore people under Short Term Training (STT), Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) and Special Project (SP) across the country for four years i.e. 2016-2020. Under the PMKVY 2016-20 scheme, as on 30.11.2018, 34.32 lakh candidates have been enrolled across the country. Out of total enrolled candidates, 32.99 lakh (appx.) candidates have been trained under STT (23.18 lakh), RPL (9.08 lakh) and Special Project (0.71 lakh) across the country in various sector. The year wise details of the candidates enrolled, trained and placed under PMKVY 2016-20 is given at Annexure I.
Under the scheme, focus on employment has been significantly enhanced and candidates have been placed in various sectors and industries. Training Centers (TCs)/ Training Providers (TPs) are mandated to organize placement/rozgar melas every six month with the support of Sector Skill Council. Scheme also incentivizes TCs/TPs for facilitating placement of the trained candidates. Also, the reimbursement of last 20% of training cost to TCs would be made only after wage employment or self employment to 70% of the trained candidates. Additionally, post placement support of Rs. 1450 per month per trainee is applicable for special group (women candidates and persons with disability) and special areas (LWE, North East region and J&K) for 2 or 3 month post training depending on placement within or outside the district of the domicile of the candidate. Further, PMKVY 2016-20 scheme has mandatory provisions for placement tracking. The placement data is reported within 90 days of certification of trained candidates on the Skill Development Management System (SDMS).
Annexure-I
The year wise details of the candidates enrolled, trained and placed under PMKVY 2016-20 (as on 30.11.2018) is as under:
FY Total Enrolled Total Trained Total Assessed Total Certified Placement reported
STT
2016-2017 394227 49973 17063 10139 281
2017-2018 1841145 1594183 1361061 1170243 448279
2018-2019 171792 674534 769518 735979 533598
Total (1) 2407164 2318690 2147642 1916361 982158
SPL Project
2016-2017 2206 881 211 109 0
2017-2018 50316 30569 20141 16161 6058
2018-2019 30059 40268 32511 25534 10945
Total (2) 82581 71718 52863 41804 17003
RPL
2016-2017 200781 173031 98383 74856 NA
2017-2018 516940 530131 479607 438291 NA
2018-2019 224993 205629 185081 162036 NA
Total (3) 942714 908791 763071 675183 NA
Grand Total (1+2+3) 34,32,459 32,99,199 29,63,576 26,33,348 9,99,161
Data as on 30th Nov 2018, placement as reported. PMKVY calculated placement on certified candidate and RPL candidate and does not mandate placement.