(a) The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) is implementing Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) for providing short-term skill training in various sectors through affiliated Training Partners. Under the scheme, placement has been linked with payout to training providers. The number of candidates placed under the Short Term Training (STT) component of PMKVY Scheme (both PMKVY 2.0 and PMKVY 3.0)is 20.74 lakh (approx.) as on 10.07.2021; the State-wise details is placed at Annexure.
(b) The National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) which is the Implementing Agency of PMKVY Scheme has a mechanism of monitoring training partners imparting training at the field level. These include self-audit reporting, call validations, surprise visits and monitoring through the Skills Development Management System (SDMS), Skill Management and Accreditation of Training Centres (SMART), Aadhaar Enabled Biometric Attendance System (AEBAS), social media platform, etc. NSDC has also formulated penalty grid for taking action against erring / non-compliant training centres / stakeholders. Based on the penalty grid, it has suspended training centres for non-compliance of PMKVY guidelines on multiple parameters and the list of such erring partners are also published periodically on the website of the NSDC. So far, 306 Training Centres (TCs) have been suspended across the different locations.
(c) There is no scope of middle men in the schemes developed and implemented by MSDE for skill training of youth.
(d) The percentage of candidates estimated to have dropped out of their training in the mid-way under the above mentioned schemes are given below:
S.No. Schemes % of candidates dropped out
1 PMKVY 2.0 5.3%
2 *JSS 2.77%
3 **NAPS 4.3%
4 ***CTS 7%
* Candidates dropped out in the FY 2020-21
** As per data available on apprenticeship portal.
***As per data available on NCVT portal
(e) Yes, Sir.
(f) The Ministry engaged Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA) to conduct a third-party impact evaluation of PMKVY 2.0 with an objective to assess the performance of the scheme and analyse various gaps for corrective measures with regard to further improvement in the scheme. As per Report, the reasons for drop out from training programme mostly pertain to be on medical grounds, family issues including marriage, social problem, distance from residence to training centres, regular job opportunity, some of apprentices are absorbed by outsourcing company as a contractual employee etc.
Annexure
Annexure referred to in reply to LS UQ No. 2102 to be answered on 02.08.2021 regarding ‘FUNDS IN TRAINING INSTITUTE’
State/UT- wise details of candidates placed under PMKVY scheme as on 10.07.2021.
S.No. State/UT Reported placed
1 Andaman And Nicobar Islands 124
2 Andhra Pradesh 89,500
3 Arunachal Pradesh 10,440
4 Assam 53,512
5 Bihar 102,737
6 Chandigarh 5,767
7 Chhattisgarh 25,508
8 Delhi 70,932
9 Goa 890
10 Gujarat 64,244
11 Haryana 149,647
12 Himachal Pradesh 23,497
13 Jammu And Kashmir 50,987
14 Jharkhand 24,419
15 Karnataka 59,029
16 Kerala 21,975
17 Ladakh 944
18 Lakshadweep 0
19 Madhya Pradesh 187,161
20 Maharashtra 67,043
21 Manipur 13,478
22 Meghalaya 10,209
23 Mizoram 8,813
24 Nagaland 5,268
25 Odisha 59,090
26 Puducherry 9,109
27 Punjab 113,573
28 Rajasthan 165,294
29 Sikkim 3,375
30 Tamil Nadu 123,480
31 Telangana 89,166
32 The Dadra And Nagar Haveli And Daman And Diu 2,578
33 Tripura 11,391
34 Uttar Pradesh 301,950
35 Uttarakhand 50,387
36 West Bengal 98,274
Total 2,073,791
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