Question : Skill Development of Labourers

(a) the number and details of the schemes being implemented for skill development of labour class in the country during each of the last three years and the current year;

(b) whether any target with regard to the number of labourers has been set for skill development under these schemes;

(c) if so, the details of the target set with regard to the number of labourers to be trained and the achievements made thereon;

(d) the amount of funds allocated to achieve the said targets during the above period, scheme wise; and

(e) the steps taken by the Government in this regard?

(a to (e) There are 12,106 Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) (Govt.- 2,285 and Private- 9,821) operational under the Directorate General of Training (DGT) which are the Primary Institutions for skilling in the Country. Besides, the Government has setup the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) as a public private partnership entity to promote private training providers to setup Skill Development centres across the country. As on 30th June, 2015, the 211 NSDC affiliated training partners, have 3669 operational training centres, including 745 mobile centres with coverage across the Country Furthermore, there are over 70 skill development schemes across various sectors implemented by over 20 Central Ministries/Departments for skill development across the Country. Funds under these schemes are provided by the concerned Ministries/Departments to the implementing agencies including States under the guidelines issued for the schemes. The annual targets and achievements for skill training under these skill development schemes/programmes for the year 2012-13 to 2014-15 are as under:-

(figures in lakhs)
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Year Annual targets for training of persons under skill development programmes Number of persons trained
2012-2013 72.51 51.88
2013-2014 73.43 76.37
2014-2015 105.08 76.12
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