Question : Skill Development of Street Vendors

(a) whether any proposals have been submitted by States for skill development of street vendors under the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana to help them in earning more revenue;

(b) if so, the details thereof;

(c) the details of the employment opportunities created for hawkers in the country including Madhya Pradesh in this regard;

(d) whether the Government proposes to expand this programme for street vendors in Madhya Pradesh; and

(e) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

(a) to (e) A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.












STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (A) TO (E) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 253 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.03.2022 ASKED BY SHRI GYANESHWAR PATIL REGARDING SKILL DEVELOPMENT OF STREET VENDORS.

(a) to (c) Under PMKVY, more than 20 thousand street food vendors have been trained /oriented through Short -Term Training (STT) and Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) in 18 States/UTs. Till now, no training has been imparted to street food vendors under PMKVY in the State of Madhya Pradesh. The State-wise details, as on 31.12.2021, are given at Annexure.

Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) has launched a pilot project for ‘Upskilling for Street Food Vendors (for e-cart license)’ in East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) on 30.11.2021 to train over 2,500 street food vendors over a period of four months. The purpose of this skill development is to impart skills which would lead to better services to consumers, more opportunities to the vendors in revenue generation and awareness of regulations, and adherence to stipulated rules and better services for the local bodies. Candidates would be provided with the dual certification from the Tourism & Hospitality Skill Council, and the FSSAI. Despite disruption caused due to COVID-19 pandemic, 686 street food vendors have been enrolled and out of which, 417 street food vendors have been oriented till date.

(d) and (e) The project of ‘Upskilling for Street Food Vendors (for e-cart license)’ is a pilot for East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC). Further, Ministry has no plan to extend this project presently in the State of Madhya Pradesh.

Annexure

State-wise number of street food vendors benefitted under PMKVY (as on 31.12.2021)

S. No. States/UTs Short Term Training (STT) Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL)
Trained Certified Placed Oriented Certified
1. Assam 0 0 0 10,651 7,883
2. Chandigarh 180 165 136 0 0
3. Chhattisgarh 30 19 12 0 0
4. Delhi 279 220 0 996 177
5. Goa 63 54 18 0 0
6. Gujarat 240 187 94 0 0
7. Haryana 0 0 0 100 0
8. Himachal Pradesh 0 0 0 284 118
9. Jharkhand 0 0 0 676 394
10. Maharashtra 56 44 0 0 0
11. Odisha 0 0 0 1,417 983
12. Tamil Nadu 1,006 763 442 0 0
13. Telangana 120 119 0 0 0
14. The Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu 120 117 87 0 0
15. Tripura 150 144 42 0 0
16. Uttar Pradesh 355 321 271 3,165 2,075
17. Uttarakhand 617 521 299 60 50
18. West Bengal 120 116 2 0 0
Total 3,336 2,790 1,403 17,349 11,680