Question : Vocational Training to Eligible Candidates

(a) whether the Government has met the target of providing vocational training to eligible candidates under the National Skill Development Corporation Programme;

(b) if so, the number of candidates benefited under the said programme during each of the last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise;

(c) the year-wise and State/UT-wise number of candidates who have passed out and have been employed based on NSDC’s vocational training during the said period;

(d) whether the Government has tied up with various industrial associations like FICCI, CII to run such vocational training programmes under their mandatory Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) contributions; and

(e) if so, the details thereof?

(a) to (c) National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) meets the training targets through its training partners running training programmes across the country. Training targets and achievement along with the placement (year-wise) under fee based model are as under:

Financial Year No. of candidates trained in fee based model No. of candidates placed
2016-17 15,91,519 6,64,952
2017-18 18,82,053 7,72,085
2018-19 20,18,069 6,62,315
Total 54,91,641 20,99,352

NSDC is also implementing agency of Government schemes namely Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) which is the flagship skill development scheme. The details of candidates enrolled, trained and placed during the last 3 year under PMKVY are as under:

Year Enrolled Trained Assessed Certified Reported Placed
2016 - 17 597214 223885 115657 85104 281
2017 - 18 2408401 2154883 1860809 1624695 454337
2018 - 19 1729500 1894429 1650851 1458326 674717
2019 – 20
(till 12.06.2019) 626114 637335 593512 622834 77714
Grand Total 5361229 4910532 4220829 3790959 1207049


(d) to (e) The Government has not tied up with any industrial associations like FICCI, CII to run such vocational training programmes under their mandatory Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). However, National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) under Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) has signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with several PSUs and Corporates to promote skill development initiatives under Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).