(a) whether the Skill development schemes are being run in the Eastern and Western Singhbhum districts of Jharkhand;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) the targeted population, time period and the period cost the above said schemes in these districts;
(d) whether problems are being faced by the Government in implementing the above said schemes in these districts; and
(e) if so, the details thereof and the manner in which these problems are likely to be resolved by the Government?
(a) to (c) Under Skill India Mission, 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 including State of Jharkhand for four years i.e. 2016-2020.
PMKVY has two components known as Centrally Sponsored Centrally Managed (CSCM) being implemented by National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) and Centrally Sponsored State Managed (CSSM) being implemented by State Skill Development Missions of the States/ UTs popularly known as State- Engagement Component of PMKVY (2016-20).
Under CSCM component of PMKVY 2016-20, which started from 2nd October 2016 onwards, 30.11.2018, 32.99 lakh (appx.) candidates have been trained under STT (23.19 lakh), RPL (9.08 lakh) and SP (0.72 lakh) in various sectors across the country. Further, 53,652 candidates have been trained in the State of Jharkhand. Out of which, 2,995 candidates are from Eastern and Western Singhbhum districts of Jharkhand.
Under CSSM component of PMKVY 2016-20, 25% of the funds and corresponding physical targets of PMKVY 2016-20 have been allocated to the States for the implementation of scheme through State Skill Development Missions. Under this component, after evaluation of proposal received from Jharkhand Skill Development Mission Society (JSDMS), Government of Jharkhand, Ministry has given in-principle approval of a total target of 57,668 candidates and corresponding financial allocation of Rs. 88.79 Cr. for FY 2016-20. Further, an amount of Rs. 29.59 Cr. has been released during FY 2017-18 to Government of Jharkhand for the implementation of CSSM component of the Scheme across the State of Jharkhand including Eastern and Western Singhbhum districts.
Also, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship is promoting establishment of model and aspirational skill centres known as Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Kendra (PMKK) in every district for imparting skill training through Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) 2016-20. As on date, 720 PMKKs have been allocated across the country including the State of Jharkhand covering 632 districts. Out of allocated PMKKs, 510 PMKKs have been already established. In State of Jharkhand, 24 PMKKs have been allocated in 24 districts. Further, PMKKs in Eastern and Western Singhbhum districts have been established by ‘Ashpra Skills Private Limited’. As on date, 9,901 candidates have been already enrolled through PMKVY scheme.
(d) and (e) PMKVY 2016-20 is endowed with various provisions relating to continuous as well as performance monitoring of training centre. For ensuring quality of training under the scheme, all accreditation and affiliation of training centre is done through an online portal SMART with inspections done by an independent third party assessment agency. Adding to the improved accreditation process, MSDE has initiated a process of continuous monitoring through various channels and mandatory re-accreditation every year. Under this, self-audit reporting, call validations, surprise visits and monitoring through the Skills Development Management System (SDMS) have been adopted. Further, the targets are being assigned to the TCs with a provision for periodic review. The grading is linked to quality of training, infrastructure availability, training capacity, past performance, geographical location and other relevant parameters. Various IT interventions such as Direct Benefit Transfer, Aadhaar linkage of trainers and trainees, Aadhaar enabled biometric attendance of candidate and trainers, maintaining of all MIS through SDMS portal to check duplication of candidates, etc., have been ensured.
Also, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) has approved penalty grid under the scheme and provisions of penalty grid guides the action that needs to be taken against training centers found non-compliance of PMKVY guidelines.