Question : NATIONAL SKILL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

(a) the objectives and salient features of National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC);

(b) the targets fixed and sources achieved since inception of NSDC, State-wise and year-wise;

(c) the funds allocated, released and utilized under NSDC during last three years, State-wise and year-wise;

(d) whether the policy objectives, strategies, financing and governance models have been laid to promote skill development in the country, especially in rural areas;

(e) if so, the details thereof;

(f) whether any action plan has been drawn up to improve the quality of human resources;and

(g) if so, the details thereof?

MINSTER OF THE STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT (SHRI HARISH RAWAT)

(a) National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) has been set up as non-profit company under Section 25 of the companies Act-1956 under the Ministry of Finance. The objective of NSDC is to fulfill the growing need for skilled manpower in the country, mainly by fostering private sector initiatives in skill development.

The salient features of NSDC are:

1. Upgrade skills of work force through significant industry involvement specially for underprivileged sections of society and backward regions of the country.

2. Enhance, support and coordinate private sector initiatives for skill development through Public-Private Partnership (PPP) models.

3. Prioritize initiatives that can have a multiplier or catalytic effect.

(b) NSDC has a target of skilling / upskilling 150 mn people by the year 2022 and so far 3 proposals have been cleared to train 10,39,000 persons in next 10 years.

(c) National Skill Development Fund NSDF(Trust) has allocated Rs.200 Crore to NSDC during FY 2009-10. NSDC has, so far released Rs 13.05 crore for

funding of following three proposals. During financial year 2009-10, a sum of Rs 7.15 crore was released. Rs 3.69 crore was released to Gems & Jewellery Export Promotion Council / Indian Institute of Gems & Jewellery, Jaipur, Rajasthan and Rs. 3.46 crore was released to BASIX Academy for Building Life Long Employability Limited a company having Pan-India presence.

During the current financial year 2010-11, Rs.5.90 Crore has been released to Gram Tarang Employability Training Services Private Limited, Orissa. NSDC does not release funds to State governments.

(d)& (e) The objective of NSDC is to skill/ upskill 150 million people in India including persons from rural areas by the year 2022, mainly by fostering private sector initiatives in skill development programmes and providing viability gap funding. NSDC would cover skills from the organized as well as from the un-organized sector.

(f) & (g) NSDC will play a significant enabling role in some of essential support services like curriculum, faculty and their training, standards and quality assurance, technology platforms, student placement mechanisms and setting up standards and accreditation systems in partnership with industry associations. All these with participation of industry would improve quality of human resources.