(a) the details of works done/proposed and persons benefited under Skill India Initiative in various States including Nasik district of Maharashtra during each of the last three years and the current year;
(b) the time by which the proposed works are likely to be completed; and
(c) the steps taken by the Government to make Skill India Initiative a success?
(a) The National Policy for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, 2015, announced on 15th July,2015, lays down the challenge to skill/re-skill/upskill about 40 crore persons by 2022 in the country. The Central Government have over 40 skill development schemes being implemented by Ministries/ Departments to achieve these targets. These schemes on one hand seek to cater to demands for skilled manpower and on the other hand attempt to reduce skill gaps quantitatively. To achieve this objective, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) launched Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) on 15th July,2015 to enable and mobilize a large number of Indian youth to take up skill training to become employable and earn their livelihood. As on 18.07.2016, there are 1794406 enrollments under PMKVY and the trainings completed under PMKVY are 1793390. With regard to the District of Nashik of Maharashtra, as on 30.05.2016, the total enrolments/trainings completed and total number of candidates certified are 6049 and 3069 respectively. A list of candidates trained state wise under PMKVY is annexed (Annexure I).
(b) The Union Cabinet in its meeting held on 13th July, 2016 has approved the modification and continuation of the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) as Skill Development Component of umbrella PMKVY to skill one crore people over the four years (2016-2020) with an outlay of Rs. 12,000 crore.
(c) In order to achieve the objectives of Skill India, the following initiatives are underway:
• Common Norms for skill development schemes and programmes of Central Ministries / Departments notified with incentives to special groups and special areas.
• More than 4500 National Occupation Standards (NOSs) and 1661 Qualification Packs (QPs) notified and Curriculum for 251 job roles and Model Content for 50 courses released
• More than 500 courses aligned to National Skills Qualification Framework (NSQF)
• National Quality Assurance Framework has been finalised
• Indian Qualifications aligned with key countries to provide international mobility for skilled workforce
• MoUs have been signed with Ministries and Departments to leverage existing idle infrastructure, align all training to NOS/QPs and NSQF
• 15 International Migration Training Centres have been established in migratory pockets specifically for Overseas Employment
• Setting up of National Body for Skills Certification announced to promote uniformity, standardisation and quality in skills assessments across the country
• Aadhar Number made mandatory to counter duplication of trainees
• Labour Market Information System (LMIS) launched.
Annexure-I
Details of state/union territory wise details of candidates enrolled, training completed and certified under PMKVY scheme, as on 18th July, 2016, as follows:
Training Centre-State Sum of Total Enrolled Sum of Total Trainings Completed Sum of Total Certified
Andaman and Nicobar Islands 194 194 19
Andhra Pradesh 124606 124516 90330
Arunachal Pradesh 1017 1017 324
Assam 31224 31194 2133
Bihar 89252 89166 50906
Chandigarh 4851 4851 3668
Chhattisgarh 36488 36488 23731
Dadra and Nagar Haveli 258 258 159
Daman and Diu 230 230 127
Delhi 75194 75171 49404
Goa 499 499 277
Gujarat 43324 43324 26392
Haryana 81612 81474 55939
Himachal Pradesh 22738 22738 16672
Jammu and Kashmir 17779 17779 10608
Jharkhand 26488 26463 18332
Karnataka 73523 73523 48147
Kerala 14689 14689 9501
Madhya Pradesh 159139 158974 105696
Maharashtra 84432 84312 52034
Manipur 1328 1328 797
Meghalaya 1661 1661 16
Mizoram 1030 1030 5
Nagaland 1271 1271 724
Odisha 56822 56822 33816
Puducherry 7070 7070 5880
Punjab 72433 72378 50216
Rajasthan 112467 112437 80165
Sikkim 886 886 349
Tamil Nadu 151491 151491 106978
Telangana 98323 98203 72424
Tripura 14018 14018 9261
Uttar Pradesh 256469 256335 174157
Uttarakhand 13675 13675 9162
West Bengal 117925 117925 75672
Grand Total 1794406 1793390 1184021