(a) the number of meetings of the governing council of skill development mission held so far;
(b) whether the Government has taken steps to ensure better coordination between Kaushal Bharat and entrepreneurship promotion programmes like Start-up-India and Stand-up-India; and
(c) if so, the number of model skill centres set up in various districts as against the fixed targets?
(a) The formal meeting of the Governing Council of National Skill Development Mission has been convened once so far. However, the work of the mission has been separately reviewed by the Prime Minister a number of times during the last one year.
(b) & (c) Yes Madam. Keeping in view the mandate of Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship for youth entrepreneurship education and capacity building to become entrepreneurs, an end to end customized entrepreneurship orientation module has been integrated under the Life Skill Course module in the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) Courses so that every candidate undergoing PMKVY skill training will receive orientation in Entrepreneurship. In ITI course, the module on Entrepreneurship is already integrated as a section in the employability skills. Under the Pradhan Mantri YUVA Yojana, the students receiving skill training will be imparted entrepreneurship education to build their capacity to become entrepreneurs. The Government of India also implements flagship scheme known as Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Kendra (PMKK) for the skill development and entrepreneurship in the country. Under PMKK, Government intends to establish visible aspirational model training centres in every district of the country, covering each of the Parliamentary constituencies. As on 24.03.2017, against the target of 600 PMKKs, 460 PMKKs have been allocated covering 439 districts and 340 Parliamentary constituencies. Out of them, 105 PMKKs have already been set-up across India.