Question : Data Discrepancies under Skill Development Training

(a) whether it is a fact that discrepancies have been found in data of employment and self-employment of skilled youth being presented under skill development training;

(b) the details of the amount spent on making people skilled under skill development training during last five years;

(c) the number of courses which are being run to make people skilled;

(d) the names of the institutes against whom action has been taken due to their involvement in irregularities during last five years; and

(e) the number of institutes which have stopped implementing skill development schemes or the ones in which the same have been stopped?

(a) No Sir, no discrepancies have been found in data of employment and self-employment of skilled youth being presented under skill development training.

(b) Under Pradhan Mantri Kisan Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) (2016-20), funds amounting to Rs. 6,221.39 Cr. have been released to implementing agencies i.e. National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) and States/Union Territories/State Skill Development Missions for the implementation of the scheme.

(c) Under PMKVY (2016-20), training is being imparted across 37 sectors encompassing more than 450 NSQF (National Skill Qualification Framework) aligned job roles.

(d) Under PMKVY (2016-20), penalty grid has been formulated for taking action against erring / non compliant training centres. Based on the penalty grid, NSDC has suspended training centres for non-compliance of PMKVY guidelines on multiple parameters and periodically publishes the list of such suspended centres on PMKVY website. As on 13.01.2020, 304 Training Centres/Training Partners have been suspended across different locations.

(e) Under PMKVY (2016-20), as on 17.03.2020, 14,303 training centres (TCs) were cumulatively empanelled under short term training over the scheme period. Of these presently 2,960 TCs are operational.