(a) to (f) A statement is laid on the Table of the House.
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (f) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *141 TO BE ANSWERED ON 29th JULY, 2021 RAISED BY SHRI MOHAMMED FAIZAL P.P. AND SHRI BENNY BEHANAN REGARDING “MoU FOR SKILL DEVELOPMENT IN SHIPPING INDUSTRY”.
(a) Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways (MoPSW) has signed an MoU with Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) on 20th August 2020 to jointly undertake the skill development and to harness the innate capabilities in Ports & Maritime sector and enhance their capacities and skills to deal with the rapidly changing competition and provide for port led prosperity as per the objectives of Sagarmala Programme and Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY).
MoU establishes a framework of collaboration between MoPSW and MSDE. Additionally, MoPSW has also signed another MoU with Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) in May 2017 for skill development in maritime sector on convergence mode of Deen Dayal Upadhayay-Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU- GKY) and Sagarmala.
(b) & (c) Multi Skill Development Centre (MSDC) is already operational at Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) and Chennai Port Trust (ChPT). MoPSW has identified setting up of MSDC at Vishakhapatnam Port Trust for various skill development programmes.
Total 57 Qualification Packs (QPs) have already been developed and implemented under DDU-GKY Sagarmala convergence programme. It is planned further to develop 10 Qualification Packs (QPs) under the MoU signed between MoPSW and MSDE. Apart from MSDCs in Major Ports, several skill development centres have been setup through Project Implementing Agencies (PIAs).
(d) Under the DDU-GKY & Sagarmala convergence and Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY), total of 3622 number of persons have received training for skilling, reskilling and upskilling. Details of trainings is provided as Annexure I.
(e) The COVID-19 has affected the implementation of skill development program. Shipping cabins may be developed based on demand, once the pandemic situation is over.
(f) Since the commencement of skill development training programs, Rs. 58.98 Cr. funds has been sanctioned and Rs.22.62 Cr. fund has already been released to States under the DDU-GKY & Sagarmala convergence. In addition to this, the MSDCs at Chennai and JNPT have spent Rs. 50.47 Lakhs. Details of DDU- GKY & Sagarmala Covergence program and expenditure details of MSDCs provided as Annexure II.
Annexure I
Details of Persons trained at JNPT (since inception i.e June, 2019)
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S. No Course / Year Trained
1 Heavy Motor Vehicle 115
2 Warehouser Packer 40
3 Consignment Booking Assistant 295
4 Consignment Tracking Executive 187
5 Documentation Assistant 174
6 Inventory clerk 155
7 Warehouse Picker 88
Total 1054
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Details of Persons trained at ChPT( since inception i.e September, 2019)
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S. No Course / Year Trained
1 Consignment Booking Assistant 72
2 Warehouse Quality Checker 83
Total 155
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Details of Persons trained in Phase I of Sagarmala-DDU-GKY convergence programme
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S. No. State Trained
1 Andhra Pradesh 40
2 Karnataka 320
3 Maharashtra 981
4 Odisha 388
5 Tamil Nadu 249
Grand Total 1978
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Details of Persons trained in Phase II of Sagarmala-DDU-GKY convergence programme
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S.No State Trained
1 Andhra Pradesh 219
2 Tamil Nadu 139
3 Kerala 77
Grand Total 435
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Annexure II
Details of Funding under DDU-GKY & Sagamala Covergence Programme
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Sr. No. State Funds sanctioned (Rs) Fund released (Rs)
1 Gujarat 10,85,58,225 3,61,86,075
2 Maharashtra 15,10,58,461 4,27,21,432
3 Andhra Pradesh 5,98,17,365 5,98,17,365
4 Tamil Nadu 10,67,39,304 2,41,82,308
5 Kerala 4,80,00,980 1,60,00,327
6 West Bengal 6,32,45,734 2,10,81,911
7 Karnataka 1,52,00,000 76,37,000
8 Odisha 3,72,06,184 1,86,03,092
Grand Total 58,98,26,253 22,62,29,510
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Details of disbursements by MSDCs
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Sr No. Implementing Agencies Details of Disbursements / Expenditure (Rs)
1 Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust 41,37,929
2 Chennai Port Trust 9,10,000
Total 50,47,929
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