YS Sujana Chowdary Updates from Rajya Sabha. Questions Debates and Current News
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Skill Development Mission
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
QUESTION NO 26
ANSWERED ON 23.11.2011
Will the Minister of LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT be pleased to satate :-
a) whether Government undertook ‘Skill Development Mission’ during the Eleventh Plan (2007-12) with an outlay of Rs. 22,800/- crores; b) if so, the year-wise and State wise details of amount spent on this Mission so far; c) whether any regional imbalances surfaced during this period and, if so, the reasons therefor and the corrective action taken; d) whether the present public infrastructure is sufficient to achieve the desired results of the Mission or the involvement of private enterprise is necessary; e) if so, the plans of Government; and f) what is the present State-wise status of skill requirement and availability in major sectors?
ANSWER MINISTER OF LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT (SHRI MALLIKARJUN KHARGE)
(a to f) A statement is laid on the Table of the House. STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a to f) OF RAJYA SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *26 BY SHRI Y. S. CHOWDARY REGARDING SKILL DEVELOPMENT MISSION DUE FOR REPLY ON 23.11.2011.
(a) & (b) Under Co-ordinate Action Plan for Skill Development , the following three institutions have been set up:
i. Prime Minister’s National Council on Skill Development-under the chairmanship of Hon’ble Prime Minister, for policy direction and review of spectrum of skill development efforts in country. ii. National Skill Development Coordination Board-under the chairmanship of Dy. Chairman Planning Commission to enumerate strategies to implement the decisions of PM’s council and to coordinate with Union and State Governments as well as National Skill Development Corporation. iii. National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC), a non-profit company under the Companies Act, 1956. The corporation is being funded by trust “National Skill Development Fund” to which the Government has contributed a sum of Rs.1,500 crore. The Corporation is expected to mobilize about Rs.15,000 crore from other government, public sector, private sector, bilateral and multilateral sources.
Contd..
.2.
No specific budget allocation has been made for Skill Development Mission. However, different Ministries and Departments are carrying out skill development activities as part of their regular budget allocations.
(c) to (f) There are regional imbalances in different parts of the country. Skill development infrastructure is not evenly distributed and some regions viz hilly, border, difficult and desert areas are deficient in skill development infrastructure. Government has formulated scheme to set up1500 more Industrial Training Institutes and 5000 Skill Development Centers with active participation of private sector in these areas to reduce regional imbalance. State Skill Development Mission under the Chairmanship of Chief Ministers have also been set up to prepare state specific plan to address the skill deficit
State Governments have also been requested to carry out skill gap analysis in their states. However, National Skill Development Corporation has carried out study on requirement of skilled man power in twenty one high growth sectors, by 2022.
Will the Minister of LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT be pleased to satate :-
a) whether Government undertook ‘Skill Development Mission’ during the Eleventh Plan (2007-12) with an outlay of Rs. 22,800/- crores; b) if so, the year-wise and State wise details of amount spent on this Mission so far; c) whether any regional imbalances surfaced during this period and, if so, the reasons therefor and the corrective action taken; d) whether the present public infrastructure is sufficient to achieve the desired results of the Mission or the involvement of private enterprise is necessary; e) if so, the plans of Government; and f) what is the present State-wise status of skill requirement and availability in major sectors?
ANSWER MINISTER OF LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT (SHRI MALLIKARJUN KHARGE)
(a to f) A statement is laid on the Table of the House. STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a to f) OF RAJYA SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *26 BY SHRI Y. S. CHOWDARY REGARDING SKILL DEVELOPMENT MISSION DUE FOR REPLY ON 23.11.2011.
(a) & (b) Under Co-ordinate Action Plan for Skill Development , the following three institutions have been set up:
i. Prime Minister’s National Council on Skill Development-under the chairmanship of Hon’ble Prime Minister, for policy direction and review of spectrum of skill development efforts in country. ii. National Skill Development Coordination Board-under the chairmanship of Dy. Chairman Planning Commission to enumerate strategies to implement the decisions of PM’s council and to coordinate with Union and State Governments as well as National Skill Development Corporation. iii. National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC), a non-profit company under the Companies Act, 1956. The corporation is being funded by trust “National Skill Development Fund” to which the Government has contributed a sum of Rs.1,500 crore. The Corporation is expected to mobilize about Rs.15,000 crore from other government, public sector, private sector, bilateral and multilateral sources.
Contd..
.2.
No specific budget allocation has been made for Skill Development Mission. However, different Ministries and Departments are carrying out skill development activities as part of their regular budget allocations.
(c) to (f) There are regional imbalances in different parts of the country. Skill development infrastructure is not evenly distributed and some regions viz hilly, border, difficult and desert areas are deficient in skill development infrastructure. Government has formulated scheme to set up1500 more Industrial Training Institutes and 5000 Skill Development Centers with active participation of private sector in these areas to reduce regional imbalance. State Skill Development Mission under the Chairmanship of Chief Ministers have also been set up to prepare state specific plan to address the skill deficit
State Governments have also been requested to carry out skill gap analysis in their states. However, National Skill Development Corporation has carried out study on requirement of skilled man power in twenty one high growth sectors, by 2022.
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