Training in Various Skills by the Government; 17.34 Million Provided Skill Development Training During the Last Three Financial Years

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..... Training in Various Skills by the Government; 17.34 Million Provided Skill Development Training During the Last Three Financial Years
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Dated:- 5-8-2014

The Government aims at giving training in various skills at different levels to have an army of skilled workers in the country. Currently, the Government of India (GoI) is funding skill development activities thr .....

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..... ough over 70 Government of India schemes spread across more than 20 Government of India Ministries, aimed at making the youth employment ready. Up to March 2014, the number of persons who had been provided skill development training during the previous three financial years was 17.34 million. The achievement during the years 2011-12, 2012-13 & 2013-14 are as under :- All figures in lakhs Year A .....

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..... chievement 2011-12 45.68 2012-13 51.88 2013-14 75.85 Government of India caters to the different target categories, including youth of the age group of 18-23 years. NSDA which monitors the achievements of these schemes does not have category-wise achievements. Ministry of Rural Development has undertaken a Placement Linked Skill Development Program for rural poor youth in the age group of 1 .....

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..... 8-35 years with a mandatory requirement that 75% of trained candidates are given placement in jobs. The Ministry of Labour and Employment is implementing three schemes, namely Craftsmen Training Scheme (CTS), Apprenticeship Training Scheme under the Apprentices Act, 1961, and Skill Development Initiative (SDI) Scheme, for equipping the youth with appropriate skills for self/wage employment. The G .....

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..... overnment of India schemes fund trainings through Government Institutions as well as Private Sector. The break-up of persons enrolled in Government Institutions and Private Sector is not available with the NSDA, which monitors the achievements of these schemes. As informed by NSDA the available details of persons trained and placed under Government of India schemes by different ministries/departm .....

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..... ents during FY 2012-13 & 2013-14 are given below at Annexure. This information was given by the Minister of State for Finance, Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman in written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today. Annexure Thrust Areas of Skill development (Number of persons trained and placed in FY 2012-13) Sl. No Ministry Schemes/Programme/ Institute Actual Numbers trained Persons placed in wage e .....

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..... mployment 1 Ministry of Chemical and Fertilizers Professional Skill Development - Long term programmes 9,523 2,231 Short term skill development programmes 26,277 20,009 2 Ministry of Home Affairs Udaan (J & K) 221 110 3 Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development Community Development Through Polytechnics(CDTP) 2,00,607 50,876 4 Ministry of Rural Deve .....

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..... lopment Ajeevika Skills Development Programme (ASDP) 2,06,074 1,64,019 Rural Self Employment Training Institutes 3,37,280 13,561 5 Department of Electronics and Information Technology, Ministry of Information Technology Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC) 10,648 3,059 National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology 1,36,623 2,384 6 Ministry of Developme .....

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..... nt of North Eastern Region (DoNER) Capacity Building and Technical Assistance 1,405 1,131 Skill Development under HRD of North Eastern council (NEC) 1,955 659 7 Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, Ministry of Commerce and Industry Indian Leather Development Programme (Human Resource Development) 27,560 21,222 8 National Skill Development Corporation Through partners 4,02, .....

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..... 506 2,16,741 TOTAL 13,60,679 4,96,002 Source: Information as available with NSDA
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