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Department of Industrial Policy Ministry of Skill

and Promotion Development and
Entrepreneurship

Skill Development
Sector
Achievements Report

December 21, 2016

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Table of
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Policy
Initiatives Other
Achievements

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Special Focus
on Skilling and
Empowering of
Women
 Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion Ministry of Skill Development and 3
Entrepreneurship

Skill Development – Sector

Skills and knowledge are the driving forces of To steer and coordinate the current skilling
economic growth and social development for any initiatives with quality deliverables, the Ministry
country. India is blessed with 65% percent of of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
its youth in the working age group. As per the (MSDE) was created in November 2014 to
National Policy for Skill Development and drive the ‘Skill India’ agenda in mission
Entrepreneurship 2015, it is estimated that the mode.
average age of the population in India by 2020
Key interventions taken up by the government
will be 29 years as against 40 years in USA, 46
during the last two years have resulted in the
years in Europe and 47 years in Japan. In next
number of trained Indians growing by 36.8%
20 years, the labor force in the industrialized
from 0.76 crores in FY 2014-15 to 1.04 crores in
world is expected to decline by 4%, while in India
FY 2015-16. These trainings were done through
it will increase by 32% which creates a need and
Central Government Programs and NSDC
opportunity to provide its workforce with required
associated training partners in the private sector.
skill sets and knowledge to enable them to
contribute substantially to the economic growth of Policy Initiatives
India.1 MSDE has made great strides in a relatively
short span of time and the key policy initiatives
The skill ecosystem in India is undergoing major
have been launched to support the skilling
reforms and policy interventions as India
mandate.
embarks on its journey to become a Knowledge
Economy. The skill gap study by the National Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana
Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) for the (PMKVY)
period of 2010-2014 reports that over 109.73
Launched in July 2015 with the mission
million additional skilled manpower will be
statement “Kaushal Bharat Kushal Bharat’,
required by 2022 across different sectors.
PMKVY is the flagship scheme of MSDE
In the last two years, the government has taken a aimed to benefit 1 crore youth. PMKVY is
host of initiatives to channelize the efforts and being implemented through National Skill
provide impetus to the Skill Development Development Corporation (NSDC).
ecosystem.

1. National Policy for Skill development and Entrepreneurship, 2015

 Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion Ministry of Skill Development and 4
Entrepreneurship

A new version of PMKVY was launched on July 2016. More than 1141 new ITIs have been
13, 2016 with modification and continuation of added and 1.73 lakh seats have been
PMKVY as ‘Skill Development Component’ of increased in the last one year.
umbrella PMKVY with a target to skill 10 million
• 15,000 instructors have been trained by
people over four years (2016-2020) at an outlay
Central Institutes of Directorate General of
of INR 12,000 crore.
Training (DGT).
• A total of 19.8 lakh candidates (17.8 lakhs in
• Distance learning infrastructure has been
fresh training and 1.8 lakhs under Recognition of
created and over 18000 trainers have been
Prior Learning (RPL)) have been enrolled, out of
trained in last two years.
which 17.93 lakh have been trained and 11.9
lakh have been certified. The details of sector- • MSDE has also enabled opening up of 8 new
wise breakup is mentioned in Annexure-I. Regional Vocational Training Institutes
• 7.22 lakh candidates alone have been trained (RVTIs) for women in skill development.
in manufacturing job roles. Five of which were opened during FY 2015-
16, 2 of which have been operational since
Revitalizing the landscape of Industrial Training
August 2015, 3 are to be opened in FY 2016-
Institutes (ITI’s) across the nation
17.
The scheme envisages up-gradation of an existing
Government ITI in a State to Model ITI through • 2,33,000 youth were awarded certificates

Institute Management Committees (IMC’s) with a from ITIs, and 18,000 plus graduating

representative as chairperson from Industry. The students received job offer letters on the

scheme was approved in December 2014 for a occasion of World Youth Skills Day.

total cost of INR 300 crore. Implementation period

National Skills Qualifications Framework
is for 3 years with a funding pattern 70:30 between
(NSQF)
Center and States. For North Eastern states, the
NSQF is a competency-based framework that
funding pattern is 90:10 between Center and
organizes all qualifications according to a series
States. Some of the major achievements are:
of levels of knowledge, skills and aptitude. NSQF
• The number of ITIs in the country has
aims to safeguard the consistency in outcome of
increased from 10,750 in May 2014 to over
skills training. Over 1661 qualifications from
13,105 in May
both the NSDC and ITI ecosystems have been
aligned to NSQF during the last two years.
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Entrepreneurship

Apprenticeship Act reformed to scale up • 33 Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Kendras (PMKK)

Apprenticeship training have been set-up across India as yet. Target is to
create 426 PMKK across 409 districts.
The Apprenticeship Act was modified in December
2014 to incentivise employers to take on more The details of NSDC centers operational during FY

apprentices. Advocacy campaign amongst industry 2015-16 are in Annexure II.

partners has been taken up and an online portal

Pradhan Mantri YUVA Yojana (PMYY)
has been launched. Employers can now engage
MSDE launched its flagship scheme on
up to 10% of its total workforce as apprentices.
entrepreneurship education and training in
The number of apprentices in the country has
November 2016. The scheme spans over five years
increased from 2.70 lakh to 3.10 lakh in FY2015-
(2016-17 to 2020-21) with a project outlay of INR
16, which is 15% higher as compared to FY 2014-
499.94 crore, and will provide entrepreneurship
15.
education and training to over 7 lakh students in 5
• National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme
years through 3050 Institutes. The institutes under
(NAPS) was also notified on August 19, 2016 to
the PM’s YUVA Yojana include 2200 Institutes of
equip 50,000 apprentices during 2016-2022.
Higher Learning (colleges, universities, and premier

National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) institutes), 300 schools, 500 ITIs and 50
Entrepreneurship Development Centers, through
NSDC which was established to catalyse private
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs).
sector involvement in the area of skill development
was further strengthened and entrusted with Sector Skills Councils (SSC’s)
responsibility of setting up Pradhan Mantri Kaushal
• NSDC is funding industry led Sector Skill
Kendra (PMKK) to run industry-driven courses of
Councils (SSCs) that create National Occupation
high quality with focus on employability. Some of
Standards (NOS). Till date, NSDC Board has
the initiatives taken by NSDC are:
approved 40 Sector Skill Councils.
• NSDC partners have skilled 24.93 lakh people
• 11 New SSCs have been added namely
and placed about 12 lakh people through its
Chemical & Petrochemicals SSC, Paints &
ecosystem in FY 2014-15.
Coatings SSC (IPA), Management SSC, Green
• Under UDAAN, a special industry initiative to Job SSC, Strategic Manufacturing SSC,
enhance the employability in the state of J&K, Furniture & Fitting SSC, and PWD SSC since
the number of candidates trained has November 2014.
leapfrogged from 3062 in May 2014 to 10,810 in
May 2016.
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Entrepreneurship

• The number of SSCs that developed National Other achievements

Occupational Standards (NOS) have grown from
• Under non-PMKVY, around 6000 candidates
22 in Nov 2014 to 31 at end of Oct 2015.
were trained through various training centers
during the year 2015-16.
• In the textile sector, a total of about 8.61 lakh
persons have been trained including traditional • Under the Craftsmen Training Scheme, more
sectors under ISDS (Integrated Skill than 10 lakh trainees got skilled during FY
Development Scheme) of which 69% got placed. 2015-16.

• Skill Loan scheme was launched in July 2015

Special Focus on skilling and empowering
and offers soft loans ranging from INR 5000 to
Women
INR 1.5 lakh to 34 lakh Indian youth seeking to
In an endeavor to create a conducive socio-cultural attend skill development programmes over the
and economic environment for women, several next five years.
initiatives have been taken to further strengthen the
ecosystem.

• 30% of all the seats are reserved in all

Government and Private ITIs for courses for
women candidates which includes girls as well.

• 5 new RVTIs for women in skill development

have been established during FY 2015-16 and 3
are to be opened in FY 2016-17. 2 RVTIs are
being established in Himachal Pradesh (Jhundla,
Shimla) and Tripura (Anandanagar, Agartala) to
facilitate the requirements in the hilly terrain
since August 2015.

• NSDC training partners have trained a total of

1,55,236 women candidates across India, of
which 54,456 have been placed as on October
31, 2016.
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Entrepreneurship

Annexure
Annexure I: Details of candidates trained and certified under Sector skill council during 2015-2016

No. of No. of
No. of candidates No. of candidates
Sector Skill Council candidates candidates
Passed certified
Enrolled Trained

Textiles & Handloom

29212 29212 24040 19378
Sector Skill Council

Logistics Sector Skill

233132 233072 194228 175056
Council

Leather Sector Skill

60359 60359 48935 47335
Council

Agriculture Sector Skill

137663 137603 96172 81223
Council of India

Security Sector Skill

65843 65753 58171 53655
Development Council

Retailers Association’s
174697 174528 137621 125417
Skill Council of India

Beauty and Wellness

128613 128470 104850 94059
Sector Skill Council

Electronics Sector Skills

176258 176108 138032 122843
Council of India

Apparel Sector Skill

79245 79245 62775 52580
Council

Automotive Skills
110626 110626 80283 68306
Development Council

Rubber Skill
23156 23156 14541 12548
Development Council
Construction Skill
Development Council of 64820 64820 31862 26822
India
Tourism and Hospitality
Services Sector Skill 66238 66238 46634 41338
Council

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Annexure

No. of No. of
No. of candidates No. of candidates
Sector Skill Council candidates candidates
Passed certified
Enrolled Trained
Iron And Steel Sector
28325 28325 23682 21255
Skill Council
Telecom Sector Skill
53788 53723 34016 28567
Council
Furniture and Fittings
18619 18619 15864 14682
Sector Skill Council
Gems & Jewellery Skill
70205 70205 56255 51569
Council of India
Healthcare Sector Skill
60450 60425 37580 32592
Council
Capital Goods Skill
14889 14889 9998 7182
Council of India
IT-ITeS Sector Skills
40650 40627 14537 10742
Council NASSCOM
Media & Entertainment
13298 13272 8769 7263
Skills Council
Food Processing Sector
27692 27692 22183 20453
Skill Council
Indian Plumbing Skills
20610 20610 16501 14830
Council
Mining Sector Skill
40872 40872 33891 30095
Council
Power Sector Skill
5295 5295 4058 3169
Council of India
Life Sciences Sector
17238 17238 9985 8629
Skill Council
BFSI Sector Skill
26303 26303 13267 9703
Council of India
Handicrafts and Carpet
2410 2410 1917 1374
Sector Skill Council
Disability Sector Skill
2683 2568 0 0
Council of India
Green Jobs Sector Skill
383 383 59 0
Council
Infrastructure Sector
724 724 656 590
Skill Council
Sports Sector Skill
20 20 12 0
Council

Grand Total 1794316 1793390 1341374 1183255

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Annexure
Annexure II: NSDC’s Operational Training Centres, (state /union territory wise) for financial year 2015-16,
are as under:
No. of fixed No. of mobile
State Total No. of centres
centres centres
Andhra Pradesh 124 26 150
Arunachal Pradesh 4 0 4
Assam 104 11 115
Bihar 264 19 283
Chandigarh 7 4 11
Chhattisgarh 752 11 763
Dadra and Nagar Haveli 2 1 3
Delhi 314 59 373
Goa 7 3 10
Gujarat 152 40 192
Haryana 431 47 478
Himachal Pradesh 374 20 394
Jammu and Kashmir 19 5 24
Jharkhand 86 14 100
Karnataka 269 68 337
Kerala 238 119 357
Madhya Pradesh 622 24 646
Maharashtra 632 184 816
Manipur 4 0 4
Meghalaya 17 0 17
Mizoram 17 0 17
Nagaland 16 0 16
Odisha 174 160 334
Puducherry 3 4 7
Punjab 414 71 485
Rajasthan 334 62 396
Sikkim 19 1 20
Tamil Nadu 237 71 308
Telangana 132 30 162
Tripura 24 2 26
Uttar Pradesh 529 115 644
Uttarakhand 23 6 29
West Bengal 608 50 658
Grand Total 6952 1227 8,179
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