3.16 lakh candidates placed under government employment scheme

Since the time, Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) (2016-20), the flagship scheme introduced by the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) registered 3,16,671 successful placements as on February 2018. With nearly 55% successful placements, the Short-Term Training Program (STT) under PMKY as a part of government employment scheme, has successfully trained approximately 13 lakh candidates, out of which 9 lakhs have been certified till February 2018. Placements have been made provision for close to 5.98 lakh applicants who were certified by the end of November last year.

There are two types of categorisation for placements under the PMKVY as a part of government employment scheme – wage and self-employment. Close to 76% of the candidates have been placed in wage employment and 24% placed in self-employment/ entrepreneurship. 80% of the people placed in wage employment across various sectors such as electronics and hardware, retail, telecom, beauty and wellness, agriculture, security, apparel, logistics, leather, textiles and handlooms.

“The program is closely associated with the industry requirement of a workforce which is ready for the job. Self-employed candidates are supported to take Mudra Loans through the UdyamiMitra Portal. Currently there are over 10,000 loan applications for this purpose,” he added.

The biggest ever training and certification program of the Government of India, the PMKVY (2016-20) was launched with an outlay of Rs. 12,000 crores in November 2016. The aim of the program is to skill one crore youth by 2020. So far over 13 lakh candidates have been trained under its two different programs – Short Term Trainings and Special Projects.

The STT program of PMKVY, provided through the National Skill Development Corporation’s (NSDC) approved training centres, is aimed at benefitting youth who are either dropouts from school/college or have no jobs with them. Apart from skills training, the program offers training in soft skills, financial, entrepreneurship and digital education. The program offers 200 – 1,000 hours of skill training, is designed to suit various job roles.