GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

LOK SABHA

UNSTARREDQUESTION NO: 1115

ANSWERED ON: 0.03.2013

WORK EFFICIENCY PROGRAMMES FOR LABOURERS 

(a) whether various programmes are being conducted by the Government to develop work efficiency and skill development particularly among the labour class in the country;

  (a) if so, the names of the institutions conducting such programmes and the workforce getting benefited annually therefrom; and 

(b) the total amount being spent on these programmes annually during the last three years and the current year, State-wise and year-wise? 

ANSWER

(a) & (b) Central Government is conducting training programmes to develop work efficiency and skill development, particularly, among the labour class in six Advanced Training Institutes located at Kolkata, Chennai, Kanpur, Hyderabad, Ludhiana and Mumbai, two Advanced Training Institutes for Electronics and Process Instrumentation situated at Hyderabad and Dehradun and two Foreman Training Institutes located at Bangalore and Jamshedpur. Further, labour class and other persons can improve their work efficiency and skill development through Skill Development Initiative (SDI) Scheme which has been operationalised since May 200 in which the persons mainly in unorganised sector are trained or their skills tested and certified by organising short term courses on modular pattern. So far, ,125 Vocational Training Providers (VTPs) have been empanelled to conduct training programmes and about 15.0 lakh persons have been trained  tested under the scheme. 

 (c) The State-wise and year-wise details of the amount spent during the last three years and the current year under SDI scheme is at Annex-I and in various institutes under DGE&T is at Annex-II.