On the Job Training : a Vindication
Context :
Budget 2023: PM Kaushal Vikas Yojana 4.0 To Provide On-Job Training, Industry 4.0 Skills To Youth
Extract :
The Centre will launch Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana 4.0 to skill lakhs of youth in the next three years
The scheme will focus on :
# on-job training,
# industry partnership
# alignment of courses with the needs of industries
It will also provide new-age courses for Industry 4.0 such as :
# coding,
# artificial intelligence,
# robotics,
# mechatronics,
# IoT,
# 3D printing,
# drone, and
# other soft skills
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her Budget 2023-24 speech said that the Centre will launch Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana 4.0 to skill lakhs of youth in the next three years.
The Indian youth-focussed scheme will focus on on-job training, industry partnership and alignment of courses with the needs of industries.
It will also provide new-age courses for Industry 4.0 such as coding, artificial intelligence, robotics, mechatronics, IoT, 3D printing, drone, and other soft skills.
Centre to launch PMKVY 4.0, set up 30 skill IICs, FM announces in Budget 2023
Extract :
" To empower youth and help them realise their dream, PMKVY 4.0 will be launched to skill lakhs of youths within the next three years," said the Minister adding that 30 Skill India International Centres will also be opened across the states.
With an aim to make India a skill capital of the world and improve mobility of skilled manpower, the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) International has been set up, which aims to create a network of institutions across India, said the Economic Survey released on Sunday
It said that this network of institutions will be called the Skill India International (SII) Network. It shall be created through the empanelment of state-of-the-art government and private institutions.
ET Print Issue / 02 Feb 2023
“ This platform will enable demand-based formal skill training, link eligible candidates with employers including MSME and facilitate access to entrepreneurship schemes “, Sitharaman said.
The FM also said that the government will provide stipend support to 4.7 million ( 47 lakh ) youth in three years through Direct Benefit Transfer, for which a pan-India National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme ( NAPS ) will be rolled out
Between FY 17 and FY 23 ( as of Jan 05, 2023 ), about 11 million persons have been trained under PMKVY 2.0 , 83 % certified and about 2.14 million placed, as per the Economic Survey
MY TAKE :
I am happy that the Government has accepted suggestion made in my following earlier e-mail :
Ø Universal Basic Income …………………………[ 20 Jan 2017 ]
Extract :
WHAT WOULD BE THE RIGHT APPROACH ?
* Right approach would be : " Do not give fish to a hungry man / teach him how to fish "
In short , empower them to earn their own living by teaching them " Skills " and by
gaining " Experience " in use of those skills
ENTIRE COST OF THIS " SKILLING " AND " EXPERIENCING " TO BE BORNE BY THE GOVERNMENT , TILL
EACH TARGETED POOR / UNEMPLOYED PERSON , EITHER GETS GAINFULLY EMPLOYED OR BECOMES
SELF-EMPLOYED
Should he choose to become Self-Employed ( by registering as a " Start Up " ), exempt
him from paying Personal Income Tax for next 10 years
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HOW TO TRANSLATE THIS " SELF HELP " CONCEPT INTO PRACTICE ?
Divide the implementation in following 3 phases
* Empowering - 3 years ( Imparting Skills in Industrial Training Institutes )
* Experiencing - 3 years ( Providing experience in Ind / Commercial Establishments )
* Self-dependence Phase ( Working in a gainful job or as Self Employed )
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WHAT SKILLS WILL GET PROVIDED IN ITI ?
Entire range of Manufacturing Industry related skills being currently imparted plus a
whole host of commercial skills required by E Commerce / Fintech / Agriculture Processing
/ Payment Banks / Service Sector / BPO / Telecom and other emerging sectors
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HOW SHALL WE MOTIVATE UNEMPLOYED YOUTH TO JOIN ITIs ?
* Each trainee will receive Rs 1000 pm ( for course duration of 3 years )
This amount will get deposited in Jan Dhan bank account of trainee ( DBT )
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HOW CAN WE GET PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION IN THIS PHASE ?
* If a Private firm or individual comes forward to set up such a Training Institute ,
# Treat it as an Infrastructure SPV
# No questions asked as to the source of funds for setting up such ITI
{ a kind of Amnesty Scheme to convert Black Money into White Money }
# A government grant of Rs 1,000 pm per trainee to such SPV ( DBT in Bank A/C )
If this is done , expect 10,000 SPVs to come up within one year and 10 million youth to
get trained each year !
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HOW CAN WE GET INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENTS TO PROVIDE
EXPERIENCE TO TRAINEES PASSING OUT OF ITIs ?
* Amend Apprenticeship Act
* Allow all Industrial and Commercial Establishments to engage ANY NUMBER of
apprentices ( without upper limit ) , for a period of 3 years
* Starting stipend = Min of Semi-Skilled wages ( currently , approx Rs 6,000 pm )
* Annual Increment = 5 %
* Establishment to pay 75 % of stipend
* Government to pay 25 % of stipend ( DBT into Jan Dhan account of the Apprentice )
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HOW CAN WE ENSURE A " LEAKAGE PROOF " DISBURSEMENTS OF DBT AMOUNTS ?
* Through implementation of Mobile based Attendance System , outlined in my blog,
" From BAD to MAD "
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HOW WILL MY SUGGESTION HELP ?
* It will solve the problem of poverty organically / permanently
* It will prevent " Dependency Culture " ( looking up to Sarkar Maa Baap for everything )
* It will enable poor to retain their " Self Respect / Dignity "
* The money spent by government will create highly productive " Human Assets "
* It will overcome the " Skills Shortages " experienced by the Economy
* It will create gainful " Self Employment " for millions of poor
* It will make India , a " Low Cost Economy " , able to export its goods and services
* It will channelize Black Money into a " Nation Building " exercise
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WILL GOVERNMENT IMPLEMENT MY SUGGESTION ?
* Very unlikely !
By handing out freebies and thereby keeping poor " dependent on dole " forever ,
politicians assure themselves of permanent " Vote Banks " !
If all those currently enjoying " Reservations " ( of umpteen types ) were to become
" meritorious " and start earning Rs 50,000 per month , they would not care a bit for
those " Reservations " !
And if people stop caring for reservations , what " cause " can politicians espouse ?
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Dear Shri Narendrabhai Modiji ,
I request you to ponder on my suggestion in light of the following quote of another Narendra ( Swami Vivekanand ) :
" Education, education, education alone !
Travelling through many cities of Europe and observing in them the comforts and education of even the poor people, there was brought to my mind the state of our own poor people, and I used to shed tears.
What made the difference ? Education was the answer I got.
Through education comes faith in one's own Self, and through faith in one's own Self the inherent Brahman is waking up in them.[Source] "
With Regards,
Hemen Parekh
hcp@RecruitGuru.com / 02 Feb 2023
Related Readings :
2013 ( 1 )
Rejoice You Jobless ! …………………………………………[ 03 Sept 2013 ]
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2015 ( 2 )
Make in India is Skilling India…………………………..[ 17 July 2015 ]
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2016 ( 3 )
Skill Capital of the World ? ……………………………[ 06 June 2016 ]
Harness " Greed " to " Skill India "……………….[ 19 June 2016 ]
From BAD to MAD ………………………………….. [ 01
2017 ( 3 )
No mere Relief : A Game Changer ……………[ 20 Dec
Discovering the Obvious ? ………………………….[ 30 Nov 2017
Universal Basic Income …………………………….[ 20
2018 ( 2 )
Starting a Virtuous Circle …………………………………[17 Dec 2018 ]
Of Interns and Apprentices ………………………………[ 07 Jan 2018 ]
2019 ( 4 )
Thank You, Prakashbhai ( Javadekarji ) ……………………..[ 03 Apr 2019 ]
Congratulations , Anilbhai Naik ……………………………………[ 08 Feb 2019 ]
Organizing the Unorganized ………………………………………….[ 04 Feb 2019 ]
Paralyzed by Policy Revisions ? …………………………………….[ 27 Mar 2019 ]
2020 ( 3 )
Human Resource Capital of the World ? …………………….....[ 23 Nov 2020 ]
Congratulations, Shri Ajit Pawar / Shri Nawab Malik ……..[ 06 Mar 2020 ]
Congratulations, TATA………………………………………………………[ 27 Dec 2020 ]
2021 ( 4 )
ApprenticeShip : Unanchored and ready to sail ? ………….[ 08 Feb 2021 ]
National Skills University : Virtual is the only way……….. [ 03 Apr 2021 ] – links to 64 other E-Mails
Small Steps for Small Firms ? Not enough………………………[ 07 Mar 2021 ]
Gaining Ground : Virtually ………………………………………………[ 01 Mar 2021 ]
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