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either as soft loans or equity, and supports
financial incentives to select private sector
initiatives to improve financial viability
through tax breaks etc.
NSDC has 232 training partners with
3127 training centers which have cumula-
tively trained 5.51million people and placed
2.35 million.
49
Data on active partners and
progress over different periods is difficult to
come by in NSDC’s website. However, not
all partners are active as can be seen from
the impact assessment report of Deloittee
50
which mentions that as on 31 December
2014 NSDC has approved more than 159
training partners, of which 90 are active.
Similarly, placement is also not very
robust in some states. For example, till 31st
March, 2015, NSDC trained 187,220 persons
in Rajasthan out of which 9,273 persons got
placement.
51
The Minister, Shri Rudy, has
also mentioned that the monitoring and
accountability aspects are being improved
in NSDC.
52
NSDC, has disbursed
`
7440 million
over the five year period Q4 FY10–Q3 FY15
for skill development.
53
Of the total fund
disbursed, about 86 per cent was disbursed
to various training partners, 11 per cent to
SSCs and the balance 3 per cent towards
Innovation and special projects. The mode
of fund disbursement by NSDC is primarily
through soft loans (78 per cent), followed by
Grant/Marketing Development Assistance
(19 per cent) and equity (3 per cent).
Sector Skill Councils
(SSCs) complement
the existing vocational education system for
the Industry Sector in meeting the require-
ments of appropriately trainedmanpower in
quantity and quality. SSCs are funded from
the NSDF through the NSDC.
The SSCs have the following functions:
(i) Conducting research: Building up skill
inventory database for the indus-
try sector, skill-wise, region-wise,
reviewing international trends in skill
development and identifying skill
gaps and technology to be taken up
for teaching.
(ii) Improving the delivery mechanism:
Partnering with educational institu-
tions to train trainers and upgrade skill
sets of existing industry employees,
and those in the industry value chain,
e.g., dealer and service networks.
(iii) Building quality assurance: Setting up
a robust and stringent certification and
accreditation process for industry sec-
tor facing skill development institutes
to ensure consistency and acceptability
of standards.
SSCs operate as autonomous bodies
with their own governance and eventually
the SSCs will be self-funded, for-profit
organisations. One of the important func-
tion of the SSCs is developing the national
occupational standards and qualification
packs (NOS/QPs).
National Skill Certification
and Quality
Assurance (NSQF):
NSDC has approved
33 Sector Skill Councils as of 31March 2015
which play a vital role in bridging the gap
between what the industry wants and what
the skilling curriculum ought to be. The
NSQF initiative seeks to transform the way
skills training are done. If implemented well
it will transform the way skills qualifica-
tions are received by the employers both in
recruitment and pricing of skilled persons.
It will also make the training institutes
responsible and accountable for the quality
and detail in skills training (Box 6.4).
49
This data was displayed on the home page of
NSDCweb site on 29 August 2015 and the information
period is not displayed.
50
NSDC, 2015, Executive Summary of Impact
Assessment Study, 2014–15. Available at
.
nsdcindia.org/sites/default/files/files/pdf/Executive-
Summary-Impact-Assessment-Study2014-15.pdf
51
Unstarred Question No 2017 in Rajya Sabha
Answered on 06 August 2015.
52
Outlook
, 2015, The NSDC had no Accountability,
10 August 2015. Available at
.
com/article/the-nsdc-had-no-accountability/294976
53
NSDC, 2015, Executive Summary. Available
at
/
files/pdf/Executive-Summary-Impact-Assessment-
Study2014-15.pdf
