Apex Committee at national level and
State Committees at State level would be formed to have effective coordination
with all stakeholders like Industry, other ministries, State Governments and
Trade Unions, advise and guide the project
implementation. The Apex Committee will
be chaired by the Secretary, Labour & Employment,
Govt. of India and State Committees will be chaired by concerned
Secretary/Principal Secretary to the State Government. These Committees will have representatives of
major stakeholders. The composition and
functions of these Committees are mentioned below.
Apex Committee for
SDI/ MES
The
Directorate General of Employment & Training (DGE&T) will constitute an
Apex Committee at national level. The composition and functions of the Apex
Committee are given below:-
Composition
of Apex Committee
1.
Secretary (Labour & Employment), -
Chairperson
2. Additional Secretary
(L&E) - Vice-Chairperson
3. Financial Advisor (MoLE) -
Member
4. Economic Advisor,
Ministry of Labour & Employment - Member
5.
Joint Secretary/ DGET -
Member Secretary
Representatives from Central Government Ministries/ Deptts. (Secretary or its
representative, not below the rank of Joint Secretary)
6.
D/o Expenditure, M/o Finance
7.
M/o Social Justice & Empowerment
8.
M/o Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation
9.
Planning Commission
Representatives of Trade Unions
10. Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh
11. Indian National Trade Union Congress
Representatives of Employers’ organisations
12. Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), New Delhi
13. Associated Chambers of
Commerce & Industry of India(ASSOCHAM),
New Delhi
14. Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce &
Industries(FICCI), New Delhi
15. Federation of Indian Micro and Small & Medium Enterprises, N.Delhi
16. PHD Chamber of Commerce & Industry, New Delhi
Representatives of the State Governments (Secretary/ Principal Secretary rank officer)
17. Maharashtra
18. Tamil Nadu
Functions of Apex
Committee
i.
to review and revise the policies,
norms, criteria, funds allocation, expenditure, costs, procedures, etc. of the
scheme.
ii.
to review & revise training
fee and assessment fee.
iii.
to prepare guidelines for
selecting and appointing assessing bodies .
iv.
to decide the rate of honorarium,
TA/DA etc to be paid to the members of Trade Committees and others.
v.
to
prepare guidelines for awarding the work of developing Web based software;
vi.
to monitor and evaluate the scheme.
vii.
to prepare the guidelines for
selecting the vocational training providers .
viii.
to
ensure proper utilisation of funds released.
ix.
to assess labour
market demand.
x.
to
make changes, additions or deletions of components under the scheme
National Project Management Cell (NPMC) and regional cells
A National Project Management Cell
(NPMC) in DGE&T Hqrs and six regional cells in RDATs will be set up.
These will be responsible for implementation as well as monitoring of
the activities of SDI/ MES Scheme in the country. These cells will be equipped
with modern office equipment, fax, photocopier, computers, laptop computer,
projector, printers, scanner, high speed internet connection, exclusive
telephone line with STD facility, video conferencing etc. The NPMC and regional
cells will be under the administrative control of Directorate General of
Employment and Training in the Ministry of Labour
& Employment, which would be the coordinating agency. 22 posts are sought to be created. Supporting
staff will also be provided to the NPMC and regional cells. Regional Directors can appoint support staff
on contractual basis. Details about
posts required, roles and responsibilities of the cells are given in Annex-VI.
List of Regional Cells in RDATs responsible for
implementation of SDI/ MES scheme
in various States/ UTs
|
S.N.
|
Regional Cell, RDAT
|
States/ UTs
covered
|
|
1
|
Faridabad
|
Delhi, Haryana, Punjab, HP, J&K, Chandigarh,
Rajasthan
|
|
2
|
Kanpur
|
UP, MP, Chattisgarh,
Uttrakhand
|
|
3
|
Mumbai
|
Maharashtra, Goa, Gujarat, Daman
& Diu, Dadra & Nagar Haveli
|
|
4
|
Hyderabad
|
AP, Karnataka, Orissa
|
|
5
|
Chennai
|
TN, Kerala,
Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Pondicherry, Lakshadweep
|
|
6
|
Kolkatta
|
W. Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand, NE
states and Sikkim
|
State Committees at State Level
Each
State/UT Government will constitute a State Committee in their respective
State/UT. The composition & functions of the State Committees are given
below:-
Composition of State Committee
This committee will have 11 members:-
1. Secretary/Principal Secretary dealing with Craftsmen
Training - Chairman
Scheme (CTS)
2. Director dealing with CTS -Member
Secretary
3. Representatives from other State departments dealing
with
Vocational
Training & Employment - 2 members
4. Representatives Employers’ organisations - 4 members
(CII,
FICCI, ASSOCHAM, etc.)
5. Representative of DGE&T - 1 member
6. Representatives of
Trade Unions -
2 members
Functions of State
Committee
i.
to
assess labour market demand.
ii.
to
give wide publicity to the scheme.
iii.
to
invite applications from VTPs, scrutinise
the same and forward recommendations to the RDAT.
iv.
to
maintain list of approved VTPs.
v.
to
issue admission notice as per prescribed admission guidelines.
vi.
to
ensure the implementation of prescribed training fee in the VTPs.
vii.
to
prepare annual training plan for the State and send the same to RDAT at least
three months before start of the financial year.
viii.
to
ensure the implementation of reservation policy for SC/ST, women and others in
respect of training places in VTPs.
ix.
to
provide support to the assessing bodies in conducting tests.
x.
to
declare nodal ITI in each district for coordinating the SDI/ MES scheme in the
district.
xi.
to
grant necessary powers to the nodal ITIs to perform
the prescribed role.
xii.
to
monitor and evaluate the outcome of the scheme.
xiii.
to
prepare guidelines for inspecting VTPs.
xiv.
to
ensure proper utilisation of funds released to the VTPs.
State Cells
Each State Government/UT
administration will set up SDI cell headed by an Additional Director/Joint
Director in the Directorate to coordinate with VTPs
located in their State/UT, assessing bodies and RDAT / DGE&T and to support
the State Committee in performing the assigned functions.
Nodal ITI
Every State/UT running SDI scheme in
their State/UT will declare one govt. ITI as nodal ITI in each district, which
will coordinate with VTPs and provide support to the
assessing bodies in its region.
Web based software
for implementation, monitoring and evaluation
Web based software will be used for
implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the scheme. Web based software will be required to
achieve the target of the scheme with in the stipulated period with limited
staff available at Central and State levels.
It will help in monitoring the activities of the scheme
effectively.
Some of the features of the software
are given below:-
I.
on line registration of persons
seeking training or testing of their skills
II.
call letters will be generated
III.
date of admission
will be self generated and no admission will be allowed in the middle of the
session.
IV.
reports
about number of persons undergoing training – course-wise and in which VTPs , can be generated.
V.
reports
about numbers of persons trained - course wise and by which VTPs
and when, can be generated.
VI.
reports
about number of persons assessed - course wise and by which assessing body and
when, can be generated.
VII.
reports
about number of persons certified - course wise and by which assessing body and
when can be generated.
VIII.
information about VTPs
along with courses offered,
IX.
information
about TCs along with details of courses in which
testing can be done.
X.
information about assessing bodies
XI.
certificates
will be prepared.
XII.
trained
persons can place their Curriculum Vitae for seeking employment.
XIII.
employers can
place their requirements for skilled persons.
Evaluation of VTPs
Separation of training delivery and assessment functions are
aimed at ensuring better quality.
Performance of the VTPs would be closely
monitored based on the outputs and outcomes of training provided by them. Rating would be awarded to the VTPs from 2nd year onwards based on following
criteria:
|
Grading
|
Pass rate of trainees who appeared in tests
during a period of 6 month
(April
– September , October- March)
|
|
A
|
80% and above
|
|
B
|
65%- 80%
|
|
C
|
50%-65%
|
|
D
|
Less than 50%
|
List of VTPs along with ratings would be provided on the SDI/ MES
website. The registration of any VTP which
gets two consecutive D grades would be cancelled. The proposals for cancellation of
registration will be placed before Apex Committee. From 3rd year onwards, employment
rate of trainees would also be considered in the rating.
Expectations from Stakeholders
Employers & employees
organisations
i.
Forecasting of emerging areas for employment
and skill napping
ii.
Developing of competency standards
iii.
Providing guest faculty & assessors
iv.
Training of trainers & assessors
v.
Encouraging & deputing workers for training
vi.
Making available training & testing
facilities
vii.
Monitoring & evaluation
viii.
Assisting trainee is getting in employment
International organisations
i.
Exposure to International good practices
ii.
Capacity building in the area of planning,
implementation and monitoring of Skill Development programme
for the Informal Economy
iii.
Capacity building in the area of development
of competency standards, curricula, learning material, assessment standards
etc.
iv.
Implementing pilot programmes
State Governments.
i.
Identifying training providers and assessing
bodies
ii.
Providing full support to the assessing bodies
iii.
Assessing of labour
market demand & curriculum development
iv.
Giving wide publicity
v.
Implementing MES programme
in ITIs/ITCs
vi.
Providing Post training support
vii.
Close monitoring & evaluation to ensure
quality
viii.
Setting up of dedicated MES cells
NGOs/ Vocational Training
providers
i.
Counselling
& vocational guidance
ii.
Providing good quality training
iii.
Providing training in a flexible mode to suit
trainees needs
iv.
Post training support to trainees
v.
Maintaining information on trainees trained
and outcome of training