A presentation on Aajeevika Special Projects
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About the skills and placement program
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Achievements till now
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Strategy for next five years
About the skills and placement program
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15% of allocation under SGSY/NRLM is for skills and placement
component
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The program works in a public-private partnership mode.
Partnership with industry, employers and private sector.
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The Ministry provides financial support to Project Implementation
Agency (PIA) by way of grants to the extent of 75% of the total cost
of the project. Remaining 25% is borne by the PIA or the concerned
State Government.
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Short-term placement linked, market driven training for 1 to 3
months to rural poor youth between the age of 18-35
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Trained youth assured of a job after skilling
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One year post-placement tracking
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Implemented through private companies or NGOs. They are
responsible for: skilling, placement, and post-placement tracking
Training
 Short term
 Generic skills includes soft skills, English communication skills and
computer-oriented skills.
 Technical skills relevant for the particular job – based on industry
requirements
Type of Jobs Youth get after Training
 Entry level jobs
 Earning - Rs. 50,000 to Rs.90,000 per annum
Achievements till now
Ministry is working with 63 implementation agencies
Year
Beneficiaries
Trained (in lakh)
Beneficiaries
Placed (in lakh)
2005-06
2006-07
2007-08
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
0.07
0.11
0.22
0.18
0.80
1.40
3.18
0.05
0.08
0.18
0.14
0.55
1.10
2.37
Total
5.96
4.47
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Spread of projects:
 28 of 28 States
 5 of 7 Union Territories
 575 of 640 districts
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63% men , 37% women.
Inclusive: 45% belonged to Scheduled Castes/ Tribes group, and
6.6% belonged to the minorities
Strategy for next five years
Multi-state projects
▪ Scaling up
▪ Strengthening systems
▪ Analyze and address current constraints in the entire value chain, and provide end-to-end
solution for Placement of Rural Poor Youth
▪ Partnerships and Knowledge Management
Special Interventions in vulnerable and less developed areas
▪ Himayat and IAP projects
▪ Block resource centre strategy
Building capacities of States
▪ Focus States
▪ Building their capacities to develop their own skills and jobs missions
(This plan is as per the recommendations made by the NRLM Working Group for 12 plan )
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We have trained 5 lakh youth till now
We are currently training 3.5 lakh youth annually.
Challenge: We plan to train and place 50 lakh youth in next 5 years
Training needs to be scaled up
Strengthening System
To manage training and placement of 50 lakh youth in next 5 years, efficient and
transparent process and systems are required
Initiatives
Status
Online Proposal Submission and Appraisal System Developed (has to be
(building service standards in appraisal process)
implemented)
Online Real Time MIS System
Developing the quality standards and
restructuring the monitoring System
Restructuring the Fund Release System
Phase 1 developed,
phase 2 going on
Is being developed
Is being developed
Special interventions for Vulnerable Areas
Vulnerable areas neglected owing to challenging circumstances
existing in these areas
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‘Himayat’ Scheme for J&K
Train and place 1 lakh youth in next 5 years
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Special Scheme for IAP districts
Train and place 3 lakh youth in next 5 years
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Key Features of Special Projects:
• NRLM will place professional teams in these areas to implement the
program.
• Block will be the unit of intervention
• Provide end-to-end solution
Building capacities of States to develop
their own skills and jobs missions
States have to take charge of the programme
In next five years:
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NRLM – move from direct implementation to building capacities
of state missions to Design and Implement their own programs.
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TA – a team of specialists exclusively dedicated for providing
technical assistance to States.
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Provide funds directly to states – based on MoU s with state
missions on outcome parameters
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Greater involvement of state governments is required. But the State
Governments first need to build capacities at the State, district and block level
to handle this work.
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State Rural Livelihoods Missions (SRLMs) have been asked to position dedicated
teams at state and district levels so that the appraisal, sanctioning and
monitoring can be done effectively by the State Missions themselves. In the
absence of a dedicated structure at the State and district level, mere devolution
of this responsibility will not yield satisfactory results.
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In the next one year, it is expected that 6 state Missions will build their teams
and the responsibility of proposal sanctioning and monitoring will be devolved
to these states.
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Over next 3 years, the Ministry will only retain 10% to 15 % of the funds at the
Centre level for innovative projects and multi-state projects.
Himayat
Project
58 of 60 IAP districts
are in these States
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Andhra Pradesh
Tamil Nadu
Bihar
Orissa
Gujarat
Jammu & Kashmir
Chhattisgarh
Madhya Pradesh
Rajasthan
Jharkhand
Maharashtra
2012-13
2012-13
2012-13
2012-13
2012-13
Knowledge sharing
 Enable sharing of lessons and best practices between the States,
and within the State.
 Provide a platform for State teams to network with each other
Networking Hub :
 Connect States with potential employers, training & placement
agencies, certifying agencies, national players like NSDC etc.
Analytical work:
Impact assessment, baseline studies