JHARKHAND SKILL

DEVELOPMENT
POLICY-2018

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Hon’ble Chief Minister’s Foreword

Our Hon’ble Prime Minister has said “if we have to promote the development of our country then our mission has to be
`skill development’ and `Skilled India’. He has also envisioned to create a pool of young people who can be
entrepreneurs as well as job providers while those who does not have means to create job, can success over their
counter parts in the world possessing high competency and skills.

Today, Jharkhand is one of the youngest states in the country with more than 57% of its 3.3 crore population in the
working age group of 15-59 years and around 70% below 35 years of age. Being a recently formed independent State,
Jharkhand faces peculiar economic and demographic challenges too. More than 75% of the population lives in rural
areas and about 38% people belongs to Marginalized section groups. On other hand, Jharkhand is a mineral rich state
and has tremendous wealth of natural resources. Identifying these strengths and challenges ahead, we have recently
launched Momentum Jharkhand and Skill Development is at the forefront of all development activities.

We have decided to host Skill Summit on alternate year which will provide skilled human resource to the industries
being set-up under Momentum Jharkhand. This will significantly reduce the distress migration of youth from the state.

With high investments in Skilling initiatives, Jharkhand wants to contribute significantly in “Make in India” efforts to
realise the dream of our Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri, Narendra Modi ji.

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Hon’ble HRD Minister’s Foreword

Skill Development is one of the most important focus area of our Government. We are committed to provide attractive
and sustainable livelihood opportunities for our youth. In this context, this policy is going to be a very important
milestone. This policy will give right direction to our efforts till 2022

We remain committed to improve the quality and quantity of jobs being offered to our youth. Our focus will strongly
remain on engaging with local industries and incubate barefoot entrepreneurship enterprises to provide livelihood
opportunities to the youth of the state. We hope to significantly reduce unattractive and distress migration of the youth.
Our efforts pertaining to skill development and entrepreneurship are expected to contribute significantly towards these
goals.

Jharkhand Skill Development Mission Society is releasing “State Skill Policy” with lots of innovation and interventions
which would be welcomed over coming years. I would like to wish them all the best!

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Chief Secretary’s Foreword

Skill development is at the cornerstone of all developmental activities of the Government of Jharkhand and it is an
integral part of “Momentum Jharkhand”. Higher education and skill development in Jharkhand is undergoing
significant changes towards bridging the skill gap. The policy has very rigorously identified key challenges of the state.
Based on vigorous analysis of existing skill gap, youth aspiration will be further matched towards demand for jobs/self-
employment/barefoot entrepreneurship opportunities etc.

With this policy Jharkhand Government is providing a stimulus to the skilling ecosystem in the state and its contribution
to Skill India Mission. Through integrating vocational education in our secondary and higher secondary educational
system; we are making every effort to employability of youth. Initiatives like mega skill centres, centre of excellence,
technical education institutions and skill universities will ensure horizontal and vertical mobility pathways in education
system.

Towards fulfilment of all these initiatives and goals, Government of Jharkhand has set up Jharkhand Skill Development
Mission Society in the year of 2013 which is currently working under the Department of Higher, Technical Education
and Skill Development, Government of Jharkhand. The society will be the flag bearer of all proposed initiatives under
Jharkhand Skill Development Policy 2017.

I foresee a bright future for the youth of Jharkhand who choose to join Mission Skill India and reap the benefits
proposed in the policy document.

Secretary’s Foreword

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Development Commissioner’s Foreword

Jharkhand is one of the youngest states in the country with more than 57% of its 3.3 crore population in the working
age group of 15-59 years and around 70% below 35 years of age. It is critical that the skill development and
entrepreneurship interventions are effective in terms of scale, speed and standard. Quality of outcomes can be the only
measure of effectiveness of such interventions. Our skill development interventions need to match jobs to skilling,
generate wage premium, provide career paths through up skilling, reskilling and recognition of prior learning and
generate sustainable livelihood. It is imperative that the state benefits from demographic dividend potential.

This is possible only through very well conceptualised policies and strategic roadmaps along with effective on the
ground implementation of various interventions. It is critical that we have policies, processes, procedures, innovation
and technology as part of an effective implementation plan. This policy sets the bedrock of the very ambitious and
critical task before us. I look forward to an exciting and accomplished skill development and entrepreneurship journey
of Jharkhand in coming years.

Secretary’s Foreword

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Secretary’s Foreword

The Jharkhand Skill Development Mission Society is committed to improve the skilling ecosystem in the state and is the
apex body responsible for all skill development activities, policies & programs within the State.It acts as the
convergence platform for all other departments as well. The JSDM is determined to bring a robust upliftment in skill
development sector and is progressively working towards meeting their target of skilling 20 lakh people in the next five
years, as it can be derived from their current and planned initiatives.

One of the flagship initiatives undertaken by the Mission is the development of a policy on skill development for the
state to address issues confronting state specific challenges for skill development, such as, industry-market symmetry,
exclusion of marginalised groups, limited vertical/horizontal pathways between skills and formal education, raising
profile of skills and making it aspirational for the youth and so on.

This policy is centered on four main themes of developing capacity to match demand for skilled workforce; identifying
and opening high potential sectors for economic growth and innovation; building and sustaining competencies for
future labour market needs and convergence across schemes. A well-educated, skilled and motivated population will
contribute to economic progress, promote greater equality and social inclusion in our society, as well as enhancing
Jharkhand’s national and international reputation. The quality of outcomes are ensured by compliance to National Skill
Quality Framework as well as collaborating with foreign education institutions to ensure skilling of youth to National
and International standards.

The progress on the implementation of this policy will be measured against the achievement of expected outcomes as
well as creation of a competent workforce who would be appreciated as an asset by various industries. This progress
will be measured through a variety of mechanisms including the Mission’s Annual Report.

I would like to thank the staff of the Mission and the Ernst & Young Project Management Unit who engaged in the
consultation process for their valuable input and assistance in developing this Skill Policy. I now look forward to work
towards its implementation.

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Mission Director’s Foreword

The skill development growth in the state has witnessed rapid momentum in the last one year. We have focussed on
opening relatively large size centres along with longer duration courses with focus on soft skills and
OJT/Apprenticeship components. JSDMS has also partnered with DHTE&SD to set up skill development centres within
college premises to improve the employability of our youth. We have also initiated skill development focussed on
Industry 4.0 in partnership with leading global companies like Siemens.

As we are gaining scale and maturity, need for Skills Policy that weaves together all aspects in a comprehensive
roadmap was acutely felt. This policy is being released at an opportune time and will enable rapid growth and improved
outcomes for skill development and entrepreneurship interventions in the state.

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Table of Contents

S.No. Topic Page No.

1. Context 6

2. Vision & Mission 15

3. Mission 15

4. Objectives of Jharkhand Skill Development Policy 15

5. Policy Features 16

6 Abbreviations 29

7 Definitions 32

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Government of Jharkhand is committed to enabling growth of the state through skilling the youth. A
skilled and high productivity manpower base is a critical enabler in the growth of manufacturing,
services and agriculture. It is also a critical intervention to harness the potential of ‘Demographic
Dividend’ in a youthful state like Jharkhand. To give impetus to growth with scale, speed and standard,
Government of Jharkhand has decided to frame a Skills Policy for the state of Jharkhand. This policy
will be known as ‘Jharkhand Skills Policy 2018’and will be in force from the date of publication of
notification and will remain in force for next 5 years.

1. Context

1. Reaping Demographic Dividend: Jharkhand is among the fastest growing economies in the
country characterized by a young demography. The state is home for 57% population belonging
to working age group (15-59 years) and around 70% below 35 years of age. Skill Development
and barefoot entrepreneurship interventions are extremely critical to realise the potential of
demographic dividend of the state

Figure 1: Population by Age Group (In Lakhs)

Population by Age Group (in Lakhs)

11.70 60+ 11.77

17.98 45-59 19.07

30.43 30-44 31.88

41.97 14-29 44.88

57.89 0-14 61.06

Male Female

Source: Census 2011

2. Stock and Flow Analysis: As is the case with most of the country, the census of 2011 for the
State of Jharkhand reveals that the state is experiencing demographic dividend and there is a
large chunk of population in the age group of 5-14 years which will become part of the labor
force during the period 2011-2021. The graphic below represents this scenario

Figure 2: Workforce Pyramid

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A large section of the population in Jharkhand even now does not engage in higher education.
These include the illiterate population, dropouts from primary to higher secondary education
and also include section of population which even after completion of education is not able to
engage in gainful employment owing to deficiency of domain and work skills.

The below mentioned graphic captures the stock and flow analysis of existing demographics of
Jharkhand.

Figure 3: Stock and Flow Framework

Skills Up gradation

Stock indicates the existing population of youth in the age group of 14-34 years (Reference Year
2017) who are not part of the Vocational/Educational system or Workforce or are
minimally/semi-skilled and need skill training for gainful employment. Given the right

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 enablement at this stage these youth can not only contribute to State’s output but also
contribute to improved industrial productivity and competitiveness

Figure 4: Stock Analysis

22.49lakh Target for Skilling (Age group 14-17years)

children out of school
61.56 lakh Population from the age group 18-23 years
36.56 lakh who are out of higher education system

Population is currently existing

that can be targeted for skill Target for Skilling in the age group 24-34
training in the state
2.51 lakh who are willing/looking for employment and
are unemployed

Flow includes the population for the period 2017-23 and should be targeted for skill training.
Figure 5: Flow analysis

41.12 lakh population will be added to age group of

28.0 lakh 14-17 years between 2017-23. Considering Business
as is scenario 28.00 lakh candidates are likely to be
Population that will be added in out of TVET
the period of 2017-23 and can
be targeted for skill training

20.10 lakh population of minimally/semi-skilled workers can be targeted for their skills up gradation
during the period.

During the period 13.11 lakh school population can be targeted to help them make a carrier choice
at an early stage.

Target Group identified for skill training during the period of 2017-23
Following figure illustrates the potential sources and groups that can constitute the target for skill
training including future projection for the stimulated time period in order to plan adequately.

Figure 6: Stock and Flow Summary

Total Target Group

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 13.11 lakhs Students in educational
system
122.7 lakh
61.56 lakhs Stock
Population that can be targeted for
skill training during the period of 28.00 lakhs Flow
2017-23
Workforce for skills up
20.10 lakhs gradation

3. Current higher education and Skill Development scenario: Jharkhand has shown a steady
growth rate in GER at higher education level during period 2010-11 to 2015-16. In these
6 years Jharkhand has ensured phenomenal growth rate at 86% against national
growth rate of 26 %. The increased GER can also be attributed to improved
infrastructure availability for higher education in past decade. The number of colleges
have increased from 187 to 328 during this period. Total college enrolment in the state
is approximately 5.6 lakh.

Figure 7: Higher Education GER trend

Source: AISHE Table, 2015-16, MHRD

Jharkhand currently targets skilling 20 lakh youth in the next five years.

Figure 8: Skill Development targets

Y1 Y2 Y3 Y4 Y5 Y1-Y5
Details
FY 16-17 FY 17-18 FY 18-19 FY 19-20 FY 20-21 FY 17 -21

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JSDMS Training Target 90,000 1,35,000 2,10,000 3,15,000 4,50,000 12,00,000

Target to other departments* 1,20,000 1,40,000 1,60,000 1,80,000 2,00,000 8,00,000

DDU-GKY 25,000 30,000 35,000 35,000 35,000 1,65,000

NULM 25,000 30,000 35,000 35,000 35,000 1,65,000

Other Departments (break up below) 70,000 80,000 90,000 1,10,000 1,30,000 4,80,000

Labor 40,000 45,000 50,000 60,000 70,000 2,65,000

Industries 10,000 11,000 12,000 15,000 20,000 68,000

Secondary Education 8,000 9,000 10,000 12,000 15,000 54,000

Higher & Technical Education 5,000 5,800 6,500 8,000 10,000 35,300

Social Welfare 2,000 2,700 3,500 4,500 5,500 18,200

Tourism, Health, Others 5,000 6,500 8,000 10,500 9,500 39,500

TOTAL Training Target 2,10,000 2,75,000 3,70,000 4,95,000 6,50,000 20,00,000

4. Current interventions: Jharkhand Skill Development Mission Society (JSDMS) was set up in
2013 as the nodal entity for all Skill Development initiatives in the state. JSDMS has picked up
momentum in the last year with launching of following interventions

a) Saksham Jharkhand Kaushal Vikas Yojana – The scheme focusses on offering NSQF
aligned courses and responsive to Industry needs. The scheme aims to facilitate
employment to 70% of successful trainees through placement-linked and self-
employment training in various trades/courses affiliated by different Sector Skill
Councils (SSC).Payment terms and schedule are guided by the Common Norms notified
by the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship dated 15th July, 2015 and its
amendments. The scheme focuses on youths of the State in the age group of 18-35
years. Skill Development courses are aligned to high-impact sectors including Tourism
& Hospitality, Telecom, Security, Retail, Plumbing, Logistics, IT/ITES, Electronics,
Domestic Worker, Construction, Capital Goods, BFSI, Beauty & Wellness, Automotive,
Apparel, and Agriculture etc. The main phase of the scheme was launched on 27th
December 2016 and 42 training service providers got selected through an RFP based
process, of which 33 are currently operational.
It is to be noted that Saksham Jharkhand Kaushal Vikas Yojana will be phased out
innext 3 to 5 years. The scheme will primarily be leveraged to cover the districts and
assembly constituency with low coverage of Skill Development Centres. Going forward,
most of the Skill Development Centres under this scheme will be located within
academic college campus but preferably in standalone buildings wherever feasible.

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b) Deen Dayal Upadhyay Kaushal Kendra (Mega Skill Centre) – This scheme focusses on
setting up benchmark skill development centres of at least 15,000 square feet. Courses
offered in DDU KK are relatively long duration of 6 months to a year, matching the
industry expectationswith a significant apprenticeship/ on the job training component.
Total 2.33 lakh candidates are targeted to be trained across the State by 2022 through
this program. Currently DDU-KK scheme is operational in 15 Mega Training Centres.
Mega Skill Centres will be the flagship Skill Development scheme of Jharkhand Skill
Development Mission Society. All Mega Skill Centres will come up in separate
standalone building which can either be Government or Private owned.

c) Employability Excellence with College Education & Learning (Excel) –This scheme
endeavours to integrate Skill Development in academic colleges. Skill Development
Centres located within college premises are offering domain and Life Skills/ Soft Skills
courses to improve employability of college graduates. The objective of this program is
to provide employability skills through a combination of soft skills and domain based
skills to 51,000 students in 4-years across multiple colleges of 5-State Universities of
Jharkhand. All students enrolled in State polytechnics affiliated to State Board of
Technical Education, Jharkhand will also be part of the program. All the 5 State
Universities (includes 100 affiliated colleges) will be selected for this programme:
i. Kolhan University, Chaibasa,
ii. Nilamber-Pitamber University, Palamu,
iii. Ranchi University, Ranchi,
iv. SidoKanhu University, Dumka,
v. Vinoba Bhave University, Hazaribagh

d) Centre of Excellence: The Centre of Excellence (COE) provide state of art technical
training pertaining to emerging Industry 4.0 technologies like IOT, Big Data, Robotics,
etc. COEs have been created as advanced knowledge centres in Engineering Colleges
with focus on student training, R&D, conducting industry sessions, etc. CoE also links to
multiple spokes (Technical Skill Development Institutes) set up in institutions likeITIs.
Under the Department of Higher Technical Education & Skill Development, Siemens
has launched its first Center of Excellence in the State at BIT Sindri on 5th September
2017. In addition to this, 5 Technical Skill Development Institutes (TSDIs) in the first
cluster have also been started by Siemens in various polytechnic institutes in Bhaga,
Nirsa, Dhanbad, Koderma & Dumka. The COE in BIT Sindri will enable the students to
specialize in the domain of automobile, electrical, electronics, agriculture and computer
based trades.

e) Partnership with ITE, Singapore- Hon’ble Chief Minister of Jharkhand visited Institute
of Technical Education (ITE) facility in Singapore in December 2016. Government of
Jharkhand and ITE Singapore signed a MoU during the Momentum Jharkhand Summit
in February 2017. It was followed by on site situation analysis visit by six member ITE
Singapore delegation in August 2017. It was agreed to set up Centre of Excellence
including a Train the Trainer academy in collaboration with ITE Singapore. This project
would have a Brownfield and Greenfield component. An existing ITI would be upgraded
to meet the requirements of ITE Singapore and an early start to the proposed CoE
would happen from the brownfield facility. Greenfield project would take about 3 to 5
years to be operational.

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Another notable initiative is the Department of Welfare, Government of Jharkhand and PanIIT
Alumni Reach for India Foundation partnership to launch PanIIT Alumni Reach for Jharkhand
Foundation (PReJha Foundation), a non-profit joint enterprise to implement and scale
sustainable welfare initiatives. This initiative is based on Gurukul model of learning for skill
development across all the districts of the state and thus provides a network of sub-ITI
institutions accessible to schools drop-outs, underprivileged and those who are from the lower
strata of the socio economic background. NABARD provides 100% financing to the students of
the Gurukul through Nabard financial Services, its NBFC subsidiary. The Gurukul program trains
against committed industry hiring thereby resulting in very high placement rates.

Jharkhand State Livelihoods Promotion Society (JSLPS) implements the prestigious Deen
Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY). DDU-GKY is a part of the
National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM), tasked with the dual objectives of adding diversity to
the incomes of rural poor families and cater to the career aspirations of rural youth. Jharkhand
is an Annual Action Plan (AAP) state for DDU-GKY as having fulfilled certain capacity
conditions, JSLPS can sanction DDU-GKY projects on the basis of annual approvals and
protocols set by MoRD. DDU-GKY scheme has very detailed processes and procedures
captured in various guidelines and SoPs.

National Urban Livelihood Mission (NULM)launched by Ministry of Housing and Urban

Poverty Alleviation, Govt. of India to provide gainful employment to the urban poorhas
Employment through Skill Training and Placement (EST&P) component meant for skill
development of urban poor and thereby providing an opportunity to set up self-employment
ventures or secure employment in different sectors. NULM is being executed by Urban
Development and Housing Department, Government of Jharkhand.

Department of Labour, Employment and Training, Government of Jharkhand has set a

target of setting up of at least one ITI (General) in all districts and sub divisions and at least one
ITI (Women) in every district with a capacity to train up to 10,000 youths.

Training Wing of Directorate of Employment & Training under Department of Labour,

Employment & Training imparts vocational training in engineering & non-engineering trades to
the youth through a network of 22 government and 148 private ITIs, spread across the state.
Presently training is imparted in 42 engineering and non-engineering trades. The installed
capacity of government and private ITIs taken together is around 29,500.

The Directorate will be establishing nearly 90 more ITIs in the state particularly in unserved
blocks and LWE affected areas. These ITI’s are proposed to be operationalised and run under
Public-Private-Partnership mode.

Centre of Excellence has been established in (1) ITI, Ranchi(General) – Production &
Manufacturing Sector (2) ITI, Ranchi(Welfare) – Electrical sector (3) ITI, Sahebganj – Electrical
Sector and (4) ITI, Dhanbad – IT Sector.

8 ITIs of the state namely (1) ITI Chaibasa, (2) ITI Daltonganj, (3) ITI Jamshedpur, (4) ITI Dumka,

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 (5) ITI Seraikela-Khersawan (6) ITI Giridih, (7) WITI, Ranchi and (8) WITI, Jamshedpur have been
upgraded under the CSS“Upgradation of 1396 ITIs under “Public-Private-Partnership”.

Directorate has entered into MoU with JSPL and TATA Steel for running ITIs under PPP at
Godda & Tamar(Ranchi) of which ITI at Godda is already operational.

For implementation of Apprenticeship Act, 1961 the state has created four separate zones each
headed by an Assistant Director Training. These offices are situated at Ranchi, Jamshedpur,
Dumka & Adityapur. A total of 207 establishments (Industries) in Jharkhand are offering
apprenticeship program in various sectors.In addition, Directorate has 74 registered VTPs for
implementing the CSS SDI/MES.

Department of Tourism, Government of Jharkhand implements the ‘Hunnar Se Rozgar’

scheme of Ministry of Tourism, Government of India. The basic objective of this scheme is to
reduce the skill gap that affects the hospitality and tourism sector. Another objective was to put
in place a dispensation to ensure that the economic benefit of a growing tourism reaches the
poor.

‘Seekho aur Kamao’ (Learn & Earn)” is a scheme implemented since 2013-14 for skill
development of minorities by Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of India. The scheme
aims at upgrading the skills of minority youth in various modern/traditional skills depending
upon their qualification, present economic trends and market potential, which can earn them
suitable employment or make them suitably skilled to go for self-employment. Another scheme
of Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of India is ‘Nai Manzil’.Nai Manzil aims to engage
constructively with poor Minority youth and help them obtain sustainable and gainful
employment opportunities that can facilitate them to be integrated with mainstream economic
activities. The scheme mobilises youth from minority communities who are school drop-outs
and provide them with formal education and certification up to level 8th or 10th through
National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) or other State open schooling systems.
Subsequently, integrated Skill Training is provided to the youth in market driven skills.

Vocationalisation of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education scheme introduces

vocational Education from Class IXth onwards i.e. at the secondary stage. This scheme has been
subsumed under the Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan scheme with effect from 1st April,
2013. The scheme follows 75:25 sharing pattern between Center and States for funds released
under all the components. 90:10 sharing pattern for fund release is being followed for North
Eastern States including Sikkim. The scheme proposes to cover approximately 2 lakh students
per annum as per the availability of funds.

5. Global Scenario: It is interesting to look at the pathway mix of Academic Educationvis-a-

visTechnical and Vocational Education &Training (TVET). As the capacity of both academic and
TVET ecosystem is increasing in the state, it would be important to look at the pathway mix in
medium to long term

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Figure 9: Percentage of Upper Secondary Students in TVET and General Education Programs
General Education TVET

65

65
52

50

50
48

35

35
GERMANY SWITZERLAND SINGAPORE CHINA

Source:National Centre for Education and Economy, Washington, 2014

6. Demand: NSDC Skill Gap study estimates total incremental manpower demand in organised
sector of Jharkhand in the duration 2017-2022 is around 32 lakhs. In addition, unorganised
sector will require an incremental manpower of around 11 lakhs in the same period. The
immensely successful Momentum Jharkhand Summit and subsequent efforts are estimated to
lead to incremental manpower demand of around 6 lakhs.

7. Key Challenges: Key challenges facing the skill development ecosystem in the state has been
listed below:
a) Improving outcomes:There is a need to improve outcomes in terms of both in terms of
quality and quantity of placements. It is important that skill development initiatives add
sufficient value for employers to provide skill premium to youth skilled in Jharkhand.
There is also a need to provide impetus to creation of nano enterprises through
barefoot entrepreneurship
b) Expanding skill infrastructure with scale and speed: Given the steep skill
development targets of the state, there is a need for setting up skill development
infrastructure at a break-neck speed. Effort should be to set up large scale aspirational
benchmark institutions that provide quality training
c) Strengthening the skill development ecosystem: There is a need for strengthening
the capability of skill development ecosystem in terms of quality of trainers, on the job
training and apprenticeship opportunities, effective counselling, migration support, etc
d) Improving aspiration for skill development: It is critical that skill development has
vertical and logical horizontal pathways to ensure that skill development is not terminal
in nature. There is a need to improve awareness of youth, community and employers to
better communicate the value of Skill Development
e) Incubating barefoot entrepreneurs: There is a need to undertake a well-rounded nano
enterprise development encompassing domain skill, entrepreneurship training, market

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 linkage, supply chain linkage, credit linkage, mentorship, etc. This is especially
important in view of reluctance of the skilled youth to migrate out of Jharkhand for
greener pastures at the current salary levels. The trained and skilled youth look forward
to placement within the state and thereby severely restraining the opportunities for
placement after the training program

2. Vision
To be the engine of sustainable economic growth in the state by providing highly skilled and productive
manpower to the industries and sustainable livelihood & entrepreneurial opportunities to the youth

3. Mission
To create a high performing skill development and barefoot entrepreneurship ecosystem aligned with
national and international standards. The State is committed to skilling of 20 lakh youths from across
the varied geographies of Jharkhand by 2022 through establishing robust institutional mechanisms and
developing state of the art training infrastructure.

4. Objectives of Jharkhand Skill Development Policy

The skills development policy will be targeted towards five main objectives:

• Quality outcomes: To ensure quality outcomes in terms of both quality and quantity of
placements. Improved placement rates along with salary levels of more than INR 12,000 per
month is one of the key objectives of Jharkhand Skill Development ecosystem

• Training infrastructure creation with scale and speed: Given the ambitious target of the state
to skill 20 lakh youth in next five years, it is imperative that aspirational and high quality
standard training infrastructure is created with scale and speed

• Ensure high performing training ecosystem: To incubate, grow and sustain ecosystem
enablers like mobilization & counselling support, Train the Trainer academies, Placement
Centres, Industry engagement, research centres in skill development, etc

• Building and sustaining competencies for future labour market needs: To be ready for jobs
of future by imparting necessary knowledge, skills and competency in emerging technologies
and business models

• Incubate nano enterprises – To incubate, grow and sustain nano enterprises through barefoot
entrepreneurship incubation centres. To create a robust barefoot entrepreneurship ecosystem
encompassing skill development, entrepreneurship training, supply chain linkages, credit
linkages, market linkages, mentorship, etc

5. Policy Features
The features of this policy has been included below:

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1. Scope: The Indian Skill Development ecosystem seeks to provide employability skills to a wide
range of learner groups – School drop-outs, Class X/XII pass-outs, ITI, polytechnic pass-outs,
general graduates, engineering and other professional course graduates. However more than
85% of the efforts are focused on the first three learner groups to enable them to get blue
collared jobs. The scope of skill development intervention should encompass both the repair
and prepare jobs. In case of prepare jobs, the scope of skill development interventions starts
right from Secondary School to the Universities by embedding skills in academic education.
This is necessary to improve employability of the youths coming out of academic education
system.

2. Geographical coverage: It will be ensured that at least one skill development centreis located
in every district and assembly constituency of the state.

a. To facilitate the target geographical coverage along with ensuring permanency of skill
development centres and better monitoring, Skill Development Centres will be opened in
academic colleges and technical/ vocational institutions wherever feasible.
b. Wherever adequate land and building is available within the campus of academic colleges
and technical/ vocational institutions, preference will be given to setting up of Mega Skill
Centres in a standalone building
c. In absence of standalone building or inadequate size of land/ building, SJKVY centres will be
set up within the campus of academic colleges and technical/ vocational institutions
d. Land/ building will be provided to Training Service Providers within academic colleges and
technical/ vocational institutioncampuses at nominal rates.

3. Demand/Skill Gap: The skill development intervention assumes decent work at the end of the
training. A competency based skill development system develops a stack of modules to attain a
level of skills, knowledge and competency that will result in employment. Hence, a robust
analysis of current skill gaps is the starting point for the skill development ecosystem. While
NSDC has undertaken various skill gap analysis, it still leaves scope to make such analysis more
granular and actionable. An inventory of district/block level economic activity will be required
to attune the skill development interventions to the actual demand for jobs/self-
employment/barefoot entrepreneurship opportunities. Jharkhand Skill Development Mission
Society (JSDMS) will undertake this research in collaboration with all relevant departments
and district administration of Government of Jharkhand.Focussed large scale sectorial
intervention can be undertaken to address skill development in high demand sectors.

4. Mobilization/Youth Aspiration: The current skill development ecosystem puts the primary
onus of mobilization on Training Service Providers. However, most of these providers offer
training in limited job roles and hence rendering career interest and suitability meaningless. It is
necessary that the state plays an active role in mobilization so as to offer wide ranging choices
to candidates across the entire skill ecosystem of the state. Jharkhand Skill Development
Mission Society (JSDMS) will set up at least one mobilization & counselling centre in each
district of the state. JSDMS will also undertake research to determine youth aspirations so
as to determine their attitudes towards migration, barefoot entrepreneurship, etc.To get
this operationalised, it is imperative that JSDMS will develop a pool of trained counsellors,
suitable counselling tools and techniques, etc either in-house or through outsourcing.

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5. Making Skill Development Aspirational: One of the issues closely linked to mobilization is the
issue of skills not being aspirational. One of the key reason is India being perhaps the only
country where skills is terminal in nature. In the event of National Skill Ecosystem being unable
to address this issue, Jharkhand will have to create both vertical and logical horizontal
pathways. In this context, Mega Skill Centres/Deen Dayal Upadhayay Kaushal Kendras will
be converted into Skills School. These Skills School can offer certificates equivalent to class
Xth or Class XIIth for eligible candidates through suitable tie-ups with Open
Schools/Colleges.While domain skills remain the primary focus, content/ curriculum pertaining
to academic education along with Life Skills/IT Skills/ Soft Skills is also strengthened and
tailored as per the requirements of the credit system

As a first step, horizontal mobility pathways will be developed through a credit system
between Skill Development through Mega Skill Centres and Technical education
institutions.

In order to provide vertical pathways, Government of Jharkhand will set up Skills

Universities in the State. One of these universities will be a complete state university while the
remaining would be set-up in various private and PPP modes.

JSDMS will be the nodal agency for training and selecting skilled candidates as per India Skills
and World Skills requirements. At least 5 training centres will be opened in collaboration
with suitable industry partners equipped to train candidates for the India Skills and World
Skills competition. JSDMS will target skilled youth from Jharkhand getting at least 3 medals
and 5 medallions at the World Skills competition 2021.

JSDMS will be the nodal agency for all outreach and IEC activities pertaining to Skill
Development in the State of Jharkhand. These would be targeted at potential candidates,
community, employers, training service providers, etc. JSDMS will also cultivate and enhance
the prestige of the ‘Skilled in Jharkhand’ Brand.

6. Skill Development Infrastructure Creation: One of the key challenges is to create

infrastructure to build capacity with scale and speed. The current ecosystem is riddled with
small size footloose training centres. This has resulted in low investments from training service
providers and high monitoring and transaction cost for scheme administrators. It is imperative
that large size aspirational and relatively permanent skill development centres are created.
JSDMS will create at least 100 Deen Dayal Upadhayay Kaushal Kendras in the next 5 years.
These centres would be opened preferably in each district and assembly constituency of the
state. Currently15 DDUKK centres are operational in the state of Jharkhand. The size of these
centres would be initially at least 15,000 square feet but would subsequently be increased to at
least 25,000 square feet. These centres would run courses of at least six months duration with a
significant apprenticeship/on the job training component. These centres would come up in
various modes:
e. Production cum training centres – the training centre would be co-located with production
centre leading to better on the job training opportunity as well as expertise in training.
f. Specialised Sector Centres – these centres would be focussed in a particular sector and
would offer job roles in the specialised sector only. This leads to better aggregation of
supply.

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 g. Multi Skill Centres – These centres would offer 5 to 10 job roles spread over multiple
sectors.

With a view to increase capacity and improved outcomes, aspirational skill development
centres located outside the state will be allowed to skill youth from Jharkhand with
suitable safeguards.

7. Incentives for Capacity Creation: Government of Jharkhand will encourage creation of local
entrepreneur base who are willing to operate serious and committed business for skill
development. There is also a need to attract high quality Training Service Providers to create
capacity with speed and certainty in the state. In view of this, the following incentives will be
offered to Skill Development Companies/Centres empaneled by Jharkhand Skill Development
Mission Societyunder the Mega Skill Centres/Deen Dayal Upadhayay Kaushal Kendras scheme.
JSDMS will have rule making powers with respect to any incentives being offered to Skill
Development Companies/ Centres.
a. Skill Development Centres have status of industry and hence will be eligible for all benefits
relating to provision of land and building infrastructure being provided to industries in
Jharkhand. In this context,benefits of Jharkhand Industrial and Investment Promotion
Policy 2016 and other relevant notifications of Department of Industries pertaining to land
and building infrastructure, will be provided to Skill Development Centres. Budgetary
provisions for these incentives will be made by Department of Higher Technical Education
and Skill Development.
b. 10% of project cost as mobilization advance against provision of bank guarantee for 100%
of amount given as advance. The requirement of bank guarantee can be waived off
forthose TSPs who have at least six months of satisfactory performance track record on any
JSDMS scheme and further such waiver is approved by the Governing Body of JSDMS.
c. Allotment of Government land in Jharkhand to the Skill Development Centre shall be made
subject to availability, fulfilment of eligibility criteria by the applicant Skill Development
Company and on payment of land cost & development cost, as determined from time to
time by the allotment agency, and the concerned local Statutory/development authority.
d. Skill Development Industry shall be classified as industrial unit for the purpose of levying
the industrial power tariff category. Industrial Power Certificate shall be accorded to all the
Skill Development Connections (Power Meter), and exclusively used by the Skill
Development centres for their operations, even in multiple locations/meters. The effective
date of application of the incentive of Industrial Power Category tariff, is from the date of
issue of the said Certificate by the Govt. of Jharkhand.
e. JSDMS may form PPP/SPV/JV with Skill Development Companies for projects with an
outlay of more than INR 250 crores.

8. Embedding Skills in Academic Education: In an initiative that can be a role model for the
country’s skill development ecosystem, Government of Jharkhand has embedded skills in
Higher Education. JSDSM has forged an initiative with Department of Higher, Technical
Education & Skill Development, known as EXCEL (Employability Excellence with College
Education and Learning) to provide skill development training to 10+2 pass out candidates
enrolled in different degree programmes at college level. The objective is to ensure skill
development centres are set up within academic colleges ensuring coverage of every district
and assembly constituency. The program has a strong focus on Life Skills/ Soft Skills. Currently
more than 400 hours course on Life Skills/Soft Skills is being delivered across various colleges

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 under this scheme. Strong Life Skills/Soft skills when coupled with appropriate domain skills
and academic education increases the employability of college graduates many fold. This
scheme will be extended to all academic colleges in the state within the next 3 years with
100 colleges being covered within a year.

9. Vocationalisation of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education: It is important that

students are exposed to Skill Development early in their life. Jharkhand Skill Development
Mission Society in partnership with School Education Department will launch Skill
Development interventions for secondary and higher secondary students of Government
schools. These may require linking schools with existing training infrastructure or creating new
infrastructure within or in proximity of schools where required and feasible. JSDMS in
partnership with School Education Department will ensure coverage of 30% of target
schools within the next 3 years

10. Preparing for Industry 4.0: Government of Jharkhand will set up at least 15 Centres of
Excellence (COE) in next 3 years to provide training on Industry 4.0 technologies like IOT,
Big Data, Robotics, etc on a hub and spoke model. The CoEs will be set up in partnership with
leading industry players. These centres will either be located inside the premises of engineering
colleges or in a standalone building. Suitable spokes will be set up in polytechnics/ ITIs/ Mega
Skill development Centres wherein Hub will support in terms of content/ curriculum, train the
trainer, industry linkages, etc

11. Convergence: Multiple Government Departments executing skill development schemes lead to
increased administrative expenditure, duplication of efforts leading to high transaction cost
and wastage of resources, cannibalization amongst Government schemes, lack of
standardization, etc. In view of this, by 2020 Jharkhand Skill Development Mission Society
(JSDMS) will be the single implementation body for all skill development schemes in
Jharkhand. In the interim, JSDMS will maintain a state wide MIS with all department
submitting their skill development data to JSDMS by linking their respective websites with the
HUNAR portal of JSDMS.

12. Apprenticeship: Apprenticeship is one of the most effective methods of skill development.
JSDMS will integrate apprenticeship as part of competency based skill development courses in
the state. As part of this objective, JSDMS will launch a new scheme in partnership with suitable
industry partners based on German Dual System model which enables youth to ‘earn while they
learn’. Under this system, students will undergo training inside industry premises and receive a
stipend during the course duration. In parallel, trainees will also undergo classroom training at a
suitable Skill Development Centre. JSDMS will target 2 lakh apprenticeship opportunities in
next 5 years for the youth of the state. Employers can be incentivized on the lines of National
Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (NAPS) to secure their participation.JSDMS can recognise
apprenticeship as wage employment placement under various skill development schemes
provided apprenticeship offered to a trainee successfully completing a skill development course
is for at least six months duration and has prior approval of JSDMS.

13. Industry engagement: JSDMS will undertake direct industry engagement through MoUs for
the following:
a. Increase number of Industry/ Employers to set up Skill Development Centres on the recruit-
train-deploy model through flexi MOU route.

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 b. Providing placement, on the job training and apprenticeship training opportunity to the
youth skilled in Jharkhand with suitable industry/ employers
c. Leverage industry/ employers to improve the skill development ecosystem in the state
through ‘lend a trainer’ program, setting of Trainer the Trainer academies, developing
curriculum/ content, launch of co-branded certifications where feasible, etc.

14. Quality of Trainers: Typically, trainers in skill development ecosystem are industry
practitioners and hence lack pedagogy skills. In the next 3 years,JSDMS will set up 5 centres
of excellence for training of trainers which will incorporate both national and international
standards and certifications.These centres can possibly be established within the proposed
Skills Universities. Suitable international collaborations can also be explored for establishing
these centres of excellence for training of trainers.

15. Barefoot Entrepreneurship: JSDMS will create barefoot entrepreneurship opportunities

thereby targeting creation of 100,000 new jobs through 25,000 small businesses over the
next 5 years. Given the complex ecosystem of entrepreneurship creation which encompasses
domain and entrepreneurship training, credit linkage, market linkage, enterprise set-up and
incubation, mentorship and other such activities, a rigorous project appraisal methodology will
be adopted for selection and award of innovative projects instead of a scheme based approach.

As per Jharkhand Industrial and Investment Promotion Policy 2016, Special incentive of 50%
reimbursement of fee (subject to a maximum of Rs. 50,000 for six months entrepreneurship
course and Rs. 100,000 for 1 year course) will be given to SC/ ST and women for pursuing
entrepreneurship course from a reputed institute. List of such institutes will be notified by the
State Govt. from time to time. In this regard, appropriate budgetary provisions will be made by
Department of Higher Technical Education and Skill Development.

16. Migration Centres: While Government of Jharkhand is committed to provide more wage and
self-employment opportunities within Jharkhand, migration of skilled youth to other states is a
reality today. Hence there is need for State Government to set-up migration support centres in
industrial/ service industry hubs that hire skilled youth from the state in significant numbers. At
least 15 migration support centres will be set up by JSDMS in next two years. These centres
can provide transit hostel facilities to youth skilled in Jharkhand.

17. Mandatory hiring of NSQF certified youth trained in Jharkhand: Government of Jharkhand
will make it mandatory to hire NSQF certified youth trained in Jharkhand for all relevant
entry level jobs with the State Government entities and also with contractors pertaining to the
workforce deployed on projects awarded by the State Government. Department of Higher,
Technical Education & Skill Development/Department of Labour, Employment and Training
will be the nodal department to notify list of such job roles.

18. Adoption of National Skill Ecosystem: To ensure national mobility of youth skilled in
Jharkhand, it is important that the skill development ecosystem of Jharkhand adopts
wherever feasible the National Skill Ecosystem of NSDA, NSDC, Sector Skill Councils, etc.
All efforts should be made to offer National Skill Qualification Framework (NSQF) aligned
courses in Jharkhand wherever feasible. Jharkhand skill ecosystem will also implement/ support
all major Central Government initiatives with total commitment. Some of the key initiatives
have been listed below:

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 a. Skills Acquisition and Knowledge Awareness for Livelihood Promotion
(SANKALP):National Skill development mission (NSDM) was launched in 2015 with seven
sub-missions such as convergence, creating capacity, infusing quality in skill development
programs. SANKALP was conceived as a time bound, outcome based project to
operationalize National Skill Development Mission (NSDM) and to set in motion the sub-
missions. The objective of the State level support component is to encourage Indian states
to (1) Strengthen systems and increase their capacity for skill development (2) Incentivize
innovations to enhance access for socially excluded groups (3) Plug geographical and
sectoral skill gaps through decentralized skill planning (4) Move towards demand led skill
development though district level demand aggregation. Support under SANKALP will be
provided through Systems Strengthening Grants (SIGs) and Inclusion grants

b. Skill Strengthening for Industrial Value Enhancement (STRIVE): STRIVE focusses on

three key results (i) Increased performance and labour market relevance of ITIs (ii)
Improving and expanding apprenticeship training; and (iii) Improved training practices

c. PMKVY State Component: There is an emphasis to involve the States in the

implementation of PMKVY 2016-2020. JSDMS has already received approval to train
19,222 youth in the first year

d. India International Skill Centres: The objective of this scheme is to provide skill trainings
and certification benchmarked to International Standards to facilitate overseas mobility of
Indian workforce for jobs. Key features involve training on transnational standards, pre-
departure orientation training, certification by international bodies, etc

e. India Skills and World Skills: WorldSkills India is an initiative of theNational Skill
Development Corporation (NSDC) under the Ministry of Skill Development and
Entrepreneurship. NSDC, through its WorldSkills India initiative, has been leading the
country's participation at WorldSkills International competitions since 2011.

19. International Collaboration: Given India’s relatively young competency based skill
development ecosystem, there is a lot to learn from countries with advanced TVET systems like
Germany, Singapore, UK, Australia, Switzerland, Japan and such others. Government of
Jharkhand will actively pursue collaboration with countries recognised for high quality of
skill development ecosystem. Suitable efforts need to be made to develop a joint certification
system wherein countries with developed TVET system give recognition to certificates issued
to Jharkhand youths thereby signalling achievement of higher competency standards. Also,
training service providers with roots in these countries should be encouraged to establish
training centres in Jharkhand. Suitable incentives in form of higher cost rates can be considered
to suitably reflect the quality of infrastructure and training by these international training
service providers through appropriate accreditation and certification.

20. Placement: Jharkhand Skill Development ecosystem stresses on the importance of decent jobs
for skilled youth. It is the cornerstone of skill development initiatives in the state. The current
ecosystem is leading to wage employment with a salary of less than INR 10,000 per month for
skilled candidates. Jharkhand Skill Development Mission Society will strive to provide at

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 least 50% of skilled youth jobs with salary of at least INR 12,000-INR 20,000 per month in
next 5 years. This requires extensive research and employer consultations to identify job roles
yielding the target salary bracket. The skill development courses will need to be modified as per
requirements of the employers willing to offer the target salary band. Services of large
manpower search and staffing companies may be taken for supporting this strategy.

Common cost norms specifies a schedule of payment wherein 80% of payment milestone for
training providers are achieved at the stage of certification and only 20% is dependent on
placement and post placement tracking. It is observed that training service providers do not
make the requisite effort to place candidates and are ready to forego 20% of the payment tied
to placements and post placement tracking. In view of this, any Training Service Provider not
achieving 70% placement target in any given year, in next year will only receive a training
target not more than the quantum of placements achieved in the previous year.
Enhancement of annual training target allocation by JSDMS to Training Service Provider can
happen only when at least 70% placement is achieved in the previous year and there is capacity
to absorb enhanced training targets.by the concerned Training Service Provider.

21. Overseas Placement of Skill Youth from Jharkhand: The underlying assumption is that
overseas migration leads to better salary levels or net savings. This helps youth to lead a better
life and hence increases the aspiration value attached to skill development. However, the target
countries need to be carefully chosen so that they lead to genuinely better opportunities for
skilled youth of Jharkhand. Jharkhand Skill Development Mission Society will send at least
100,000 skilled youth overseas from Jharkhand to target countries in next 5 years. A new
scheme focused on overseas skilling will be launched in 2018. The capacity of India International
Skill Centres to be set up in Jharkhand need to be assessed for capacity planning.

22. Driver Training Institutes:Jharkhand is rapidly gaining recognition for its auto and auto
components industry with the sector employing around 70,000 people in the state. Further
there is a significant requirement of drivers in the mining industry. Overall there is 22%
shortage of drivers in India.

To tap this potential, Jharkhand Skill Development Mission Society will set up at least 10
Driver Training Institutes (DTIs) in the next one year and further scale it up basis the
performance of these 10 DTIs. The proposed Driver Training Institutes will have a mixture of
training courses in the areas of LMV and HMV in both transport and non-transport segments,
operators training for infrastructure/construction equipment along with service technician and
sales executive courses. Given that these are relatively high capex centres, JSDMS will provide
support in form of Viability Gap Funding (VGF).

23. NOS/QP/ Curriculum & Content: Jharkhand Skill Development Mission Society will be the
nodal agency in the state for getting the NOS/QP/ Curriculum & Content created and aligned
under NSQF.These may involve the following:
a. Job roles assessed to be in high demand in Jharkhand and not yet included under the NSQF
b. Job roles pertaining to traditional arts and crafts in Jharkhand
c. Offering more broad based and relatively longer duration skill development courses
through suitable merging of QPs or stacks of NOS

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24. Inclusion: Jharkhand Skill Development Mission Society will place special emphasis on the skill
development of people with disabilities, women, SC/ST and rural & urban poor. Skill
development of people with disabilities requires high degree of specialisation. JSDMS will
closely work with Skill Council for Persons with Disability and other specialised institutions
to develop a targeted scheme for Divyang youth

25. Target Age group of trainees: The typical target age group for youth to be skilled will be 18 to
35 years. However, following exceptions can be considered:

a. Skill Development for Secondary and Higher Secondary students

b. Skill Development schemes for Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL), up-skilling and re-
skilling
c. Any special project targeting marginal or disadvantaged group and farmers

26. Increasing stake of trainees: There is an inherent market failure in terms of low willingness of
beneficiaries i.e. Trainees and Employers to pay for competency short term training. The value
proposition to both parties has not been accepted by them. Government has intervened in this
market by offering free of cost skill development to the youth. Given the typical current wage
levels of jobs being offered post completion of competency based skill development, this
arrangement may continue for some time in future as well. However, this has led to a situation
where neither the trainee nor the employer has any stake.

However, as and when the skill ecosystem graduates to offering better wage employment and
wage premium, there is a case for exploring alternate models of skill development:
a. Facilitate paid courses where trainee pays the fee as the course has a high potential of
offering attractive wages
b. Facilitate market mechanisms like skill loans on the lines of the current arrangement of
PReJha Foundation with NABARD
c. Part payment by trainees to ensure that they also have a stake in the successful completion
of skill development courses

27. Innovative projects in skill development and entrepreneurship: Jharkhand Skill Development
Mission Society can take up innovative projects upto INR 100 crore under Swiss Challenge
method of procurement.

28. Empanelment of Training Service Providers: For all skill development courses aligned
toNational Skill Qualification Framework, a brief description of the current implementation
framework has been included below:
a. Centre accreditation through the SMART portal and associated processes of NSDC
b. Quality Assurance including centre infrastructure requirements, curriculum/ content, course
duration, Train the Trainer and assessments through respective Sector Skill Councils
c. Pay-out to Training Service Providers (TSPs) as per payment milestones and per hour cost
rates defined under Common Cost Norms of MSDE
In view of the above, selection of TSP for executing skill development schemes does not involve
any price discovery. It is an empanelment process wherein the endeavour is to select Training
Service Providers with proven track record. Hence, going forward, as part of the empanelment
process, Training Service Providers can apply for training targets under designated schemes

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 anytime in year provide they meet the pre-published eligibility and performance criteria of
JSDMS. Alternatively a RFP method can be followed for a quality based selection. In case an
empanelment route is followed which allows TSPs to apply anytime in year, the following needs
to be ensured:
a. Clear periodic communication pertaining to training target availability considering the
budget and committed future financial and physical targets to existing TSPs
b. Clear periodic communication pertaining to sectorial and geographical allocation and
availability of training targets
c. A separate set of requirements to promote start-ups as they are likely be shut out due to
pre-published eligibility and performance criteria

29. CSR activity in Skill Development: The Department of Higher Technical Education & Skill
Developmentshall form a Corporate Social Responsibility unit which shall have the following
task:
a. Seek representation of DHTE&SD in the Jharkhand State CSR council-JSCSRC
b. Seek notification to include Skill Development projects as part of CSR projects to be
financed by CSR council of Jharkhand
c. Recommend to DHTE&SD on deserving proposals for CSR funding
d. Prepare proposal for CSR funding by the state

30. Rewarding Bulk Employers: Government of Jharkhand shall reward top 3employers every year
with an award money of INR 10 lakhs each for recruiting and ensuring retention for at least 6
months of 1,000 candidates in a year skilled from NSQF aligned skill development schemes of
JSDMSwith offered salary of INR at least 15,000 per month or more.

31. Skills Summit every alternate year: Government of Jharkhand will organise Skill Summit
every alternate year starting from 2018. This will be the flagship event of skill ecosystem of
Jharkhand wherein a platform will be provided for widespread consultations with national and
international bodies.

32. Capacity building of Skill Development Ecosystem: JSDMS will be the nodal agency for
capacity building of all Government functionaries associated with Skill Development in the
state.In this regard, the following initiatives will be undertaken:
a. The State shall create a separate Skill Development cadre. This cadre shall span from the
district to the Department of Higher Technical Education and Skill Development at State
Headquarters.
b. Training and capacity building workshops will be undertaken on topics like procurement,
national skill ecosystem, best practices dissemination, etc

JSDMS will also be the nodal agency for capacity building of other constituents of skill
development ecosystem like Training Service Providers, Mobilization partners, etc. JSDMS will
also launch training programs for developing committed skill development entrepreneurs out
of interested and eligible youth of the state.

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5. Abbreviations
1 TVET Technical and Vocational Education and Training

2 GER Gross Enrolment Ratio

3 MHRD Ministry of Human Resource Development

4 AISHE All India Survey on Higher Education

5 DDU-GKY Deen Dayal Upadhyay Grameen Kaushlya Yojna

6 JSDMS Jharkhand Skill Development Mission Society

7 NULM National Urban Livelihood Mission

8 NSQF National Skill Qualification Framework

9 SSC Sector Skill Council

10 SJKVY Saksham Jharkhand Kaushal Vikas Yojna

11 DDU – KK Deen Dayal Upaydhyay Kaushal Kendra

12 EXCEL Employability Excellence with College Education & Learning

13 CoE Centre of Excellence

14 R&D Research & Development

15 IOT Internet of Things

16 ITI Industrial Training Institute

17 BIT Birla Institute of Technology

18 TSDI Technical Skill Development Institute

19 ITE Institute of Technical Education

20 PReJha PanIIT Alumni Reach for Jharkhand Foundation

21 NABARD National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development

22 NBFC Non Banking Financial Company

23 JSLPS Jharkhand State Livelihoods Promotion Society

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24 NRLM National Rural Livelihood Mission

25 AAP Annual Action Plan

26 MoRD Ministry of Rural Development

27 SoP Standard Operating Procedures

28 EST&P Employment through Skill training & Placement

29 LWE Left Wings Extremism

30 PPP Public Private Partnership

31 CSR Corporate Social Responsibility

32 JSPL Jindal Steel & Power Ltd.

33 NIOS National Institute of Open Schooling

34 NSDC National Skill Development Corporation

35 IEC Information Education & Communication

36 SPV Special Purpose Venture

37 JV Joint Venture

38 MIS Management Information System

39 NAPS National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme

40 RTD Recruit Train Deploy

41 TOTA Training of Trainers Academy

42 NSDA National Skill Development Agency

43 SANKALP Skill Acquisition & Knowledge Awareness for Livelihood

Promotion

44 NSDM National Skill Development Mission

45 SHG Self Help Groups

46 SSG System Strengthening Grants

47 STRIVE Skill Strengthening for Industrial value Enhancement

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48 PMKVY Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojna

49 IISC India International Skill Centers

50 DTI Drivers Training Institute

51 LMV &HMV Light Motor Vehicle & Heavy Motor Vehicle

52 VGF Viability Gap Funding

53 NOS National Occupational Standards

54 QP Qualification Packs

55 RPL Recognition of Prior Learning

56 TSP Training Service Provider

57 CCN Common Cost Norms

58 RFP Request for Proposal

59 DHTE & SD Department of Higher & Technical Education & Skill Development

60 JSCSRC Jharkhand State CSR Council

61 MSDE Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship

62 OJT On the Job Training

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6. Definitions
i. Industry 4.0: Industry 4.0 is a name for the current trend of automation and data exchange in
manufacturing technologies. It includes cyber – physical systems, the internet of things (IOT), cloud
computing and cognitive computing. Industry 4.0 creates what has been called “smart factory”.

ii. RTD (Recruit Train & Deploy):RTD signifies a skill development initiative where skill development
interventions follows a committed hiring. Hence the skill development intervention has the flexibility to
tailor for the requirements of the job which is already committed to the trainee at the very start of skill
development course

iii. CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility): CSR is a business approach that contributes to sustainable
development by delivering economic, social and environmental benefits for all stakeholders. CSR is a
concept with many definitions and practices.

iv. PPP (Public Private Partnership): PPP is a cooperative arrangement between two or more public
and private sectors, typically of a long term nature. Governments has used such a mix of public and
private endeavours throughout the history for betterment of processes.

v. TOTA (Training of Trainer Academy): TOTA is being developed for a comprehensive set of
practices, tools and learning modules related to the Training of Trainers. The focus is emphasized on
domain training and training delivery methodology. Training of trainers ends with an evaluation and
certification by national or international body.

vi. Skill University: Skill university’s concept has been adopted by different states wherein youth
getting skilled through a competency based education/ technical/ vocational education get an
opportunity to undertake courses in higher order skills and also obtain a graduate degree. This is
essentially an applied sciences university.

vii. SMART (Skill Management and Accreditation of Training Centers) Portal: SMART provides a
single window IT application that focuses on Accreditation, Affiliation and continuous monitoring of the
training centres in the skill ecosystem and intends to address the important issues like evaluating skill
providers in an objective manner, fostering excellence in training centers, enabling trainees to make
informed choices with regard to training centers etc.

viii. CCN (Common Cost Norms): Central Government in its National Policy for Skill Development and
Entrepreneurship 2015, decided to establish common norms for rationalization of various skill
development schemes of central government ministries/ departments. These included standards for
input/ output, funding/ cost norms, third party certification and assessment cost etc., while allowing
flexibility to meet the requirements of different parts of the country and its different socio economic
groups.

ix. RPL (Recognition of Prior Learning): RPL is a platform to provide recognition to the informal
learning or learning through work to get equal acceptance as the formal levels of education. It aims to
appreciate prior learning irrespective of the medium of achieving it.

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x. VGF (Viability Gap Funding): VGF means a grant one – time or deferred, provided to support
infrastructure projects that are economically justified but fall short of financial viability. The lack of
financial viability usually arises from long gestation periods and the inability to increase user charges to
commercial levels.

xi. GER (Gross Enrolment Ratio):Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) in Higher education in India is calculated
for 18-23 years of age group. Total enrolment in higher education, regardless of age, expressed as a
percentage to the eligible official population (18-23 years) in a given school year. The GER is widely
used to show the general level of participation in and capacity of higher education.

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