A presentation on Aajeevika Special Projects

1. National Rural Livelihood Mission – Placement Linked Skill Development Programme A presentation on Aajeevika Special Projects Creating 50 lakh formal sector jobs for rural poor youth through skilling in next 5 yearsFacilitate integration of rural youth in the growing economy

3. Presentation Overview • About the skills and placement program • Achievements till now • Strategy for next five years

4. About the skills and placement program

5. Skills and Placement component • 15% of allocation under SGSY/NRLM is for skills and placement component • The program works in a public-private partnership mode. Partnership with industry, employers and private sector. • 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.

6. Skilling and placement Program • Short-term placement linked, market driven training for 1 to 3 months to rural poor youth between the age of 18-35 • Trained youth assured of a job after skilling • One year post-placement tracking • Implemented through private companies or NGOs. They are responsible for: skilling, placement, and post-placement tracking

7. Training & Jobs Offered 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

8. Achievements till now

9. Major Implementation Agencies Ministry is working with 63 implementation agencies

10. Achievements till March 2012

11. Project coverage • Spread of projects: • 28 of 28 States • 5 of 7 Union Territories • 575 of 640 districts • 63% men , 37% women. Inclusive: 45% belonged to Scheduled Castes/ Tribes group, and 6.6% belonged to the minorities

12. Strategy for next five years

13. Overview of plan 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 )

14. Multi-State Projects – Scaling up • 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 lakhyouth in next 5 years Training needs to be scaled up

15. Multi-State Projects – strengthening systems and processes Strengthening SystemTo manage training and placement of 50 lakhyouth in next 5 years, efficient and transparent process and systems are required

16. Special interventions for Vulnerable Areas

17. Special interventions for Vulnerable Areas Vulnerable areas neglected owing to challenging circumstances existing in these areas • ‘Himayat’ Scheme for J&KTrain and place 1 lakh youth in next 5 years • Special Scheme for IAP districts Train and place 3 lakh youth in next 5 years • 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

18. Building capacities of States to develop their own skills and jobs missions

19. Strengthening States States have to take charge of the programme In next five years: • NRLM – move from direct implementation to building capacities of state missions to Design and Implement their own programs. • TA – a team of specialists exclusively dedicated for providing technical assistance to States. • Provide funds directly to states – based on MoU s with state missions on outcome parameters

20. Involving States to design and implement their own program • 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. • 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. • In the next one year, it is expected that 6state Missions will build their teams and the responsibility of proposal sanctioning and monitoring will be devolved to these states. • 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.

21. Focus States Himayat Project 58 of 60 IAP districts are in these States 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

22. Technical Assistance and knowledge sharing with State skills and placement teams 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