ELEMENT OF BIHAR SKILL DEVELOPMENT MISSION

Skill development in Bihar is the key to economic and social progress. The social
and economic status of person is determined by the kind of work he does. Whatever
a person does is based on the skill he possessed. In today’s time, technical skill is
the demand of industry. It become necessary for the youths to acquire the
technological skill to become the part of ongoing technological revolution in India.

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The condition of skill development in Bihar:-
 According to 2011 census, Bihar is third most populous state of the country. Bihar

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has largest youth population who are 25 years or less;
it comprises the 58% of total Bihar population. The literacy rate in Bihar is 63.8%.

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15% of total Bihar population comprises the age group of 15 or less than and 61 %
of the total population is working population (15 to 59 years).

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Approximately 31% of the total population is the population of workers but they are
forced to do traditional rural work due to lack of any job opportunities.
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Bihar skill development mission program: -
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 Bihar skill development mission program is started in 2010 with objectives of
promoting skill based education and providing skill training across the village
especially in most backward districts. The objectives of this mission can be
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summarised in following points-

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 To help in job creation by providing roadmap based on local needs and

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available resources.
 To encourage the youth of Bihar for skill development education promotion among
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 To open different sectors for job creation.

 To providing skill set by opening training centres; imparting skills to educated
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and uneducated population according to their capability, so that both type of

people manage to survive in such a deep cutthroat competition.
 To crate element of confidence in job creation by inviting private sectors
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and promote special packages for them through a detailed roadmap.

 To maximise the gain of the any prime location and to support any backward area
to maximise gain with the aim to create job for vulnerable and needy population of
the state.

Aspects of Bihar Skill Development Mission

 The different aspects of Bihar skill development mission have been course corrected
by considering the local challenges.

This mission has been streamlined with long term gains objectives-
 Central government fund allocation:- Through this, state government can
differentiate the central government schemes and implement them according to their
directives.
 Group of skill centres:- Government has linked various independently working
skill development centres with Bihar skill development mission through a portal so

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that any one can avail the facilities of these centres. Other department can easily
access the data for better policy implementation related to job creation or imparting

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skills.
 Instructions related to process and working of departments:- All department

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associated with this mission synchronise with the timeline and procedures
determined by skill mission.
 Creation of job atmosphere:- To promote the job fair and other job related

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programs by inviting private sector so that greater number of people enjoin the job
process.
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 Job oriented syllabus:- It is the need of hour to formulate job orient syllabus by
engaging educationist and other top experts of this field.
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 Setting time duration of targets:- To create a roadmap and set a target year to
fulfil the target to train crores of youths.
 Efforts for roadmap:- To implement a roadmap for skill development in Bihar by
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considering the existing problem and resources.

 Standard related to expenses:-government should restrict the input cost as
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suggested by central schemes and evenly distribution of funds on different entity of

mission as determined by central authority.
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Important constituent elements of Bihar skill development mission:-

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 Skill development mission is part of seven commitments which aims for ‘economic
strength and youth empowerment’.
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This mission includes age group of 15 to 28 years, whereas for other backward
caste, schedule caste and schedule tribes are 31 yrs and 33 yrs. 33 yrs age limit is
for the differently able persons. The education criteria for this mission is 10 standard.
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Three important constituent elements are following:-

Features of youth skill mission:-

 Skill development centres are set up in 534 block

to cater the training of soft
skills and other skills.
  Government has mandated for every trainer to be certify themselves through
skill development online portal. This will encourage the trend of bringing skilled
teacher and will put a break on forgery.
 Government has started many schemes and awareness campaigns to promote
the skill mission across the state.
 By promoting the life skill, communication skill and basic computer literacy;
government imparts a range of skill set to youth group for finding job opportunities.
 Use of high tech technology and quality products for skill mission.

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 A systemic pattern are continued to be included across the training centres to

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stop the student who are leaving in mid of their course.

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 Candidate report card is a new initiative that is included in skill mission; candidate
step wise progress will be available on online portal which has been developed

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jointly by central authority and state authority.
 Process of online verification and evaluation.
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Benefits of Bihar skill development mission:-
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 Growth of employment opportunities:- According to 2011 census, only 11.3% of

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Bihar population live in urban areas whereas 88% people have been still living in
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rural areas. They are forced to live on traditional jobs (agriculture, pottery, shoes
making etc.) in rural area. Skill development mission play a very important role by
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imparting set of skills to villagers for better job opportunities. Through development
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mission, more focus has been on promoting youths for self employment or business
creation; In this way more job and business centric attitude will be the future of our
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youths.
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 Development of technology:- youth will be more employable after acquiring

computer literacy, since today’s service sector to manufacturing sectors all
dependent on technology. The use of technology will be in craze in rural areas
and on spot information about health, agriculture and education will be at the
doorstep of every villagers. Quality of life like city and more businesses centric
approach will be the by-product of use of technology in rural areas.
  Help in make in India initiative :- The youth population of Bihar will be on
forefront in every sectors after acquiring the skill set related to agriculture, industry,
or services sectors. It will help them to start their own business as well as to easily
get job in different sectors. Thus, A skilled youth of Bihar will play vital role in the
make in India initiative.

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 Women empowerment: - Bihar skill development mission has ensuring the robust

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women participation in their program. This mission promotes and encourage women
for skill education and for self dependence. A economically able woman not only

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cater her needs but also shape the future of her family.

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 Improvement in Quality of life:- According to 2011 census, Bihar is third biggest
state of India. By imparting skills to the population of Bihar, generates good impact
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on the range of topics- education, nutrition, health, cleanliness etc. This will improve
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the quality of life of villagers and also provide more opportunities in their village or
city, this will also stop the surging immigration of people form village to cities; This
will ensure the better urban planning.
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Achievements of Bihar skill development mission :-

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 Approximately 14 lakh 32 thousand youth have been benefited through this

mission across state. Government has started a fellowship program and allocated a
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fund in 2021 budget for connecting number of youths to this mission.

The government has also providing business loan worth 1 lakh to any person who
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are willing to start their own business.

 Bihar government has formed youth skill and entrepreneurship department under
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its budget. It will empower youth and women and by bringing them in various
sectors; It will transform the landscape of public utilities.

 Many skill development centres and mega tool centres are established in various
blocks, it helps youths who didn’t get admission in polytechnic or ITI institutes.
 Government has promoting the entrepreneur cause by providing 5 lakh grant and 5
loan to new entrepreneurs, it will create more number of jobs and a business
atmosphere.
  The third phase of pradhanmantri skill development mission will start from 15
January and it will be available across India. 8 lakh youth will be skilled through this
program in 2020-21 financial year. Total budget allocation for this scheme will be
949.90 crore. Bihar will also get benefited through this mission.
 Bihar government has been providing 50% subsidy on vehicles(3 to 10 wheels)
under Mukhymantri gram parivahan Yojana. It will dampen the unemployment rate.
Under this scheme, every village of Bihar will be benefited; At least 5 people from
each gram panchayat.

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 Under student credit card scheme, Government has been providing 4 lakh to

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students who are willing to pursue higher education. Approximately 86544 students

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has been benefited through this scheme till august 2020.

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Other related initiatives taken by Bihar Government
 Bihar Startup Policy, 2022 has been launched recently to promote youth
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entrepreneurs especially in MSME sector. It will boost the technological and
managerial skills in Bihar.
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 Yuva Shakti – Bihar Ki Pragati” under Saat Nishchay 2.0 - skill development
along with employment opportunities to the youth. This would enable jobseekers to
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earn a good job.

 Bihar Udyami Yojana- for welfare SC/ST Community to create self-employment,
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& employment opportunity in MSME sector.

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 Bihar Career Portal- an online platform where students can get information about
educational institutions, professional jobs, scholarships etc.
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 Mukhyamantri Mahila Udyami Yojna (MMUY) : For skilling women and women
empowerment in Bihar
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 Mukhyamantri Yuva Udyami Yojana (MYUY) : for skilling the youth of Bihar for
generating employment opportunities.
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 Bihar Unemployment Allowance Scheme - Under this scheme, the unemployed

youth of the state who are unemployed despite being educated, get 1000 rupees per
month by the Bihar government.
 Challenges ahead the Mission

 Insufficient training capacity: The training was not sufficient to ensure a job for
those who got the training – and this is why the employability rate remains very low
in Bihar. However various efforts has been taken to improve it.

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 Lack of entrepreneurship skills: Bihar has low skilled manpower and mostly

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engaged in agriculture and primary sector of economy. It is more difficult to penetrate
the desired skill to the youth of Bihar.

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 Mismatch of Industrial requirement and Employable Skills : It causes useless
skilled manpower who cannot meet the demand of actual industrial needs. So the
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mission should focus on real time demand of the required skills in the
market.
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 Low industry interface: Most of the training institutes have low industry interface
as a result of which the performance of the skill development sector is poor in terms
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of placement records and salaries offered.

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 Low student mobilization: The enrolment in skill institutes in Bihar like ITIs, and
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polytechnics, remains low as compared to their enrolment capacity. This is due to

low awareness level among youths about the skill development programmes.
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 Limited access to Credit: Due to limited access to credit because of Banks’

NPAs in Bihar the investment rate has declined and thus a negative impact on job
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creation.

Way Forward

 Area Specific Approach: Skill development plans and strategies should be

developed by geography and sector by mapping the availability of infrastructure in
Bihar and on the basis of assessing skill requirements both at the state
and district level in Bihar.
  Setup Counseling Centers: Employment and skill counseling centers should be
established in each panchayat of Bihar. Government should establish skill training
centers at the panchayat level in PPP mode on long-term basis.

 Mobilize of Youths at Panchayat Level: Panchayat should mobilize rural youth of

Bihar for skill development and training programmes in a formal manner and

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panchayat office should maintain a data base on skill requirements

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after counseling rural youth.

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 Availability of Vacancies: It should be made compulsory for Industry
stakeholders of Bihar to publish their vacancy details through the Bihar Career Portal

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with some incentives given to industries.

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 Upgradation of Training capacities: Training capacities of trainer in training
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institutes need to be upgraded to ensure the availability of qualified trainers in rural
and urban areas of Bihar. The training centres in addition to providing training should
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conduct trainings to upgrade the training skills of trainers.

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Conclusion
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 There are various budget allocation for skill development for various departments.
15 departments are also working for skill development training apart from the skill
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development mission. Collaboration of departments with mission will ensure

the accessibility and transparency in training centres. Government has been working
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on schemes to create market oriented skill training centres; In this way proper
implementation of these schemes will cater the surging job demand. This mission
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will have long term impact on society since it has helped the society economically
and culturally by the collaboration of various state youths through skill training
centres.