NULM Guidelines:

The National Skill Development Policy 2015 points to a requirement of 109.73 million additional skilled human resources across 24 key sectors by 2022.The Employment through Skill Training & Placement (EST&P) Component under NULM isdesigned to provide skills to the unskilled urban poor as well as to upgrade their existing skills. The programme will provide for skill training of the urban poor to enable them setting up self-employment ventures and for salaried jobs in the private sector. The EST&P Programme

Objectives

The broader objective of the Employment through Skills Training & Placement (EST&P) Programme is –

• To provide an asset to the urban poor in the form of skills for sustainable livelihood.
• To increase the income of urban poor through structured, market-oriented certified courses that can provide salaried employment and / or self-employment opportunities which will eventually lead to better living standards and alleviation of urban poverty on a sustainable basis
• Ensure inclusive growth with increased contribution of skilled urban poor to the National Economy.

Skill Training Modules

The broader objective of the Employment through Skills Training & Placement (EST&P) Programme is –

1. Skill Gap Analysis
2. Curriculum Designing
3. Soft Skills
4. Course Duration
5. Outcomes of Skill Development Progrmmes

Cost & Payment Norms

a. The base cost with effect from April 1, 2017for training will be as follows:-

• Category 1 - Rs. 42.42/hr
• Category 2 - Rs. 36.44/hr
• Category 3 - Rs. 30.35/hr

b. Cost would be subject to a periodic enhancement of 10% annually or as intimated by the Ministry from time to time.
c. List of trades as per cost categories is given in Annexure I.
d. The hourly rates shall be inclusive of cost components such as:

• Mobilization of candidates
• Post-placement tracking/monitoring
• Curriculum
• Placement expenses
• Trainers’ training
• Equipment
• Amortization of Infrastructure costs/ Utilities
• Teaching Aid
• Raw material
• Salary of trainers

e. Any deviation from these norms would require approval of the Ministry.

Boarding and lodging costs

a. Boarding and lodging costs will be provided in following instances:

• Residential trainings, and/or
• In respect of all skill development training programmes where trainees from Special Areas (as defined in 3 ii (a) above) are trained outside these Special Areas, and/or
• Training programmes anywhere in the country where women trainees have to travel more than 80 kms from their homes to reach the nearest training centre and who are availing of boarding and lodging arrangements made for them.

b. Boarding and lodging costs can be reimbursed as per actuals subject to maximum per trainee per day costs as per table below:

• X category cities Rs.300
• Y category cities Rs.250
• Z category cities Rs.200
• Rural areas and any area not notified as a municipal/town area Rs.175

c. The categorization of Indian cities for residential training costs is provided in Annexure II.

Third Party Certification & Assessment Costs

To ensure independent and unbiased assessment and certification of trained candidates, costs for certification and assessment shall be payable to an NSQF approved independent third party agency for conducting assessments and certifications. This amount shall be over and above the Base Cost, and shall range from Rs. 600/- to Rs. 1500/- per candidate as decided by SULMs.

Post placement support for special areas/groups for wage employment:

In order to enable the newly skilled persons from special groups (except PwDs)4 to settle into their new jobs/vocations under wage employment4, post placement support would be provided directly to the candidate at the rate of Rs 1500/- per month for the following durations:

PPS @ Rs.1500 per month per person Men Women
Placement within district of domicile 1 month 2 months
Placement outside the district of domicile 2 months 3 months

Provided the placement is made within three months of certification and after post validation of placement of the candidate.
PPS cost for Persons with disabilities shall be as per point 3 of Annexure – III

Support for Uniforms:

For candidates undertaking training under EST&P, support for uniforms is Permissible up to Rs. 1000/- per candidate in case of a training course having durationof 6 months or less, and Rs. 2000/- per candidate in case of a training course having duration of more than 6 months. Support for uniforms for PwDs shall be as given in point 4 of Annexure III.

Fund Flow Mechanism

1. 1st instalment: 30% On commencement of training batch against validated candidates
2. 2nd Instalment: 50%4 On successful certification of the trainees
3. 3rd Instalment: 20% Based on outcome as described as per details of placement guidelines.

Certification

• Each successful candidate undertaking training under EST&P component of NULM should be awarded a certificate issued by NSQF approved independent third party agencies.
• National Council for Vocational Training (NCVT) and State Council for Vocational Training (SCVT) and Sector Skill Councils set up NSDC are, inter alia, notified as non-statutorycertification agencies under NSQF.
• The Training providers should approach the above agencies and follow the procedure established by them to obtain NSQF compliant certificates for candidates successfully trained under NULM.

Post Training Support

• Micro-enterprise: For candidates interested in setting up micro-enterprises, the STPs shall be responsible to assist in setting-up the micro enterprise within 3 months of successful completion of the training. The STPs shall provide support for proposal writing, ensure credit from banks, provide support for availing subsidy to candidates regarding any of the micro-enterprise development schemes such as SEP component Urban Livelihoods Mission under NULM, Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) under Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MoMSME), Cluster Development Schemes under MoMSME or any other such scheme.
• Financial Inclusion: The STP shall also facilitate the opening of Basic Saving Bank Deposit account for all the candidates who do not have a bank account.

Post Training Tracking

• The details of all the candidates of a batch have to be fed into the MIS to qualify as successful tracking of candidates.
• All trainees (applicable for candidates placed both in wage employment and selfemployment) are to be tracked (once every month) for a period of 12 months in case of fresh entrants from the date of completion/certification of training with respect to their career progression, retention, and other parameters. Persons who have been certified for their acquired skills through informal, non-formal or experiential learning, will also be tracked.
• The parameters to be tracked during this period are:

a. Placement should be within 3 months of completion of training.
b. Once placed, remuneration/ incremental remuneration per month.
c. Whether continues to work in the same or higher job role till end of the tracking period (whether with same or diff erent employer).
d. If there are periods of unemployment between diff erent jobs, duration of such gaps and reason for leaving earlier job without having a job in hand.

Eligibility of the Candidate

The candidates selected for training under EST&P component of NULM should be from the urban poor households only. The following conditions need to be adhered to in selection of the candidate–

a. S/he should not have undergone skill development training under the SJSRY / NULM in any other trade during the last 3 years. The candidate can however be provided advanced training on the skills acquired in any previous training.
b. The candidate should meet the minimum qualification as per requirement of the training curriculum approved by the State Executive Committee.
c. The percentage of SC and ST candidates being trained should not be less than the percentage of SC and ST population in the town.
d. Out of the total beneficiaries for the State/UT under EST&P; minimum 30% should be women, minimum 15% should belong to the Minority community and minimum 3% of the candidates should be diff erently-abled. However based on the trade and area of implementation, if the above requirement of minimum percentage cannot befulfilled through common training programmes, specifi c training programmes targeting the above vulnerable communities maybe undertaken by the SULM.