Only 9,161 trained migrant worker employed under government’s special programme, Lok Sabha told

Just 9,161 migrant workers out of 70,823 trained have been employed, either as wage earners or self-employed, under the government’s special programme for training of reverse migrants.

“As on July 10, 2021, 70,823 migrants have been trained or oriented, with 32,789 in short term training (STT) and 38,034 in recognition of prior learning (RPL),” the skills development ministry said in response to a question in Lok Sabha on Monday.

Government has targeted skills training for three lakh migrant workers across 116 districts in the six states.


STT is linked to placement while RPL recognizes the exciting skills of candidates and does not mandate placement.

“Under STT-PMKVY, 32,789 and 22,954 candidates have been trained and certified, respectively. “Out of certified Candidates, 9,161 candidates have been provided with the placement (wage/self employment) in various sectors,” it added.

The ministry of skill development & entrepreneurship (MSDE) has formulated the special programme for the training of reverse shramik (migrant) imparted from COVID-19 under its flagship scheme Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY).

It covered 116 districts of 6 states namely Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh, selected under Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyan (GKRA) of Ministry of Rural Development.

As per the response, under this special programme the identification of reverse migrants and their mapping with job roles was done with the support of district administration.