Executive Summary:
This document is a response to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 102 regarding the traditional occupations of Goa. It outlines government initiatives, specifically the National Apprenticeship Training Scheme (NATS) and PM Vishwakarma Scheme, to support artisans, craftsmen, and the fisheries sector, addressing concerns about declining local trades and environmental issues. The PM Vishwakarma Scheme was launched on 17.09.2023.
Key Points / Main Content:
National Apprenticeship Training Scheme (NATS):
* NATS is a government scheme for on-the-job training and skilling of Indian youth, implemented by the Ministry of Education.
* It provides apprenticeship training to graduates, diploma holders, and degree apprentices.
* Minimum monthly stipends are INR 9,000 for Graduate/Degree apprentices and INR 8,000 for Technician/Diploma apprentices, with the government providing 50% of the stipend.
* The government disburses its share of the stipend through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) via the NATS 2.0 portal.
* Outreach activities like Apprenticeship Fairs and Industry-Institute meets are conducted to encourage enrolment.
* An MoU has been signed with CSC e-Governance Services India Ltd. to improve the reach of NATS.
* Goa NATS engagement: 529 apprentices (2021-22), 766 (2022-23), and 798 (2023-24).
* Goa Industries registered: 118 (2021-22), 123 (2022-23), and 137 (2023-24).
PM Vishwakarma Scheme:
* Launched on 17.09.2023, to support artisans and craftspeople in 18 trades, including carpenters and masons.
* Provides support for marketing, branding, packaging, and skill upgradation.
* Facilitates the display and sale of handicrafts through trade fairs and exhibitions.
* Offers online marketing support via e-commerce platforms for domestic and international markets.
Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Scheme:
* Provides support to beneficiaries, including those in Goa, to address gaps in the fisheries value chain.
* Aims to modernize and strengthen the value chain, enhance traceability, and establish a fisheries management framework.
* Ensures the socioeconomic welfare of fishers and fish farmers.
Impact Analysis:
Artisans and Craftspeople (including carpenters, masons, potters, cane weavers):
* Impact: Access to marketing, branding, packaging support, skill upgrades, and platforms for selling products, potentially revitalizing traditional crafts.
* Action Required: Engage with the PM Vishwakarma Scheme to avail benefits like skill upgradation, marketing assistance, and access to e-commerce platforms.
Fisheries Communities:
* Impact: Support to modernize the fisheries value chain, enhance traceability, and improve the socio-economic welfare of fishers.
* Action Required: Engage with the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Scheme to access support for improving fish production, post-harvest infrastructure, and marketing.
Goan Youth:
* Impact: Opportunities for on-the-job training and skill development in traditional trades through the NATS scheme, potentially retaining them in these occupations.
* Action Required: Explore apprenticeship opportunities under the NATS scheme and utilize the NATS 2.0 portal for enrolment and accessing benefits.
Industries in Goa:
* Impact: Opportunity to engage apprentices under the NATS scheme, accessing skilled workforce and contributing to skill development.
* Action Required: Register under the NATS scheme to engage apprentices and avail government support for stipend payments.
Key Entities Referenced
Goa: A state in India, focus of the question regarding traditional occupations.
National Apprenticeship Training Scheme (NATS): A flagship scheme of Government of India for on-the-job training and skilling of Indian youth.
Ministry of Education: The ministry responsible for implementing NATS through regional Boards of Apprenticeship Training.
Mumbai: Location of one of the Boards of Apprenticeship Training (BoATs).
Kanpur: Location of one of the Boards of Apprenticeship Training (BoATs).
Chennai: Location of one of the Boards of Apprenticeship Training (BoATs).
Kolkata: Location of one of the Boards of Apprenticeship Training (BoATs).
PM Vishwakarma Scheme: A scheme launched to provide end-to-end support to artisans and crafts people.
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 102
TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.07.2025
TRADITIONAL OCCUPATIONS OF GOA
102. SHRI CAPTAIN VIRIATO FERNANDES:
Will the Minister of LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT be pleased to
state:
(a)whether it is a fact that the given documented collapse of local
trades carpentry, masonry, weaving and more largely now
conducted by the migrant workers, both State and Central
Government failed to invest in apprenticeship schemes or
vocational centres to retain Goan youth in these occupations and
if so, the reasons therefor;
(b)the details of the concrete actions taken by the Government to
enforce coastal fishery rules and provide patrol vessels with
traditional fishing communities suffering due to unregulated out-of-
state trawlers and environmental decline;
(c)whether the Government has any plans to launch targeted funding,
market linkages and awareness campaigns to sustain the cultural
assets considering the extinction of local crafts like pottery, cane
weaving-exacerbated by urban marginalisation and lack of State
support, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
and
(d)whether the Government is planning to introduce heritage grants,
technical modernization aid and heritage certification for artisanal
food trades vulnerable to commercial replacement in light of the
decline of Goan culinary traditions and family-run bakeries, if so,
the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
(SUSHRI SHOBHA KARANDLAJE)
(a) to (d): National Apprenticeship Training Scheme (NATS) is a
flagship scheme of Government of India for on-the-job training and
skilling of Indian youth. It is implemented by the Ministry of Education
through four regional Boards of Apprenticeship Training/Practical
Training (BoATs/BoPT) located at Mumbai, Kanpur, Chennai and
Kolkata.
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NATS provides apprenticeship training to fresh graduates,
diploma holders and degree apprentices. The prescribed minimum
stipend for Graduate/Degree apprentices is INR 9,000 per month and
for Technician/Diploma apprentices is INR 8,000 per month.
Government of India provides 50% of the prescribed minimum stipend
for apprentices. NATS has engaged 1.48 lakh, 2.68 lakh and 2.57 lakh
apprentices in the financial years 2021-22, 2022-23, and 2023-24
respectively.
The government launched NATS 2.0 portal to bring
students, industry and Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) on single
platform. Through NATS 2.0 portal, the government has started
disbursing its share of the stipend through Direct Benefit Transfer
(DBT) mechanism.
To encourage enrolment under NATS, several outreach
activities have been conducted in the form of Apprenticeship Fairs,
Career Guidance Programmes, and Industry–Institute meets. Further,
to improve the reach of NATS, an MoU has been signed with CSC e-
Governance Services India Ltd. to leverage the CSC network.
The details of apprentices engaged, and Industries
registered under the scheme, year-wise for the past three financial
years in r/o State of Goa is given below:
Year Total apprentices Total industries
engaged registered till date
2021-22 529 118
2022-23 766 123
2023-24 798 137
The PM Vishwakarma Scheme was launched on
17.09.2023 to provide end-to-end support to artisans and crafts
people of 18 trades who work with their hands and tools, including
carpenter, mason. Under the scheme, PM Vishwakarma beneficiaries
across the country including Goa, are provided support for marketing,
branding, packaging, skill upgradation etc. PM Vishwakarma
beneficiaries are facilitated to display and sell their
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handicrafts/products through various trade fairs, state level
exhibitions etc. Also, online marketing support is also provided to PM
Vishwakarma beneficiaries through various e-commerce platforms to
promote sale of their products in the domestic as well as
international markets.
Under the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Scheme,
beneficiaries across the country including Goa, are provided support
to address critical gaps in the fisheries value chain from fish
production, productivity and quality to technology, post-harvest
infrastructure and marketing etc. The scheme aims to modernize and
strengthen the value chain, enhance traceability and establish a
robust fisheries management framework while simultaneously
ensuring the socio-economic welfare of fishers and fish farmers.
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