HSDM SURYA Scheme : Haryana Skill Development Mission

Organisation : Haryana Skill Development Mission (HSDM)
Scheme Name : SURYA Scheme
Applicable For : Youth of Haryana in Age group between 16-40 years
Applicable State/UT : Haryana
Website : https://hsdm.org.in/surya.html

What is HSDM SURYA Scheme?

The HSDM Scheme SURYA is abbreviated as “Skilling, Upskilling, Reskilling of Youths and assessments”. Surya is a flagship scheme of Haryana Skill Development Mission for Short term skill Trainings, Training of Trainers, Up-Skilling and Recognition of Prior Learning for the Youth of Haryana with 100% financial support granted by Government of Haryana

Eligible Beneficiary of the HSDM SURYA Scheme

The target group under HSDM SURYA is Youth of Haryana in Age group between 16-40 years and the upper age limit for women ,PWDs, Transgender and rehabilitated bonded labour, Victims of trafficking, manual scavengers, HIV + persons etc. shall be 45 years.

The preference for Short term skill trainings shall be given to unemployed youth. The criteria for eligibility under SURYA applicable to candidate who

** Is an unemployed youth or, school/college dropouts,
** Ownership of/ inclusion in BPL card/PPP/EWS
** Ownership of/ inclusion in Mukya Mantri Antodaya Yojna And
** Possesses an Aadhaar card and a bank account
** Has a verifiable alternate ID such as PAN or Voter ID or PPP
** Any other Minimum educational Qualification and age criteria, as defined by the SSCs/Awarding Body/NCVET for the respective job roles/QP.

The relaxation in above comes under discretion and consent of HSDM and the entry requirement may be relaxed in case of Special Groups/Special Projects such as PWDs, Industrial Trainings, Government Entities and institution of repute, Victim of Trafficking, Manual Scavengers, Transgender, Rehabilitated bonded labour and other vulnerable groups

Activity Components of HSDM SURYA Scheme

Activities to be done by State Mission and by PIA/TP.
a. Activities by HSDM
b. Activities of Training Partner(TP)/ Project Implementation Agency (PIA)

a Activities by HSDM:
Activities under this section are expected to be undertaken by Mission through District Skill Committee and District Skill Development Agency. The main tasks of Mission is to regulate and overview the tasks of DSC, DSDA and PIAs/TPs.

The main aims and Objectives of DSC and DSDA are as below:
District Skill Committees:
District Skill committees are being formed in each district of Haryana for successful implementation of centrally funded Skill Scheme i.e. PMKVY 3.0 with the following aims:

A) District Level skill gap and demand assessment
b) Mobilization of the candidates
c) Counselling of candidates
d) Facilitation in Placement & Entrepreneurship

District Skill Development Agency:
As per state notification no. MTP/SKD/DC/DSDA/1003 dated 24.04.2019, DSDA has been formed in every district of Haryana in the chairmanship of Deputy Commissioner of concerned District.

The main objectives of DSDA are:
a. Identification of Skill needs of District
b. Making Plans for providing skill trainings to Unemployed Youth
c. Counselling to unemployed youth for taking up right skill training.

Funding for the District Skill Committee – In order to support the District Skill Committees to carry out the above mentioned activities special funding provisions as a percentage of overall funds has been made in the PMKVY 3.0 Scheme under the following heads

a) Awareness, Media, Advertisement Expenditure-2% to the District Skill Committee.
b) Post Placement Expenditure- 1% to the District Skill Committee.
c) Administrative Expenditure- 2% to the District Skill Committee.

In total a 5% of the PMKVY 3.0 Scheme expenses (For district Targets) has been earmarked to District Skill Committee may be utilised for skill development related activities in Distric

Activities by PIA/TP:
Mobilization, Counselling and Selection:
Mobilization, counselling and selection of candidates are activities to be undertaken before training is undertaken. On the quality of work done at this stage depends the post training placement and retention rate

Selection Process of HSDM SURYA Scheme

** Selection is the stage after counselling. A list of those selected on the basis of aptitude tests (psychometric and others) and Counselling (by trained counsellors) is prepared and uploaded on the designated MIS.

** It will be the case that not all candidates who are mobilized attend counselling and not all who attend counselling are finally selected.

** While it should be ensured that all those desirous of being skilled and placed are considered and put through counselling and aptitude tests, it is possible that not all will be found to have the aptitude required for the training program being organized by that particular PIA/TP.

** These cases should be separately identified and taken on a state data base for follow up by Mission so that these persons get a chance to enrol for another trade with the same or another Training Partner in the not too distant future