Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana - Ministry of Housing ...

8. Urban Resource Centres. Under the programme of Comprehensive Capacity Building for Improved UrbanGovernance and Poverty Alleviation, Urban Resource Centres (covering cities withpopulation of 1 lakh or more) are proposed to be established to serve as one-stop serviceresources for the urban poor for employment-related information, market assessmentdata, life skills development training, placement, career counseling, credit linkage,marketing support, etc. These Centres, which may also be run on public-privatepartnerships model, will also facilitate the development of human resource andinstitutional capacity to implement programmes for the urban poor who need support ofthe Government the most. These Urban Resource Centres could be engaged as LeadSkills Training Implementation Agencies for skills training of the urban poor in selectareas as already the case with certain States, subject to a certification process andplacement-linkage in the case of training for wage employment or credit-linkage in thecase of self-employment.9. Training & Post-Training Financial Support9.1. Financial support for skills training for the urban poor is linked to the number oftrainees. The support under the scheme for the purpose of training would be the actualcost of training, including the project management costs, not exceeding Rs.10,000/- pertrainee. This support is meant for the complete skills process i.e. towards mobilizationand recruitment of trainees, training of trainers, cost of trainers, preparation of traininglocation, training equipment, consumables, training materials, utilities, boarding/lodgingof trainees if required, assessment and certification of trainees, toolkit and/or stipend totrainees if permitted, MIS for reporting, and mentoring and tracking of trainees for theState Implementer.9.2. We would require that the programme is fully worked out with special emphasison the quality aspects and the Learning Assessment & Certification. The size of classesand number of courses should then be put together to meet the costs. In case costsexceed capacities to train to required levels of learning, additional assistance as availableunder various other schemes of the Government of India or State Governments may beaccessed and dovetailed. In addition, the Lead Skills Training Implementation Agenciesmay access funds from the industry, donors and State /UT Governments /ULBs. Wewould emphasize this approach over one which assesses the number of unemployed first,as that is fraught with danger to the quality of the programme. In fact, if the Skill TrainingProgramme is developed with utilisation of 80-85% of the moneys available under STEP-UP, the remaining can be used an incentive, linked to satisfactory placement of at least75% of the trainees in wage employment or being credit-linked. Stipend or toolkitdistribution should normally be avoided as the same are likely to create perverseincentives. Instead bank loans for toolkits should be linked up..9.3 Funds will be released by the States/UTs to the Lead Skills TrainingImplementation Agencies, either directly or through a nominated agency as determinedby the State/UT Government concerned. Ministry of Housing & Urban PovertyAlleviation will also consider innovative initiatives, under the innovative/special projectscomponent under SJSRY (under its 3% share of budget allocation). These initiatives maybe in the nature of pioneering efforts, aimed at catalyzing sustainable approaches to urbanpoverty alleviation through skill development, undertaken on a partnership modeinvolving Community-Based Organisations, NGOs, semi-government organizations,departments, national or state resource centres or international organizations. Under7