About NIPUN Scheme:
- It is an innovative project for the skill training of construction workers.
- It is an initiative of the Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs (MoHUA) under its flagship scheme of the Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM).
- Objective: To train over 1 lakh construction workers through fresh skilling and upskilling programmes and provides them with work opportunities in foreign countries
- The National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC), the nodal agency under the Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (MSDE), Government of India, will be the Implementation Partner for the project NIPUN.
- The project implementation is divided into three parts:
- training through Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) at construction sites;
- training through Fresh Skilling by Plumbing and Infrastructure Sector Skill Council (SSC);
- International Placement through industries/ builders/ contractors;
- The courses are aligned with National Skills Qualifications Framework (NSQF) and will be imparted at accredited and affiliated training centres.
- It will provide trainees with 'Kaushal Bima', three-year accidental insurance with coverage of Rs 2 lakhs.
What is the Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM)?
- It is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme, being implemented since 2014-15.
- Implementing ministry: Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation.
- Coverage: The scheme covers all 4041 statutory cities and towns.
- Objectives:
- To reduce poverty and vulnerability of the urban poor households by enabling them to access gainful self-employment and skilled wage employment opportunities.
- Providing the shelter equipped with essential services to the urban homeless in a phased manner.
- Providing suitable space, institutional credit, and social security and skills to the urban street vendor for accessing emerging market opportunities.
