FAQs

Candidate in the working age group of 15-59 Years who are interested in taking domain skilling and fulfil the minimum qualification criteria of the course chosen.

The trainees will be registered on the BSDM portal post mobilization through any of the following modes:

• Self-registration by the interested Candidates
• Candidate mobilization done by the respective departments or Government training providers (GTPs)
• Candidates mobilized by the SDCs

The registration for beneficiaries / trainees is yet to commence. A notification on account of the beneficiary registration commencement will be published on skillmissionbihar.org in due course of time.

QP-NOS / Bihar Board of Open Schooling Examination (BBOSE) Board / National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) / Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) / Any other course approved by BSDM. Initially, only the QP/NOS based courses will be offered under domain skilling programme.

For details of the courses covered under domain skilling view the "Courses under Domain Skilling" Sub menu under the "Domain Skilling" Tab on the "skillmissionbihar.org" home page.

Skill Development Centers (SDCs): Skill Development Centers (SDCs) who have requisite generic and course specific infrastructure will be empanelled through online registration process for the domain skilling to offer training to the youth in any of the domain specific courses.

For details of the schemes covered under domain skilling view the "Schemes under Domain Skilling" sub menu under the "Domain Skilling" Tab on the "skillmissionbihar.org" home page.

There are 15 Department of Government of Bihar that have different schemes / initiatives in the skill development space. The departments will be allotting the work to the empaneled SDCs as per their requirement in consultation with BSDM.

For more details on the various stakeholders and the Government of Bihar departments involved in domain skilling view the "Stakeholders Interaction" Sub menu under the "Domain Skilling" Tab on the "skillmissionbihar.org" home page.

Assessment

• QP/NOS based courses – SSC’s appointed assessment agencies
• Other than QP Based course – BBOSE, BSDM or any other BSDM approved organization of state / national repute.
• Government Training Providers of National or State repute might be able to do assessments of their training post approval from BSDM.
• For courses proposed under Industry Led domain skilling the assessment will be done by the Industry or BSDM or jointly by BSDM and the industry

Certification

• QP/NOS based courses – Respective Sector Skill Councils (SSCs)
• Other than QP Based course – BBOSE, BSDM or any other BSDM approved organization of state / national repute.
• Government Training Providers of National or State repute can certify their successfully trained candidates post approval from BSDM.
• For Industry initiated domain skilling there will be a provision of self-certification (By the Industry Player) or joint certification (Industry Player & BSDM)

Domain specific skilling: 10% of the total training fee (as paid to the SDC) per learner (to be paid to BSDM through the SDC operator) up to a max of INR 1000 will be taken as refundable security deposit from candidates. This shall be refunded if the candidate is successfully certified, but shall be seized if the candidate drops out or fails the assessment.

Exemption on this account may be provided for severely disadvantaged groups such as:

• Beggars and their dependents
• Leprosy cured and their dependents
• Construction workers
• HIV patients and their dependents
• Jail Inmates
• School Children currently enrolled and pursuing formal education.

Note: The list of applicable categories for the exemption may be revised as and when deemed required by BSDM or as directed by the State Government.

Training Fee per candidate per hour:

Domain skilling

• Category 1: INR 39.9 per candidate per course per hour
• Category 2: INR 34.2 per candidate per course per hour
• Category 3: INR 28.4 per candidate per course per hour

The above costs are applicable for FY 2016 -17.

The training cost will increase by 5-10% as deemed fit by BSDM every Financial year coming in effect from 1st of April of the subsequent years or as notified by BSDM.

In case of domain skilling (where training delivery is through LMS): A per candidate per course portal usage fee (against using the portal and digital content for actual training delivery) shall be decided and accordingly deducted from the amount payable to the SDC operators or will be charged in case of candidate paid models, as and when BSDM acquires the right to use such digital contents. This shall be communicated to SDCs separately.

Note:

1. The cost category for each of the 74 courses is mentioned under the “Courses under Domain Skilling” menu. Click on the respective course for details.

Release of Training Fee for the Domain skilling:

For Domain skilling – Fresh Skilling

• No advance payment
• 30% of the training fee – On completion of 1/3^rd of the duration of the course or 1 month whichever is later for all the candidates with attendance equal to at least 80% against the covered duration of the course (in hours).
• 50% of the training fee – On passing the final assessment by the BSDM authorized assessment & certification agency – for the passed candidates only, post adjustment of the 30% (paid earlier) for candidates who did not pass the assessment.
• 10% of the training fee – For all the certified candidates after a minimum of 50% of the batch has been placed.
• 10% of the training fee - This amount will be paid post the 12 month tracking completion and compliance.

Note: If the payment to the SDC is not made within 30 days of raising the invoice, where no further information is wanted from the SDC, the disbursing department / organization shall be liable to pay simple interest on the due payment at a rate of 0.5 % per month till the time actual payment is made.

Placement Mandate:

• All the schemes following BSDM guidelines will have to ensure a minimum of 50 % placement including self-employment. The breakup of placement percentage for wage and self-employment can be decided by the implementing department as per the nature of the course and their target group inclinations.

Placement Definition:

Placements to be mandatorily done in 3 months from result declaration date. Placements by definition would mean that the placed candidate has joined the offered job and is in employment for the next 3 months at least. Placements can be in the form of wage employment or self-employment.

In case of wage employment, candidates should be placed in jobs that provide wages at least equal to minimum wages prescribed by the State where the deployment is done post recruitment and such candidates should continue to be in jobs for a minimum period of three months, from the date of placement in the same or a higher level with the same or any other employer.

In case of self-employment, candidates should have been employed gainfully in livelihood enhancement occupations which are evidenced in terms of trade license or setting up of an enterprise or becoming a member of a producer group and proof of additional earnings (bank statement) or any other suitable and verifiable document as prescribed by BSDM / respective Ministry or Department.

To be paid by the respective Departments directly to the assessment agency

• For QP/NOS courses – INR 600- 1500 as per the prevalent course / SSC assessment rate
• For Non-MES and Non-QP based courses the assessment fee payable will be INR 800 to be revised from time to time by BSDM.

Yes there are other cost heads for the SDCs such as:

• Boarding and lodging cost at actuals for residential training subject to maximum per trainee per day as per table below:
  • Rs. 250/- per day per trainee in Patna municipal corporation limits.
  • Rs. 200/- per day per trainee in other municipal corporations / municipal board limits.
  • Rs. 175/- per day per trainee in all other areas including nagar panchayats
    Note: A minimum training duration of 8 hours per day will be assumed for calculation of total number of days for which boarding and lodging amount will be provided.
• In case of residential training one time transportation charges will be provided at actuals (To be paid directly to the candidates through their bank account) subject to a maximum amount of INR 1000.
• Career Progression @ INR 5000 per candidate (for every candidate who gets Rs 15,000 per month and holds the job for at least 3 consecutive months within the 1 year tracking period).
  Note: Applicable for candidates with wage employment. This component will be paid for all the candidates who receive a salary of INR 15000 for at least 3 consecutive months within the 1 year tracking period.
• Counselling support of INR 10000 per candidate including medical check-up for candidates placed in Foreign countries.
  Note: Applicable for candidates with wage employment. The invoice for this amount will be raised for the candidates who have got overseas deployment and have completed at least 3 months in the job post deployment.
• Placement Incentive
  • If the batch wage employment placement rate is 70 to 85 % placement incentive will be – INR 3000 per candidate for all the certified candidates who are placed in wage employment.
  • If the batch wage employment placement rate is more than 85 % placement incentive will be – INR 5000 per candidate for all the certified candidates who are placed in wage employment.

Stipend

No provision for stipend for schemes following BSDM guidelines except for severely disadvantaged groups.

• Beggars - INR 100 / day
• Leprosy cured and their dependents - INR 30 / day subject to maximum of INR 800 / month
• Construction workers registered with BoCW board - As per unskilled construction labourers minimum daily wage rate prescribed by the State Government i.e. currently - INR 206 / day
• HIV / AIDS patients - INR 30 / day subject to maximum of INR 800 / month

Note:

• A minimum training duration of 8 hours per day will be assumed for calculation of total number of days for which stipend amount will be provided.
• Any candidate who is availing the self-help allowance will not be eligible for the stipend even if he falls under any of the above severely disadvantaged groups.
• The list of applicable categories and the respective rates for the provision of stipend may be revised as and when deemed required by BSDM or as and when directed by the State Government.

Post-placement support (PPS)

In order to enable the newly skilled persons from Special Areas (In context of Bihar: Left Wing Extremists (LWE) as per the Home Ministry notification) / Groups (Would comprise of Women, PwD candidates) to settle into their new jobs/vocations under wage employment, post placement support would be provided directly to the candidate at the rate of Rs 1500/- per month for the following durations:

• Placement within District of domicile – 1 month for Men, 2 months for Women
• Placement outside District of domicile – 2 month for Men, 3 months for Women

For detailed requirements to set up a SDC please refer to "Required Documents" & "Infrastructure Requirements" sub-menus. For course specific equipment requirements please refer to the "Courses under Domain Skilling" sub-menu.

For detailed SDC registration process, please refer to "SDC Registration Process" and "User Manual".

The first phase of registration will start soon. Dates will be shortly notified. However, the registration shall be made open from time to time, as and when the need arises for all or specific courses.

For more details on important dates, refer the "Activity Schedule" menu.

At the time of application, the AO has to deposit INR 500 per center as processing fee, INR 3000 per center as center registration fee and INR 1000 per course chosen as course affiliation fee for getting their SDC registered for imparting training in the selected courses. For norms related to refund and renewal please refer to "Registration Fee Structure" and "Important Instructions" sub-menus.

For payment modes refer to the "Registration Fee Structure" and "Payment Process" menus.

The DD shall be in favour of "Bihar Skill Development Mission", payable at Patna

Training under the various domain skilling programs is envisaged to commence as soon as the first phase empanelment / registration process of SDC is completed.