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No. 70 Poudouchéry Mardi
16
Septembre
2025
No.
Puducherry
Tuesday
16th
September
2025
(25 Bhadra 1947)
GOVERNMENT OF PUDUCHERRY
LABOUR DEPARTMENT
PUDUCHERRY SKILL DEVELOPMENT SOCIETY
(G.O. Ms. No. M/3304/2024-PSDS,
Puducherry, dated 07th August 2025)
NOTIFICATION
The Hon’ble Lieutenant-Governor of Puducherry, is pleased to notify
the implementation of the State funded Scheme named Chief Minister’s
Skill Development Program – “Puduvai Vellum” in the Union territory of
Puducherry. Details of the Scheme are appended to this notification.
(By order of the Lieutenant-Governor)
P. SARAVANAN,
Director,
Puducherry State Skill Development Mission.
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“PUDUVAI VELLUM” – CHIEF MINISTER’S SKILL
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
1. Aim.— The Scheme aims at enhancing the skilling capacities and
livelihood of people through training providers for students/unemployed
youth belonging to other disciplines by:
Utilizing the existing human resource who are undergoing
studies in schools (IX standard onwards)/ITIs/Polytechnics/UG Colleges
(non-engineering) and the school drop outs/unemployed youth by
providing them with additional skills that are recognized by industry for
employment.
2. Objective.— To provide financial assistance for facilitating skill
development for 36,000 candidate by involving training providers/centres
for improving the employability of the students/unemployed youth.
3. Duration.— The Scheme would be in operation for three (03) years
from the date of commencement of the training.
4. Budget Outlay.— The estimated total Grant-in-aid support from
the State Government is 41.7 crore (approx.) for three years @ 13.90 crores
per year.
5. Target Beneficiaries.—
(a) Higher Secondary / College Students-Category-I : Students
studying at
IX/X standards onwards
ITIs
Polytechnics
Under Graduate (Non-Engineering)
(b) School Drop outs/ Unemployed/ Under-Employed Youth
(indicative list)- Category-II
School drop outs from 8th pass onwards
ITI Certificate holders
Diploma holders
Graduates(non-engineering)
Registrants in Employment Exchanges
Unemployed in the informal Sector
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(c) Workers in Industrial/ Informal Sectors- Category-III
Candidates/workers with prior work knowledge and
experience will be offered training through Recognition of Prior
Learning (RPL) mode. Persons working in industries/informal
sector are classified under Category-III.
(d) Aspirational students preparing for competitive examinations –
Category-IV
Interested educated candidates appearing for competitive
examinations like UPSC, Banking, TNPSC, etc., after their
graduation will be enrolled and trained under this Category-IV.
(e) Capital Investment
The Chief Minister’s Skill Development Program -
“Puduvai Vellum” Scheme aims to empower individuals with
employable skills while preserving cultural heritage through
credit support for training centres. Credit support is crucial
for establishing training centres, promoting technological
advancements, and expanding outreach for arts and
culture-related trades. This support helps to preserve and
revitalize traditional crafts. 50.00 lakh is earmarked for assisting
talented artisans to setup specialized training centres and
disseminate their skills to youngsters.
6. Background and justification.—
6.1 Chief Minister’s Skill Development Program (CMSDP)
It is an overarching flagship program of Government of
Puducherry for Skill Development Training in Puducherry.
In order to align Employer/ industry demands and skillsets
available for workforce, Hon’ble Labour Minister of Puducherry
announced “Chief Minister’s Skill Development Program-
Puduvai Vellum” in the budget of 2023-24 and subsequently it
was approved by the Hon’ble Chief Minister.
6.2 Skill Development
Skill Development for the purpose of any Government
Scheme, is defined as any domain specific demand led skill
training activity leading to employment or any outcome oriented
activity that enables a participant to acquire a Skill, duly
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assessed and certified by an independent third party agency,
and which enables him/her to get wage/self-employment leading
to increased earnings, and/or improved working conditions,
such as getting formal certification for hitherto informal skills,
and/or moving from informal to formal sector jobs or pursue
higher education/training and shall fall in the categories as per
below:
(i)
For fresh entrants to the job market, the training duration
to be minimum 200 hours (including practical and/or on the
job training) except where prescribed by any Statute.
(ii)
In case of reskilling or skill upgradation of persons already
engaged in an occupation, training programmes having a
minimum duration of 60 hours of trainings including
practical and/or on-the-job training.
(iii)
In the case of persons who have acquired Skill through
informal, non-formal or experiential training in any
vocational trade or craft, formal recognition and
certification of such skill, if necessary, after imparting
bridge courses, to be treated as Skill Development.
6.3 Skill Development Courses
Soft skills (which would include computer literacy, language
and workplace inter personal skills relevant for the sector/trade)
would be an integral part of the skills training process and must
be suitably integrated into the course modules of all the above-
mentioned categories in section 5.
6.3.1 Alignment with the National Skills Qualifications
Framework (NSQF)
All Skill Development courses offered under the Scheme
framework must conform to the National Skill Qualification
Framework (NSQF). Government funding would not be available
for any training or educational programme/course if it is not
NSQF complaint. All training providers empanelled/approved
would need to comply with this requirement of the NSQF failure
to do which would lead to their delisting.
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6.4 Present education/skill development system
At present both formal as well as non-formal level education/
skill development is not vibrant enough to meet the emerging
requirement of industry. Hence, it is essential for the Government
to intervene and create an enabling requirement for increasing
the numbers of skill providers to address the emerging human
resource requirements for industries. The key players in this
initiative would be Puducherry State Skill Development Mission,
respective Sector Skill Councils being set up by National Skill
Development Cooperation (NSDC), skill/training providers, ITIs,
educational institutions, etc. The instant Scheme aims at building
skills training as a mainstream activity and making it an inclusive
program. This will be achieved by creating a formal arrangement
along with the key stakeholders in the delivery pyramid viz.,
State Governments, Industry, Skills/Training Providers and a
Centralised Certification Mechanism by NSDC or any other
agency recognised by Sector Skill Councils. In the long run, it
is expected that this Scheme would lead to creation of an
eco-system of Skill Development in Puducherry where large
number of skill providers would emerge and fulfil the demands
of the industries thereby reducing the unemployment, promoting
self-employment and entrepreneurship, enhancing the livelihood
of Puducherry youth and contribute to the development of
Puducherry economy.
7. Implementation Strategy.— This Scheme will be implemented in
coordination with Departments of School and Higher Education,
Department of Rural Development, LAD, Industries Department, Women
and Child Welfare, AD Welfare and Minority Affairs, Autonomous
Bodies, NGOs, Industries, Micro Enterprises, Industry Experts, NSDC
approved training providers, Academicians, etc.
7.1 Role of Implementing Agency
Puducherry State Skill Development Mission (PSSDM) is the
implementing agency of CM Skill Development Program
(CMSDP)- “Puduvai Vellum” in UT of Puducherry. PSSDM will
setup a PMU, as per the Guidelines of the Schemes, for
implementation of CMSDP in UT of Puducherry. PSSDM would
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liaise with training/skilling partners, industry and academic
institutions and ensure that deliverables of the project are
achieved in a time bound manner using PMU. The role of PSSDM
as Implementing Agency would be:
(a)
To liaise with the training/skilling partners (both
Government as well as private including ITIs, Polytechnics,
other similar State level institutions, etc.) duly identified/
recognized/accredited by NSDC/SSCs.
(b)
To liaise, interact and coordinate with Government
training/educational institutions/schools for working out
collaboration with the identified training/skilling agencies/
institutions so as to ensure that their students join these
training programs.
(c)
liaise, interact and coordinate with respective employment
exchanges to work out a mechanism for enrolment of
unemployed youth in these training programmes.
(d)
To create a placement mechanism for liaisoning, interacting
and coordinating with the prospective employers for
ensuring placement of the trained/skilled candidates.
7.2 Types of Courses to be covered
The Scheme is proposed to facilitate all kinds of non-formal
skill-oriented courses that could go on evolving as per industry
requirement as per the following broad parameters:
Designed, evolved, recognized by Sector Skill Councils/
NSDC.
Standard courses conducted by ITIs, other Government
training institutions could also be included.
To be conducted by agencies/institutions recognized/
accredited by SSCs/NSDC.
Courses are to be in line with National Vocational Education
Qualifications Framework (NVEQF - announced by
Ministry of HRD) at various Levels (i.e., up to Level 5) in
a modular way (and later to National Skill Qualifications
Framework NSQF as and when the same is available).
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Duration of courses could range from 200 hrs. to 400 hrs.
Could be imparted in part-time mode or full-time mode.
All courses to follow a uniform training process prescribed
by NSDC or SSC.
District Skill Committee/Skill Quality Cell of Puducherry
State Skill Development Mission would recommend various
courses which could be covered under the proposed Scheme.
The Committee will look into various aspects like syllabus,
content, course duration, training process, etc., for any such
course to become eligible under the Scheme. The Committee/
Cell will also recommend new Courses from time to time
depending on the new emerging requirements including such
courses that may not be available and/or popular and/or viable
but essential for a particular need.
8. Duration and Physical Targets.— The Scheme will train 36,000
candidates over three years, in Short Term Training and RPL. Training
partners and Departments will be assigned targets. Year-wise Physical
targets are depicted below :
Sl.
Year
Category-1
Category-2 Category-3
Category-4 Total
No.
FP
STT
STT
RPL
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
(8)
1 Year-1 1,500
2,000
2,000
6,000
500
12,000
2 Year-2 1,500
2,000
2,000
6,000
500
12,000
3 Year-3 1,500
2,000
2,000
6,000
500
12,000
Total 4,500
6,000
6,000
18,000
1,500
36,000
9. Implementation and Monitoring.— A Programme Management
Unit(PMU) is to be set up in Puducherry State Skill Development
Mission (PSSDM) to professionally manage and support the Puducherry
Skill Mission/Society in implementation and monitoring of the Scheme;
facilitate creation of awareness and mobilization of various stakeholders
including general public at large through print and electronic media,
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workshops, seminars, etc.; facilitate for capturing various kinds of data
from the skill training institution/centres/partners agencies, bring out
periodic progress report, collect any other relevant data for monitoring
of the Scheme; and facilitate carrying out an Impact Assessment of the
Scheme by a third party agency in the 3rd year of the Scheme. The PMU
is to be set up through Puducherry Skill Development Society (PSDS-a
Society under Labour Department for implementation of all skill
development program of PSSDM).
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