ASEEM Portal

• 11 Jul 2020

Why in News

The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) has launched ‘Aatamanirbhar Skilled Employee Employer Mapping (ASEEM)’ portal to help skilled people find sustainable livelihood opportunities.

• The Portal is expected to improve the information flow and bridge the demand-supply gap in the skilled workforce market.

Key Points

• Developed and Managed By: National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) in collaboration with Bengaluru-based company ‘Betterplace’.
• Artificial Intelligence (AI) Based Platform:
  
  • It will provide real-time data analytics about the demand and supply patterns including - industry requirements, skill gap analysis, demand per district/ state/cluster​​, key workforce suppliers, key consumers​, migration patterns​ and multiple potential career prospects for candidates.
  • It will enable policymakers to take a more objective view of various sectors in the economy.
  • Driven by Prime Minister’s assertion of ‘India as a talent powerhouse’ at the India Global Week 2020 Summit, it will further re-engineer the vocational training landscape in the country ensuring a skilling, up-skilling and reskilling in a more organised set up.
• Functioning: Also available as an application (app), it consists of three IT based interfaces:
  
  • Employer Portal: Employer onboarding, demand aggregation, candidate selection.
  • Dashboard: Reports, trends, analytics, and highlight gaps.
  • Candidate Application: Create & track candidate profile, share job suggestions.
• Benefits:
  
  • To Skilled Workforce:
    
    • It will have provision for registration and data upload for workers across job roles, sectors and geographies.
    • It will help in strengthening industry-relevant skills and explore emerging job opportunities especially in the post Covid era.
    • Candidate data coming to Skill India Portal from various state and central skilling schemes will be integrated including that from Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY), Fee-based Programs, National Urban Livelihoods Mission, Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana, etc.
  • To Migrants:
    
    • Database of labour migrants in Indian states and overseas citizens, who returned to India under the Vande Bharat Mission and filled SWADES Skill Card, has been integrated with the ASEEM portal.
• To Employers: They will be able to assess the availability of a skilled workforce and formulate their hiring plans.

National Skill Development Corporation

• NSDC is a not-for-profit public limited company incorporated in 2008 under section 25 of the Companies Act, 1956 (corresponding to section 8 of the Companies Act, 2013).
• It was set up by the Ministry of Finance as a Public Private Partnership (PPP) model.
  
  • The Government of India through the Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (MSDE) holds 49% of the share capital of NSDC, while the private sector has the balance 51% of the share capital.
• It aims to promote skill development by catalyzing creation of large, quality and for-profit vocational institutions.
• Its mandate is also to enable a support system which focuses on quality assurance, information systems and train the trainer academies either directly or through partnerships.
• Skill India Portal is an initiative by the NSDC.

Source: PIB