Lok Sabha Question No. 1738 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-07-26
Subject: Employment to Widows/Destitutes
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: LAKHAN LAL SAHU

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA

## UN-STARRED QUESTION NO. 1738 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.07.2017

## EMPLOYMENT TO WIDOWS / DESTITUTES

## †1738: SHRI LAKHAN LAL SAHU:

## Will the Minister of SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of widows/destitutes provided/proposed to be provided employment under Skill Development Programme in the country;
- (b) whether the branches of Skill Development Programme have started functioning in the country; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise including Chhattisgarh?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) IN THE MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP (SHRI RAJIV PRATAP RUDY)

- (a) & (b) Directorate  General  of  Training  (DGT),  MSDE  is  imparting  vocational training to women including widows/destitutes through a network of National Vocational Training  Institute  for  Women  (NVTI)  and  Regional  Vocational  Training  Institutes  for Women  (RVTIs)  exclusively  for  Women  so  as  to  enable  them  to  get  wage/selfemployment.

Further, Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY), a unique scheme by Ministry  of  Skill  Development  and  Entrepreneurship  offers  skill  based  training  which covers all the sections of society including widows and destitutes.  Under the scheme, as on July, 2017, 13.6 lakhs are female candidates including widows / destitutes.

- (c)        The  details  of  vocational  training  to  women  (including  widows/destitutes)  at NVTI/RVTIs and Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) for women / women wings including Chhattisgarh is at Annexure-I.

Annexure-I

| State/UT-wise detail of Women Industrial Training Institutes & Wings for women in ITIs   | State/UT-wise detail of Women Industrial Training Institutes & Wings for women in ITIs   | State/UT-wise detail of Women Industrial Training Institutes & Wings for women in ITIs   |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| State                                                                                    | Total No of WITIs / Women Wings                                                          | Women Trained during the session 2015-                                                   |
| Delhi                                                                                    | 28                                                                                       | 2418                                                                                     |
| Himachal Pradesh                                                                         | 9                                                                                        | 3500                                                                                     |
| Rajasthan                                                                                | 14                                                                                       | 5156                                                                                     |
| Chandigarh                                                                               | 1                                                                                        | 327                                                                                      |
| Uttar Pradesh                                                                            | 77                                                                                       | 3853                                                                                     |
| Haryana                                                                                  | 37                                                                                       | 7853                                                                                     |
| Punjab                                                                                   | 215                                                                                      | 11855                                                                                    |
| Jammu & Kashmir                                                                          | 57                                                                                       | 2831                                                                                     |
| Karnataka                                                                                | 36                                                                                       | 30062                                                                                    |
| Kerala                                                                                   | 15                                                                                       | 6793                                                                                     |
| Tamil Nadu                                                                               | 21                                                                                       | 3235                                                                                     |
| Andhra Pradesh                                                                           | 54                                                                                       | 3980                                                                                     |
| Puducherry                                                                               | 6                                                                                        | 215                                                                                      |
| Lakshadweep                                                                              | 1                                                                                        | 12                                                                                       |
| Nagaland                                                                                 | 5                                                                                        | 92                                                                                       |
| Meghalaya                                                                                | 1                                                                                        | 177                                                                                      |
| Bihar                                                                                    | 11                                                                                       | 603                                                                                      |
| Jharkhand                                                                                | 6                                                                                        | 326                                                                                      |
| West Bengal                                                                              | 12                                                                                       | 1364                                                                                     |
| Orissa                                                                                   | 15                                                                                       | 966                                                                                      |
| Assam                                                                                    | 28                                                                                       | 1020                                                                                     |
| Manipur                                                                                  | 1                                                                                        | 273                                                                                      |
| Mizoram                                                                                  | 0                                                                                        | 113                                                                                      |
| Tripura                                                                                  | 1                                                                                        | 310                                                                                      |
| Andaman & Nicobar                                                                        | 1                                                                                        | 98                                                                                       |
| Arunachal Pradesh                                                                        | 1                                                                                        | 44                                                                                       |
| Sikkim                                                                                   | 0                                                                                        | 102                                                                                      |
| Gujarat                                                                                  | 72                                                                                       | 19095                                                                                    |
| Madhya Pradesh                                                                           | 14                                                                                       | 7260                                                                                     |
| Chhattisgarh                                                                             | 9                                                                                        | 1927                                                                                     |
| Maharashtra                                                                              | 650                                                                                      | 19091                                                                                    |
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli                                                                     | 1                                                                                        | 16                                                                                       |
| Goa                                                                                      | 0                                                                                        | 484                                                                                      |
| Daman & Diu                                                                              | 0                                                                                        | 8                                                                                        |
| TOTAL                                                                                    | 1408                                                                                     | 135459                                                                                   |

| State/UT-wise detail of NVTI/RVTIs   | State/UT-wise detail of NVTI/RVTIs   | State/UT-wise detail of NVTI/RVTIs   |
|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
| S. No                                | State/UT-Wise (NVTI/RVTIs)           | Trainees on Roll (2016-17)           |
| 1.                                   | Uttar Pradesh                        | 1204                                 |
| 2.                                   | Haryana                              | 495                                  |
| 3.                                   | Rajasthan                            | 481                                  |
| 4.                                   | Meghalaya                            | 384                                  |
| 5.                                   | West Bengal                          | 296                                  |
| 6.                                   | Karnataka                            | 416                                  |
| 7.                                   | Kerala                               | 343                                  |
| 8.                                   | Madhya Pradesh                       | 250                                  |
| 9.                                   | Gujarat                              | 693                                  |
| 10.                                  | Maharashtra                          | 441                                  |
| 11.                                  | Punjab                               | 93                                   |
| 12.                                  | Bihar                                | 102                                  |
| 13.                                  | Himachal Pradesh                     | 203                                  |
| 14.                                  | Tamil Nadu                           | 208                                  |
| 15.                                  | Tripura                              | 21                                   |

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