Lok Sabha Question No. 312 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-18
Subject: Coir Training Institutes
Ministry: MICRO,SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES
Asked by: HARI NARAYAN RAJBHAR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 312 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.12.2017

## COIR TRAINING INSTITUTES

## †312. SHRI HARINARAYAN RAJBHAR:

Will  the  Minister  of  MICRO,  SMALL  AND  MEDIUM  ENTERPRISES  be pleased to state:

- (a)   the number and details of the training institutes of Coir Board functioning in the country at present, State-wise including Uttar Pradesh;
- (b)   the number of beneficiaries of each training institute during each of the last three years, State-wise;
- (c)   whether the Government proposes to increase the number of such training institutes in the country including Uttar Pradesh; and
- (d)   if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR MICRO, SMALL & MEDIUM ENTERPRISES (SHRI GIRIRAJ SINGH)

- (a): Coir  Board  is  having  the  following  Training  Institutes  for  imparting training on Coir Processing and value addition of the coir products.
- (i)    National  Coir  Training  and  Design  Centre,  Kalavoor,    Alleppey, Kerala
- (ii) Regional Extension Centre, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu.

Apart  from  this,  Coir  Board  organize  various  training  programmes through the following Regional Offices and Sub Regional Offices of the Board in association with coir co-operative societies, units etc.

- (i) Pollachi & Singampunari in Tamil Nadu
- (ii) Rajahmundry in Andhra Pradesh
- (iii) Bhubaneswar in Odisha
- (iv) Kalavoor, Attingal & Kannur in Kerala
- (v) Bengaluru in Karnataka
- (vi)
- Guwahati in Assam

- (vii) Sindhudurg in Maharashtra
- (viii) Hyderabad in Telengana
- (ix) Port Blair in Andaman & Nicobar Islands
- (x) Kavarathi in Lakshadweep Islands

At present, no separate training institute of the Board is functioning in the State of Uttar Pradesh.

(b): Coir Board is providing training on Coir Processing and value addition of  the  coir  products  for  self  employment  to  rural  artisans  in  coir  producing regions under Skill Development Programmes such as Mahila Coir Yojana and Value Added products manufacturing training programmes.   Details of number of  beneficiaries  trained  during  the  last  three  years  State-wise  is  given  in Annexure-I.

(c)  &  (d):      Presently  there  is  no  proposal  to  set  up  new  training  institute including  in  the  State  of  Uttar  Pradesh.  During  the  last  year  Coir  Board  has already  started  three  livelihood  Business  Incubation  Centres  at  Bhubaneswar, Rajahmundry  and  Thanajavur  for  providing  modern  production  process  and technologies to encourage the prospective entrepreneurs.

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## Annexure I referred to in reply to part (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 312 for answer on 18.12.2017

Physical Performance (persons trained)

| Sl No   | States/UTs                | Mahila Coir Yojana (MCY)   | Mahila Coir Yojana (MCY)   | Mahila Coir Yojana (MCY)   | VAP Training   | VAP Training   | VAP Training   |
|---------|---------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
| Sl No   | States/UTs                | 2014-15                    | 2015-16                    | 2016-17                    | 2014-15        | 2015-16        | 2016-17        |
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh            | 200                        | 40                         | 140                        | 426            | 176            | 260            |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh         |                            |                            |                            |                |                |                |
| 3       | Assam                     | 1180                       | 308                        | 349                        | 1380           | 271            | 395            |
| 4       | Bihar                     |                            |                            |                            |                |                |                |
| 5       | Chattisgarh               |                            |                            |                            |                |                |                |
| 6       | Goa                       | -                          | -                          | 20                         | -              | -              | 20             |
| 7       | Gujarat                   | 320                        | 120                        | 20                         | 540            | 40             | 20             |
| 8       | Haryana                   |                            |                            |                            |                |                |                |
| 9       | Himachal Pradesh          |                            |                            |                            |                |                |                |
| 10      | Jammu &Kashmir            |                            |                            |                            |                |                |                |
| 11      | Jharkand                  |                            |                            |                            |                |                |                |
| 12      | Karnataka                 | 1499                       | 340                        | 60                         | 2000           | 360            | 60             |
| 13      | Kerala                    | 2011                       | 1212                       | 540                        | 2423           | 838            | 459            |
| 14      | Madhya Pradesh            |                            |                            |                            |                |                |                |
| 15      | Maharashtra               | 100                        | 220                        | 260                        | 120            | 180            | 160            |
| 16      | Manipur                   |                            |                            |                            |                |                |                |
| 17      | Meghalaya                 |                            |                            |                            |                |                |                |
| 18      | Mizoram                   |                            |                            |                            |                |                |                |
| 19      | Nagaland                  |                            |                            |                            |                |                |                |
| 20      | Odisha                    | 720                        | 460                        | 179                        | 999            | 237            | 178            |
| 21      | Punjab                    |                            |                            |                            |                |                |                |
| 22      | Rajasthan                 |                            |                            |                            |                |                |                |
| 23      | Sikkim                    |                            |                            |                            |                |                |                |
| 24      | Tamil Nadu                | 583                        | 485                        | 350                        | 1265           | 508            | 372            |
| 25      | Telangana                 |                            |                            |                            |                |                | 40             |
| 26      | Tripura                   |                            |                            |                            |                |                |                |
| 27      | Uttar Pradesh             |                            |                            |                            |                |                |                |
| 28      | Uttarakhand               |                            |                            |                            |                |                |                |
| 29      | West Bengal               | 1860                       | 200                        | 217                        | 2280           | 320            | 200            |
| 30      | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 30                         | -                          | 40                         | 45             | 120            | 160            |
| 31      | Chandigarh                |                            |                            |                            |                |                |                |
| 32      | Haveli                    |                            |                            |                            |                |                |                |
| 33      | Daman &Diu                |                            |                            |                            |                |                |                |
| 34      | Delhi                     |                            |                            |                            |                |                |                |
| 35      | Lakshadweep               | 311                        | 180                        | 80                         | 201            | 100            | 140            |
| 36      | Puducherry                | 54                         | 16                         |                            | 53             | 16             |                |