Lok Sabha Question No. 2420 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-11-30
Subject: Regional Vocational Training Institute
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: PANKAJ CHOWDHARY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA

## UN-STARRED QUESTION NO. 2420 TO BE ANSWERED ON 30.11.2016

## REGIONAL VOCATIONAL TRAINING INSTITUTES

## † 2420.      SHRI PANKAJ CHAUDHARY:

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

- (a) the  norms  to  set  up  regional  vocational  training  institutes  to  provide  training  and employment to women under Skill Development in the country;
- (b) the State-wise details of the regional vocational training institutes recently set up for women in the country; and
- (c) the State-wise number of women  who have been provided training and employment in these institutes during the financial year 2014-15, 2015-16 and the current financial year?

## ANSWER

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

(a) National / Regional Vocational Training Institutes (NVTI/RVTIs) under Directorate General of  Training  were  established  with  an  objective  to  augment  social  development and economic growth of women through vocational training.  These institutes provide skill training facilities to women in various trades to help them get wage/self-employment. Till 2014,  there  were  11  women  training  institutes  under  central  sector  located  at  Noida (U.P.),  Mumbai  (Maharashtra),  Bengaluru  (Karnataka),  Thiruvananthapuram  (Kerala), Panipat (Haryana), Kolkata (West Bengal), Tura (Meghalaya), Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh), Indore (Madhya Pradesh), Vadodara (Gujarat) and Jaipur (Rajasthan).

In  2014,  an  initiative  was  taken  by  Govt.  to  extend  vocational  training  facilities exclusively to women and set up 08 new Regional Vocational Training Institutes (RVTIs) in the states where there were no existing RVTIs.

- (b) 05 new Regional Vocational Training Institutes (RVTIs) under Central Sector have recently been set up for women in the States of Punjab, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Tripura.

(c) The State-wise details of women who have been provided training in NVTI/RVTIs during financial year 2014-15, 2015-16 and current financial year is given below:

|   S. No | State/UT-Wise    | 2014-15   |   2015-16 |   2016-17 (current financial year) |
|---------|------------------|-----------|-----------|------------------------------------|
|       1 | Uttar Pradesh    | 2482      |      1896 |                               1204 |
|       2 | Haryana          | 687       |       834 |                                495 |
|       3 | Rajasthan        | 686       |       504 |                                481 |
|       4 | Meghalaya        | 184       |       806 |                                384 |
|       5 | West Bengal      | 332       |       619 |                                296 |
|       6 | Karnataka        | 632       |       478 |                                416 |
|       7 | Kerala           | 425       |       384 |                                343 |
|       8 | Madhya Pradesh   | 400       |       368 |                                250 |
|       9 | Gujarat          | 429       |       440 |                                693 |
|      10 | Maharashtra      | 440       |       433 |                                441 |
|      11 | Punjab           | -         |       111 |                                 93 |
|      12 | Bihar            | -         |        66 |                                102 |
|      13 | Himachal Pradesh | -         |        90 |                                203 |
|      14 | Tamil Nadu       | -         |        08 |                                208 |
|      15 | Tripura          | -         |        15 |                                 21 |

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