Lok Sabha Question No. 4435 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-14
Subject: Skill Development Centres
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: BHAIRON PRASAD MISHRA

- (a)

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4435 TO BE ANSWERED ON 14.12.2016

## SKILL DEVELOPMENT CENTRES

+ 4435. SHRI BHAIRON PRASAD MISHRA:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the  number  of  skill  development  centres  being  operated  at present by the Railways in the country along with the zone-wise details thereof;
- (b) the number of people being trained at these centres; and
- (c) the number of people who have completed their training?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## (SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

- to (c): A statement is laid on the Table of the House. *****

STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) To (c) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4435 BY SHRI BHAIRON PRASAD MISHRA TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 14.12.2016 REGARDING SKILL DEVELOPMENT CENTRES

(a) As part of the 'Skill India' initiative, Ministry of Railways (MOR) had signed an MoU with the Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (MSDE) to make available spare capacity of Railway infrastructure  to  MSDE  for  their  skill  development  initiatives.    MSDE identified  53  locations  spread  across  the  country  and  identified  the Training  Partners  who  will  setup  Skill  Development  Centres  through Directorate General of Training (DGT) and National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC).  Details of the 53 locations zone-wise are given below:

| Railway          |   SN | Railway Station/ Division   |
|------------------|------|-----------------------------|
| Central Railway  |    1 | Panvel (Mumbai)             |
| Central Railway  |    2 | Pune (Pune)                 |
| Central Railway  |    3 | Jalgaon (Bhusaval)          |
| Eastern Railway  |    4 | Asansol                     |
| Northern Railway |    5 | Bhatinda (Ambala)           |
| Northern Railway |    6 | Kiratpur Sahib (Ambala)     |
| Northern Railway |    7 | Jind (Delhi)                |
| Northern Railway |    8 | Lucknow (Lucknow)           |
| Northern Railway |    9 | Udhampur (Ferozepur)        |
| Northern Railway |   10 | Chandigarh (Ambala)         |
| Northern Railway |   11 | Meerut (Delhi)              |

|                            | 12    | Baghpat (Delhi)                        |
|----------------------------|-------|----------------------------------------|
|                            | 13    | Bijnor (Moradabad)                     |
|                            | 14    | Haridwar (Moradabad)                   |
|                            | 15    | Pratapgarh (Lucknow)                   |
|                            | 16    | Amritsar                               |
|                            | 17    | Varanasi                               |
|                            | 18    | Ghazipur (Varanasi)                    |
| North Eastern Railway      | 19 20 | Siwan (Varanasi) Lucknow (Anand Nagar) |
|                            | 21    | Chhapra (Sonepur)                      |
| Northeast Frontier Railway | 22    | Dibrugarh (Tinsukia)                   |
| Southern Railway           | 23    | Kannur (Palghat)                       |
|                            | 24    | TVC (Trivandrum)                       |
|                            | 25    | Mumbai                                 |
| Western Railway            | 26    | Gandhinagar (Ahmedabad)                |
|                            | 27    | Ujjain (Ratlam)                        |
|                            | 28    | Eluru (BZA)                            |
| South Central Railway      | 29    | Nellore (BZA)                          |
|                            | 30    | Ongole (BZA)                           |
|                            | 31    | Nizamabad (Hyderabad)                  |
|                            | 32    | Bhongir (Secunderabad)                 |
|                            | 33    | Mahbubabad (Secunderabad)              |

|                            |   34 | Hajipur (Sonepur)       |
|----------------------------|------|-------------------------|
| East Central Railway       |   35 | Patna (Danapur)         |
|                            |   36 | Jamui (Danapur)         |
|                            |   37 | Chandauli (Mughalsarai) |
| East Coast Railway         |   38 | Waltair                 |
|                            |   39 | Gwalior (Jhansi)        |
| North Central Railway      |   40 | Mirzapur (Allahabad)    |
|                            |   41 | Allahabad               |
| North Western Railway      |   42 | Jodhpur                 |
|                            |   43 | Dausa (Jaipur)          |
|                            |   44 | Bikaner                 |
| South East Central Railway |   45 | Nagpur                  |
|                            |   46 | Mandla (Nagpur)         |
| South Western Railway      |   47 | Bangalore               |
|                            |   48 | Hubli                   |
|                            |   49 | Belgaum (Hubli)         |
| West Central Railway       |   50 | Vidisha (Bhopal)        |
|                            |   51 | Kota                    |
|                            |   52 | Hoshangabad (Bhopal)    |
|                            |   53 | Sagar (Jabalpur)        |

Out of the above in 16 locations, agreements have been signed/site handed over and 3 more are under process.  In 20 places, even though locations  have  been  identified,  the  training  partners  are  yet  to respond.  Further, in 14 locations, either there is no response or the alternative locations offered by Railways are not being considered by the training partners.

(b) 477 people are under training at these Skill Development Centres.

(c) 255 people have completed their training so far.

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