Lok Sabha Question No. 3572 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-17
Subject: Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Sanchar Kaushal Vikas Pratisthan Scheme
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: Shantanu Thakur

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3572 TO BE ANSWERED ON 17 TH  MARCH, 2021

## PANDIT DEENDAYAL UPADHYAY SANCHAR KAUSHAL VIKAS PRATISTHAN SCHEME

## 3572.   SHRI SHANTANU THAKUR:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has set-up any infrastructure under Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Sanchar Kaushal Vikash Pratisthan Schemes during the last three years and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the details of the beneficiaries of the said scheme during the same period; and
- (c) whether the Government is planning to implement the said scheme in West-Bengal and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reason therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR COMMUNICATIONS, EDUCATION AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI SANJAY DHOTRE)

- (a) A pilot  scheme  to  open  'Pandit  Deendayal  Upadhyaya  Sanchar  Kaushal  Vikas  Pratisthans' was  launched  in  2017  by  Department  of  Telecommunications  for  skill  development  training  in telecom sector ,  which envisaged to train 10,000 candidates in one year through these 10 centres. The scheme was implemented through Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) using its infrastructure. Ten  such  centres  were  opened  for  the  pilot  scheme  at:  1.  Jabalpur  (Madhya  Pradesh)  2.  Mysore (Karnataka)  3.  Bhubaneswar  (Odisha)  4.  Ranchi  (Jharkhand)  5.  Nagpur  (Maharashtra)  6.  Rajpura (Haryana)  7.  Pune  (Maharashtra)  8.  Ghazipur  (Uttar  Pradesh)  9.  Varanasi  (Uttar  Pradesh)  10. Kalyani, Kolkata (West Bengal). The scheme has been completed in 2019-20.

## (b) The centre-wise details of beneficiaries (candidates trained) are as below:

| Period: 03.07.2018 to 03.11.2019   | Period: 03.07.2018 to 03.11.2019   | Period: 03.07.2018 to 03.11.2019   |
|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
| No                                 | Centre                             | Candidates trained                 |
| 1                                  | Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh)          | 1388                               |
| 2                                  | Mysore (Karnataka)                 | 1089                               |
| 3                                  | Bhubaneswar( Odisha)               | 1600                               |
| 4                                  | Ranchi (Jharkhand)                 | 803                                |
| 5                                  | Nagpur ( Maharashtra)              | 1631                               |
| 6                                  | Rajpura (Haryana)                  | 380                                |
| 7                                  | Pune (Maharashtra)                 | 1760                               |
| 8                                  | Ghazipur (Uttar Pradesh)           | 125                                |
| 9                                  | Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh)           | 230                                |
| 10                                 | Kalyani, Kolkata (West Bengal)     | 1021                               |
|                                    | Total                              | 10027                              |

- (c) One of  the  ten  PDDUSKVP  centres    was  opened  at    Kalyani  (West  Bengal)  which  trained/certified 1021 candidates.

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