Lok Sabha Question No. 3618 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-16
Subject: Skill Training to Unemployed Youths
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: Jaskaur Meena, Nihal Chand Chauhan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3618 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16.03.2020

## SKILL TRAINING TO UNEMPLOYED YOUTHS

## †3618. SHRIMATI JASKAUR MEENA: SHRI NIHAL CHAND:

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

- (a) the names of schemes presently being run by the Union Government for providing skill training to the unemployed youths in the urban and rural areas of the country;
- (b) the  number  of  persons  who  have  been  provided  benefits  of  these  schemes  and  the number of youths to whom employment opportunities have been made available during the last two  years  along  with  the  details  in  this  regard  including  Dawa  and  Ganganagar  district  of Rajasthan;
- (c) whether  the  Union  Government  has  formulated  any  future  roadmap  related  to  these schemes; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP (SHRI R.K. SINGH)

(a) to (d) Government have been implementing various schemes such as Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana, Jan Shikshan Sansthan (JSS), Craftsmen Training Scheme, Deen Dayal Upadhyaya  Grameen  Kaushalya  Yojana  (DDU-GKY)  and  Rural  Self  Employment  Training Institutes  (RSETIs)  ,  for  providing  skill  development  training  to  the  prospective  youth  of  the country both in urban and rural areas. Under Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY 2.0)  2016-20,  short  term  skill  training  is  provided  to  the  prospective  youth  of  the  country including Rajasthan.  As on 17.01.2020, under the scheme PMKVY 2.0, 73.47 lakhs and 16.61 lakhs candidates have been trained and placed respectively; out of which, 6.43 lakhs and 1.33 lakhs candidates have been trained and placed in the State of Rajasthan. The scheme of Jan Shikshan  Sansthan  (JSS)  for  skill  development  is  being  implemented  through  its  institutional framework  in  the  country  with  the  objective  to  improve  the  occupational  skills  and  technical knowledge of the non/neo literates in the age group of 15-45 years primarily living in rural and urban slum areas. Under the JSS scheme, as on 06.03.2020, 5.54 lakhs candidates have been enrolled during the last two years.

Under  Craftsmen  Training  Scheme,  Directorate  General  of  Training  offers  long  term vocational  training  in  137  NSQF  compliant  trades.  Number  of  persons  benefited  under  the scheme CTS during last two years are given below.

|   S.No. |   Year |   All over India |   (Dawa) Bikaner Distt. |   Ganganagar Distt. |
|---------|--------|------------------|-------------------------|---------------------|
|       1 |   2017 |          1217625 |                    1420 |                2175 |
|       2 |   2018 |          1424682 |                    1566 |                2765 |

Under the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) scheme of Ministry of Rural Development, 5.86 lakhs candidates have been trained and 3.51 lakhs have been placed between 2017-20. Dawa is a village under Nokha tehsil of Bikaner District and the village wise data under DDU-GKY is not maintained. The candidates trained and placed in the district  Ganganagar  are  888  and  386  respectively.  Under  Rural  Self  Employment  Training Institutes  (RSETIs)  scheme  of  Ministry  of  Rural  Development,  11.87  lakhs  candidates  have been  trained and 8.83 lakhs have been placed in the period 2017-20. Out of them, 2188 and 1835 candidates have been trained and placed in the district of Ganganagar.

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