Lok Sabha Question No. 4485 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-23
Subject: DAKSH Yojana
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: Parvesh Sahib Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4485 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.03.2021

## DAKSH YOJANA

## 4485. SHRI PARVESH SAHIB SINGH VERMA:

Will the Minister of SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of people trained under the skill  development  programme, Pradhan  Mantri Dakshta Aur Kushalta Sampann Hitgrahi (DAKSH) Yojana since inception of the programme till date, State-wise;
- (b) the amount spent under PM DAKSH during the said period, State-wise;
- whether the Government is planning to take special measures under the scheme for further technical skill upgradation after COVID 19 pandemic; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT (SHRI RAMDAS ATHAWALE)

- (a) & (b): The Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment   integrated various  skilling programmes for its target group under one scheme in the name of Pradhan Mantri Dakshta Aur Kushalta Sampann Hitgrahi (PM-DAKSH) Yojana   during 2020-21 for imparting skill development trainings through Corporations viz National Scheduled Castes Finance and National Backward Classes   Finance and  Development Corporation (NBCFDC); and National Safai Karamcharies Finance and Development Corporation (NSKFDC) to their respective target groups. Apex

Target Group of Corporations are as under:

NSFDC Scheduled Castes

NBCFDC Other Backward Classes   (OBCs)Economically Backward Classes   (EBCs)Denotified Tribes (DNTs)

NSKFDC- Safai Karamcharis including Waste pickers

Under PM-DAKSH Yojana, during the financial year 2020-21, NSFDC has sanctioned training progrmmes for 10730 trainees, out of which 3056 trainees have commenced.

NBCFDC has sanctioned skill development training programmes for 18,884 trainees in the year 2020-21,out of which 4282 trainees have commenced.

NSKFDC has sanctioned training to 10,000 number of trainees, out of which 7564 trainees for safai karamcharis/waste pickers have already been commenced

Details of state-wise sanctioned number of trainees, fund allotted, training commenced and amount disbursed under PM DAKSH are given at Annexure:

(c) & (d): Corporations has already conveyed to all the Sector Skill Councils Training Institutes to adhere the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) of Government of India regarding health and safety measures by including  mask, hand sanitation; social  distancing etc   during the conduct of training programme.

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## Annexure referred in reply to parts (a) and (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4485 for answer on 23.03.2021 regarding DAKSH Yojana

- National Backward Classes Finance and Development Corporation (NBCFDC)

## Details State-wise Skill Development Training Provided to target group by NBCFDC in year 2020-21 under PM-DAKSH Yojana (As on 10.03.2021)

| No   | State            |   No. of trainees sanctioned |   Amount Allocated (Rs. in Lakhs) | No. of Training commenced   |   Amount Disbursed* (Rs: in Lakhs |
|------|------------------|------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|      | Andhra Pradesh   |                          610 |                             61.11 | 30                          |                              0.85 |
| 2    | Assam            |                         1020 |                            108.24 | 120                         |                              4.59 |
| 3    | Bihar            |                         1283 |                            141.3  | 303                         |                             20.65 |
| 4    | Chhatisgarh      |                          470 |                             62.81 | 120                         |                              7.04 |
| 5    | Delhi            |                          625 |                             80.26 | 155                         |                             11.52 |
| 6    | Gujarat          |                          857 |                            146.37 | 317                         |                             15.85 |
| 7    | Haryana          |                          650 |                             90.87 | 369                         |                             19.36 |
| 8    | Himachal Pradesh |                          120 |                             11.11 | 40                          |                              2.15 |
| 9    |                  |                          440 |                             74.68 | 240                         |                             19.68 |
| 10   | Laddakh          |                           90 |                             17.45 | 60                          |                              4.74 |
| 11   | Jharkhand        |                          300 |                             38.46 |                             |                              0    |
| 12   | Karnataka        |                          660 |                             84.41 |                             |                              0    |
| 13   | Kerala           |                          550 |                             78.97 | 180                         |                             14.41 |
| 14   | Madhya Pradesh   |                         1360 |                            246.54 | 210                         |                             14.88 |
| 15   | Maharashtra      |                         1190 |                            155.98 | 80                          |                              7.78 |
| 16   | Manipur          |                          185 |                             37.24 | 157                         |                             11.6  |
| 17   | Meghalaya        |                           60 |                              2.99 | 60                          |                              1.5  |
| 18   | Odisha           |                          357 |                             46.55 | 120                         |                              6.24 |
| 19   | Punjab           |                          590 |                             77.62 | 160                         |                              5.48 |
| 20   | Rajasthan        |                         1151 |                            168.45 | 271                         |                             20.19 |
| 21   | Sikkim           |                          160 |                             25.48 | 110                         |                              4.87 |
| 22   | Tamil Nadu       |                         1181 |                            151.68 | 186                         |                             11.95 |
| 23   | Telangana        |                          650 |                             46.05 | 0                           |                              0    |
| 24   | Tripura          |                           30 |                              2.57 | 30                          |                              0.94 |
| 25   | Uttar Pradesh    |                         2835 |                            315.89 | 591                         |                             34.76 |
| 26   | Uttarakhand      |                          750 |                             88.78 | 30                          |                              1.73 |
| 27   | West Bengal      |                          710 |                             90.23 | 343                         |                             13.9  |
|      | Total            |                        18884 |                           2452.09 | 4282                        |                            256.66 |

Note:- Due to restriction of COVID-19 lockdown; skill training could only be sanctioned in OctoberINovember, 2020.

## National Safai Karamcharis Finance & Development Corporation (NSKFDC)

State-wise details of training programmes sanctioned, funds allocated, training commenced and amount disbursed under PM DAKSH during F.Y. 2020-21 upto 17.03.2021

| No.   | State            | Total no. sanctioned                         | Funds allocated              |   Training Commenced |   Amount disbursed |
|-------|------------------|----------------------------------------------|------------------------------|----------------------|--------------------|
| 1     | Andhra Pradesh*  | 100                                          | 400000                       |                   95 |               0    |
| 2     | Assam            | 172                                          | 1376000                      |                  162 |               3.36 |
| 3     | Bihar            | 1072                                         | 7744000                      |                  786 |              19.24 |
| 4     | Chhattisgarh_    | 264                                          | 1632000                      |                  186 |               5.82 |
| 5     | Gujarat          | 264                                          | 1712000                      |                    0 |               0    |
| 6     | Haryana          | 262                                          | 1536000                      |                  243 |               4.84 |
|       | Himachal Pradesh | 70                                           | 440000                       |                   59 |               1.96 |
| 8     | Jammu & Kashmir  | 79                                           | 632000                       |                   63 |               2.52 |
|       | Jharkhand        | 207                                          | 1656000                      |                  110 |               0    |
| 10    | Karnataka        | 213                                          | 1704000                      |                   59 |               2.36 |
| 11    | Kerala*          | 345                                          | 2760000                      |                    0 |               0    |
| 12    | Madhya Pradesh   | 750                                          | 4400000                      |                  499 |               8.98 |
| 13    | Maharashtra      | 1160                                         | 8080000                      |                 1150 |              27.68 |
| 14    | NCT of Delhi     | 173                                          | 1384000                      |                  173 |               1.32 |
| 15    | Odisha           | 192                                          | 1536000                      |                  109 |               0    |
| 16    | Punjab           | 286                                          | 2920000                      |                  231 |               2.24 |
| 17    | Rajasthan        | 739                                          | 5192000                      |                  694 |               2    |
| 18    | Tamilnadu*       | 383                                          | 3064000                      |                    0 |               0    |
| 20    |                  | 38                                           | 304000                       |                   37 |               0    |
| 21    | Uttar Pradesh    | 2062                                         | 15296000                     |                 1984 |              55.84 |
| 22    | Uttrakhand       | 225                                          | 1800000                      |                  120 |               0    |
| 23    | West Bengal      | 944                                          | 5952000                      |                  804 |              14.62 |
|       | Total            | 10000 The claim of the training programme is | 71520000 to be received. yet |                 7564 |             152.78 |

## National Scheduled Castes Finance and Development Corporation (NSFDCL

| State/UT-wise details Of training commenced and amount spent under PM-DAKSH Yojana, during the year 2020-21 (as on 17.03.2021)   | State/UT-wise details Of training commenced and amount spent under PM-DAKSH Yojana, during the year 2020-21 (as on 17.03.2021)   | State/UT-wise details Of training commenced and amount spent under PM-DAKSH Yojana, during the year 2020-21 (as on 17.03.2021)   | State/UT-wise details Of training commenced and amount spent under PM-DAKSH Yojana, during the year 2020-21 (as on 17.03.2021)   | State/UT-wise details Of training commenced and amount spent under PM-DAKSH Yojana, during the year 2020-21 (as on 17.03.2021)   | State/UT-wise details Of training commenced and amount spent under PM-DAKSH Yojana, during the year 2020-21 (as on 17.03.2021)                         |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| No.                                                                                                                              | Name of StatelUT                                                                                                                 | Number of trainees sanctioned                                                                                                    | Amount Allocatedl Sanctioned (Rs. in lakh)                                                                                       | Training Programme commenced for number of trainees                                                                              | Amount Released (Rs: in lakh)                                                                                                                          |
|                                                                                                                                  | Andhra Pradesh                                                                                                                   | 610                                                                                                                              | 100.49                                                                                                                           | 90 210 70 268 70 60 80                                                                                                           | The training programmes have been commenced 15.02.2021 . Some of the claims received from training institutes for release of fund, are under scrutiny: |
| 2                                                                                                                                | Assam                                                                                                                            | 375                                                                                                                              | 85.03                                                                                                                            |                                                                                                                                  |                                                                                                                                                        |
| 3                                                                                                                                | Bihar                                                                                                                            | 650                                                                                                                              | 79.54                                                                                                                            |                                                                                                                                  |                                                                                                                                                        |
| 4                                                                                                                                | Chhattisgarh                                                                                                                     |                                                                                                                                  | 40.63                                                                                                                            |                                                                                                                                  |                                                                                                                                                        |
| 5                                                                                                                                | Delhi                                                                                                                            | 70                                                                                                                               | 10.60                                                                                                                            |                                                                                                                                  |                                                                                                                                                        |
|                                                                                                                                  | Gujarat                                                                                                                          | 400                                                                                                                              | 57.01                                                                                                                            |                                                                                                                                  |                                                                                                                                                        |
|                                                                                                                                  | Haryana                                                                                                                          | 200                                                                                                                              | 43.84                                                                                                                            |                                                                                                                                  |                                                                                                                                                        |
|                                                                                                                                  | Himachal Pradesh                                                                                                                 | 140                                                                                                                              | 20.14                                                                                                                            |                                                                                                                                  |                                                                                                                                                        |
| 9                                                                                                                                | Jammu & Kashmir                                                                                                                  | 160                                                                                                                              | 22.45                                                                                                                            |                                                                                                                                  |                                                                                                                                                        |
| 10                                                                                                                               | Jharkhand                                                                                                                        | 60                                                                                                                               | 3.96                                                                                                                             |                                                                                                                                  |                                                                                                                                                        |
| 11                                                                                                                               | Karnataka                                                                                                                        | 870                                                                                                                              | 102.82                                                                                                                           |                                                                                                                                  |                                                                                                                                                        |
| 12                                                                                                                               | Kerala                                                                                                                           | 290                                                                                                                              | 104.13                                                                                                                           | 80                                                                                                                               |                                                                                                                                                        |
| 13                                                                                                                               | Madhya Pradesh                                                                                                                   | 900                                                                                                                              | 260.65                                                                                                                           | 297                                                                                                                              |                                                                                                                                                        |
| 14                                                                                                                               | Maharashtra                                                                                                                      | 460                                                                                                                              |                                                                                                                                  | 190                                                                                                                              |                                                                                                                                                        |
| 15                                                                                                                               | Manipur                                                                                                                          | 60                                                                                                                               | 13.04                                                                                                                            |                                                                                                                                  |                                                                                                                                                        |
| 16                                                                                                                               | Odisha                                                                                                                           | 270                                                                                                                              | 38.88                                                                                                                            | 60                                                                                                                               |                                                                                                                                                        |
| 17                                                                                                                               | Puducherry                                                                                                                       | 50                                                                                                                               | 4.24                                                                                                                             | 16                                                                                                                               |                                                                                                                                                        |
| 18                                                                                                                               | Punjab                                                                                                                           | 690                                                                                                                              | 79.31                                                                                                                            | 260                                                                                                                              |                                                                                                                                                        |
| 19                                                                                                                               | Rajasthan                                                                                                                        | 1095                                                                                                                             | 184.56                                                                                                                           | 210                                                                                                                              |                                                                                                                                                        |
| 20                                                                                                                               | Tamil Nadu                                                                                                                       | 400                                                                                                                              | 47.17                                                                                                                            | 30                                                                                                                               |                                                                                                                                                        |
| 21                                                                                                                               | Telangana                                                                                                                        | 240                                                                                                                              | 41.04                                                                                                                            | 150                                                                                                                              |                                                                                                                                                        |
| 22                                                                                                                               | Tripura                                                                                                                          | 25                                                                                                                               | 1.43                                                                                                                             |                                                                                                                                  |                                                                                                                                                        |
| 23                                                                                                                               | Uttar Pradesh                                                                                                                    | 2080                                                                                                                             | 337.63                                                                                                                           | 715                                                                                                                              |                                                                                                                                                        |
| 24                                                                                                                               | Uttarakhand                                                                                                                      | 120                                                                                                                              | 14.59                                                                                                                            |                                                                                                                                  |                                                                                                                                                        |
| 25                                                                                                                               | West Bengal                                                                                                                      | 260 10730                                                                                                                        | 29.59                                                                                                                            | 200                                                                                                                              |                                                                                                                                                        |
|                                                                                                                                  | Total                                                                                                                            |                                                                                                                                  | 1797.09                                                                                                                          | 3056                                                                                                                             |                                                                                                                                                        |
| (a) (b)                                                                                                                          | Add: Monitoring expenses on (a) above                                                                                            | 3%                                                                                                                               | 53.91                                                                                                                            |                                                                                                                                  |                                                                                                                                                        |
| Grand Total (a + b)                                                                                                              | Grand Total (a + b)                                                                                                              | Grand Total (a + b)                                                                                                              | 1851.00                                                                                                                          |                                                                                                                                  |                                                                                                                                                        |

| Note   | Due to restrictions of COVID-19 pandemic, Skill Training programmes could only be sanctioned in the month of December, 2020 and January, 2021.         |
|--------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        | (ii) Release Of fund [s made on milestone basis as per Common Norms issued by Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Government of India: |