Lok Sabha Question No. 915 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-23
Subject: Skill Development Programmes
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: RAVINDRA KUMAR PANDEY, NISHIKANT  DUBEY, RODMAL NAGAR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 915 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.07.2018

## SKILL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES

## 915. SHRI RAVINDRA KUMAR PANDEY:

SHRI NISHIKANT DUBEY:

SHRI NAGAR RODMAL:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  proposes/have  any  action  plan  to  make  skill development programmes more proactive and effective;
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the number of skill India centres approved so far in Jharkhand and Madhya Pradesh; and
- (c) the number of persons who have availed the benefits of the said programmes so far, district/State-wise, especially in Jharkhand?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP (SHRI ANANTKUMAR HEGDE)

(a) to (c) The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship has taken a number  of  initiatives    to  make  skill  development  programmes  more  proactive  and effective.  This  includes  implementation  of  Pradhan  Mantri  Kaushal  Vikas  Yojana (PMKVY) on pan-India basis. PMKVY enables large number of prospective youth for taking Short Term Training (STT) and Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) through accredited and affiliated training centers. Under PMKVY 2016-20, as on 10.07.2018, about 7,213  Training Centres(TCs) are operational, of which 90 are in Jharkhand and 631 are in Madhya Pradesh..

Further, the Government is also promoting establishment of model and aspirational skill centres known as Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Kendra (PMKK) in every district for imparting  skill  training  through  Pradhan  Mantri  Kaushal  Vikas  Yojana  (PMKVY) 2016-20.  As  on  11.07.2018,  462  PMKKs  have  been  established  across  35  States and UTs including  the  state  of  Jharkhand  and  Madhya  Pradesh.  Out  of  these,  44 PMKKs have been established in the State of Madhya Pradesh and 16 in Jharkhand.

Under  the  Centrally  Sponsored  State  Managed  (CSCM)  component  of  PMKVY 2016-20,  as  on  10.07.2018,  31.12  lakh  (appx.)  candidates  have  been  trained.  A State-wise  statement  of  number  of  persons  who  have  availed  the  benefits  under PMKVY, including Jharkhand is given at Annexure.

## State-wise  number  of  persons  who  have  availed  the  benefits  under  PMKVY (2016-20) as referred to in reply of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No 915.

| S. No.      | State Name             |   Candidate Trained |
|-------------|------------------------|---------------------|
| 1.          | Andhra Pradesh         |               85401 |
| 2.          | Arunachal Pradesh      |                2346 |
| 3.          | Assam                  |               56061 |
| 4.          | Bihar                  |              150762 |
| 5.          | Chandigarh             |                6428 |
| 6.          | Chhattisgarh           |               36983 |
| 7.          | Dadra and Nagar Haveli |                 722 |
| 8.          | Daman and Diu          |                 554 |
| 9.          | Delhi                  |              132297 |
| 10.         | Goa                    |                1205 |
| 11.         | Gujarat                |               54735 |
| 12.         | Haryana                |              241604 |
| 13.         | Himachal Pradesh       |               29864 |
| 14.         | Jammu and Kashmir      |               61401 |
| 15.         | Jharkhand              |               44594 |
| 16.         | Karnataka              |              103635 |
| 17.         | Kerala                 |               97765 |
| 18.         | Madhya Pradesh         |              262758 |
| 19.         | Maharashtra            |              139108 |
| 20.         | Manipur                |               17547 |
| 21.         | Meghalaya              |                5797 |
| 22.         | Mizoram                |                  70 |
| 23.         | Nagaland               |                2377 |
| 24.         | Odisha                 |               86920 |
| 25.         | Puducherry             |                5018 |
| 26.         | Punjab                 |              141060 |
| 27.         | Rajasthan              |              269902 |
| 28.         | Sikkim                 |                1332 |
| 29.         | Tamil Nadu             |              213685 |
| 30.         | Telangana              |              116331 |
| 31.         | Tripura                |               15092 |
| 32.         | Uttar Pradesh          |              480016 |
| 33.         | Uttarakhand            |               43335 |
| 34.         | West Bengal            |              129183 |
| Grand Total | Grand Total            |             3035888 |

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