Lok Sabha Question No. 207 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-06-24
Subject: Skill Development Centres
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: Sougata Ray

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 207 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.06.2019

## SKILL DEVELOPMENT CENTRES

## 207. PROF. SAUGATA ROY:

## Will  the  MINISTER  of  SKILL  DEVELOPMENT  and  ENTREPRENEURSHIP  be pleased to state :

- (a) the number of Skill Development Centres in the country, State/UT wise;
- (b) the  details  of  any  new  proposal  to  set  up  new  Skill  Development  Centres  in  the country;
- (c) if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether the Government has assessed that the trainees, who got training from Skill Development Centres are getting placements according to their skill expertise; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (c) Under Skill India Mission, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship is implementing a flagship scheme called Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) 2016-20. PMKVY 2016-20 does not mandate the establishment of skill development  centres.  The  scheme  provides  for  taking  up  Short  Term  Training  (STT) courses and Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) through accredited and affiliated training centers (TCs) throughout the country. Under the scheme, for imparting the skill training, the accreditation and affiliation of TCs are being done under single window IT application known  as  SMART  (Skill  Management  and  Accreditation  of  Training  Centres).  As  on 12.06.2019, 12,127 TCs have been empanelled under PMKVY 2016-20.

Additionally,  Ministry  also  promotes  establishment  of  model  and  aspirational  skill centres known as Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Kendra (PMKK) in every district for imparting skill  training  through  PMKVY  2016-20.  As  on  date,  837  PMKKs  have  been  allocated across  the  country  covering  717  districts  and  543  Parliamentary  Constituencies.  Out  of allocated PMKKs, 610 PMKKs have been already established.

The  State/UT  -  wise  numbers  of  empanelled  TCs  under  PMKVY  2016-20  and established PMKKs are given at Annexure .

(d) and (e) Under  PMKVY  2016-20  scheme,  placement  tracking  is  mandatory.  The placement data is reported within 90 days of certification of trained candidate. As per data reported on SDMS, as on 12.06.2019, 24.56 lakh candidates were certified under STT of PMKVY 2016-20. The number of candidates certified under STT of PMKVY 90 days prior i.e.  14.03.2019  is  23.28  lakh.  Out  of  these  candidates,  as  on  12.06.2019,  12.6  lakh candidates  have  been  placed  in  various  sectors  across  the  country  which  is  54.12  % (approx.) of the certified candidates.

Annexure

The State-wise numbers of empanelled TCs under PMKVY 2016-20 and established PMKKs, as on 12.06.2019, are given below:

| S.N.   | State/UTs                 |   Empanelled TCs |   Established PMKKs |
|--------|---------------------------|------------------|---------------------|
| 1.     | Andaman & Nicobar Islands |                6 |                   1 |
| 2.     | Andhra Pradesh            |              351 |                  21 |
| 3.     | Arunachal Pradesh         |               45 |                   0 |
| 4.     | Assam                     |              280 |                  20 |
| 5.     | Bihar                     |              424 |                  43 |
| 6.     | Chandigarh                |               37 |                   1 |
| 7.     | Chhattisgarh              |              162 |                  26 |
| 8.     | Dadra & Nagar Haveli      |                6 |                   1 |
| 9.     | Daman and Diu             |               11 |                   1 |
| 10.    | Delhi                     |              344 |                   6 |
| 11.    | Goa                       |               18 |                   1 |
| 12.    | Gujarat                   |              358 |                  32 |
| 13.    | Haryana                   |             1003 |                  23 |
| 14.    | Himachal Pradesh          |              224 |                  10 |
| 15.    | Jammu & Kashmir           |              343 |                  12 |
| 16.    | Jharkhand                 |              145 |                  22 |
| 17.    | Karnataka                 |              205 |                  34 |
| 18.    | Kerala                    |              241 |                   9 |
| 19.    | Lakshadweep               |                0 |                   0 |
| 20.    | Madhya Pradesh            |              899 |                  45 |
| 21.    | Maharashtra               |              469 |                  34 |
| 22.    | Manipur                   |               73 |                   4 |
| 23.    | Meghalaya                 |               37 |                   3 |
| 24.    | Mizoram                   |               61 |                   0 |
| 25.    | Nagaland                  |               35 |                   2 |
| 26.    | Odisha                    |              339 |                  25 |
| 27.    | Puducherry                |               37 |                   1 |
| 28.    | Punjab                    |              637 |                  24 |
| 29.    | Rajasthan                 |             1324 |                  33 |
| 30.    | Sikkim                    |               28 |                   0 |
| 31.    | Tamil Nadu                |              888 |                  28 |
| 32.    | Telangana                 |              369 |                  16 |
| 33.    | Tripura                   |              126 |                   2 |
| 34.    | Uttar Pradesh             |             1988 |                  76 |
| 35.    | Uttarakhand               |              238 |                  13 |
| 36.    | West Bengal               |              376 |                  41 |
|        | Grand Total               |            12127 |                 610 |

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