Lok Sabha Question No. 1274 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-10
Subject: Jan Shikshan Sansthans
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  1274 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.02.2020

## JAN SHIKSHAN SANSTHANS

## 1274.   COL. RAJYAVARDHAN  RATHORE:

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

(a) the number of Jan Shikshan Sansthans (JSS) in the country, State-wise;

(b) whether  the  new  guidelines  published  aligning  JSS  with  National  Skills  Qualification Framework has been implemented across all JSS;

(c) the number of beneficiaries who have availed benefits through JSS;

(d) the variety of jobs, the beneficiaries have secured post vocational training through JSS; and

(e)      whether  the  Government  has  put  in  place  a  system  of  incentives  to  reward  better performing JSS and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a) There are 248 Jan Shikshan Sansthans (JSS) in the country. State-wise list of JSSs attached at Annexure-A.

(b) Yes, Sir. JSSs are conducting National Skills Qualification Framework (NSQF) aligned courses.

(c) The  number  of  beneficiaries  trained  by  JSSs  during  2018-19  &  2019-20  (up-to  Jan2020) is:

2018-19 :  1,67,263 2019-20 :   2,40,315

(d) Keeping in view the objective of supplementing the income level of the target group, the JSSs imparts training to the beneficiaries for their livelihood linkages, primarily in the skill-sets required in the informal sector of employment/wage-employment viz. cutting & tailoring, beauty culture & heath care, electrical technician, plumbing, refrigeration and air conditioning, etc.

(e) Annual  Recurring  Grants-in-Aid  to  JSSs  are  released  after  taking  into  consideration their  overall  performance.  In  addition,  Government  is  also  actively  considering  incentivizing good performing JSSs.

## ANNEXURE-A

## ANNEXURE-A REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1274 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.02.2020 ASKED BY COL. RAJYAVARDHAN RATHORE REGARDING VOCATIONAL TRAINING UNDER JAN SHIKSHAN SANSTHANS

| Sl. No.   | State / UT              |   Number of JSS |
|-----------|-------------------------|-----------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh          |               7 |
| 2         | Assam                   |               5 |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh       |               1 |
| 4         | Bihar                   |              13 |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh            |               7 |
| 6         | Delhi                   |               3 |
| 7         | Gujarat                 |              11 |
| 8         | Goa                     |               1 |
| 9         | Haryana                 |               5 |
| 10        | Himachal Pradesh        |               1 |
| 11        | Jammu & Kashmir UT      |               2 |
| 12        | Jharkhand               |               4 |
| 13        | Karnataka               |               9 |
| 14        | Kerala                  |               9 |
| 15        | Madhya Pradesh          |              33 |
| 16        | Maharashtra             |              21 |
| 17        | Manipur                 |               3 |
| 18        | Nagaland                |               1 |
| 19        | Orissa                  |              17 |
| 20        | Punjab                  |               2 |
| 21        | Rajasthan               |               7 |
| 22        | Tamil Nadu              |               9 |
| 23        | Telangana               |               7 |
| 24        | Tripura                 |               1 |
| 25        | Uttar Pradesh           |              53 |
| 26        | Uttarakhand             |               6 |
| 27        | West Bengal             |               8 |
| 28        | Chandigarh UT           |               1 |
| 29        | Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT |               1 |
|           | Total                   |             248 |

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