Lok Sabha Question No. 1265 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-10
Subject: Funds to Non-Governmental Organisation
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: Shantanu Thakur

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  1265 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.02.2020

## FUNDS TO NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATION

## 1265. SHRI SHANTANU THAKUR:

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

(a) whether  the  Government  is  providing  funds  to  Non-Governmental  Organisations (NGOs) for setting up Skill Development Centers for youth in West Bengal;

- (b)    if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  funds  sanctioned  for  Non-Governmental Organisations in West Bengal during the current financial year, district-wise;
- (c) the  number  of  youth  who  got  training  in  the  said  centers  during  the  last  three  years along  with  the  names  of  the  trades  in  which  they  have  been  trained  and  the  number  of students who got employment; and
- (d) the number of Non-Governmental Organisations selected for funding to open/start Skill Development Centers in West Bengal?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)  Yes, Sir.

(b)  The  details  of  funds  sanctioned  to  Jan  Shikshan  Sansthans  (JSS)  during  the  current financial year, i.e. 2019-20 (upto 31.1.2020) in the State of West Bengal, district wise, is given at Annexure 'A'

- (c)  The number of beneficiaries trained by JSSs of West Bengal during the last three years is given below.

2016-17     :  9966

2017-18     :  4912

2018-19     :  5829

The list of trade/job roles in which beneficiaries trained by JSS is attached at Annexure-'B'.

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.

- (d)     Presently, there are 8 Jan Shikshan Sansthans in the State of West Bengal.

## Annexure-A

## ANNEXURE-A REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF LOK SABHA UN-STARRED QUESTION NO. 1265 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.02.2020 ASKED BY SHRI SHANTANU THAKUR REGARDING FUNDS TO NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATION

| State       | S. No   | District of JSS           | Funds sanctioned to JSS in FY 2019-20 (in Rupees) (Till 31.1.2020)   |
|-------------|---------|---------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| West Bengal | 1       | Purba Medinipore (Haldia) | 28,84,300                                                            |
| West Bengal | 2       | Narendrapur               | 28,84,300                                                            |
| West Bengal | 3       | Jalpaiguri                | 28,84,300                                                            |
| West Bengal | 4       | Purulia                   | 28,84,300                                                            |
| West Bengal | 5       | Howrah                    | 28,84,295                                                            |
| West Bengal | 6       | Paschim Midnapore         | 28,84,300                                                            |
| West Bengal | 7       | Bankura                   | 28,84,300                                                            |
| West Bengal | 8       | North 24 Parganas         | 28,84,300                                                            |
| West Bengal | Total   | Total                     | 2,30,74,395                                                          |

## ANNEXURE-B REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) OF LOK SABHA UN-STARRED QUESTION NO. 1265 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.02.2020 ASKED BY SHRI SHANTANU THAKUR REGARDING FUNDS TO NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATION

## List of Trades / Job Roles

|   Sl. No. | Trades / Job Roles                      |
|-----------|-----------------------------------------|
|         1 | Cutting & Tailoring                     |
|         2 | Beauty Culture & Health Care            |
|         3 | Carpentry & Furniture making            |
|         4 | Electrical Technician                   |
|         5 | Fashion Designing                       |
|         6 | Food Processing & Preservation          |
|         7 | Handicrafts                             |
|         8 | Maintenance & repair of Automobiles     |
|         9 | Plumbing                                |
|        10 | Refrigeration & Air Condition mechanism |
|        11 | Welding & Fabrication                   |
|        12 | Radio & Television Mechanism            |
|        13 | Rexene/Jute Bag Making                  |
|        14 | Embroidery                              |
|        15 | Bee Keeping                             |

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