Lok Sabha Question No. 772 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-23
Subject: Skill Development Unemployed Women
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: LAXMAN GILUWA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 772 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.07.2018

## SKILL DEVELOPMENT UNEMPLOYED WOMEN

## †772. SHRI LAXMAN GILUWA:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  nurture  the  local  talent  and  promote entrepreneurship  skill  among  unemployed  women  of  Jharkhand  including  East Singhbhum and West Singhbhum districts so that they could make effective use of small and medium Industry promotion schemes;
- (b) the details of efforts made so far in this regard; and
- (c) the outcomes thereof?

## ANSWER SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF (SHRI ANANTKUMAR HEGDE)

(a) to (c) Presently,  Ministry  of  Skill  Development  &  Entrepreneurship  (MSDE) has  been  implementing  Pradhan  Mantri  Yuva  Udyami  Vikas  Abhiyan  (PM-YUVA). The scheme aims to create an enabling ecosystem for Entrepreneurship Development through entrepreneurship education and training across the country in select  Institutes  of  Higher  Learning  (Universities,  Colleges  and  Premier  Institutes), schools, Industrial Training Centers (ITIs) and Entrepreneurship  Development Centers  (EDCs)  for  over  a  period  of  five  years  (2017-18  to  2021-22).  Additionally, students will get easy access to a robust network of peers, mentors incubators, funds and business services through an online platform. Under this scheme, over all at least 30% students enrolled would be women.  So far, 239 Institutes of Higher Learning including 1 in the State of Jharkhand have been empanelled to impart entrepreneurship  education  throughout  the  country  (Details  of  these  Institutes  are given  at Annexure )  and  entrepreneurship  courses  have  started  in  more  than  200 Institutes of Higher Learning. Keeping in view the mandate of MSDE, an end to end customized entrepreneurship orientation module has been integrated under the Life Skill Course module in the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) Courses so  that  every  candidate  undergoing  PMKVY  skill  training  will  receive  orientation  in Entrepreneurship.  In ITI courses, the module  on Entrepreneurship is already integrated as a section in the employability skills.

Pradhan  Mantri  Kaushal  Vikas  Yojana  (PMKVY  2016-20)  is  the  flagship scheme of MSDE. The objective of this Skill Certification Scheme is to enable a large number of Indian youth to take up industry-relevant skill training that will help them in securing a better livelihood.  The  scheme  has placed special importance to placements which includes apprenticeship, wage employment and self -entrepreneurship.  Under  PMKVY,  special  focus  and  provisions  has  been  made  for encouraging women participation. In order to enable the newly skilled women to settle into their new jobs/vocations, post placement support is being provided at the rate of Rs. 1500 per month for two months for within domicile and three months for outside the domicile placement. All women trainees under PMKVY is provided with travelling allowances of Rs. 1000/1500 per trainee per month depending upon whether training centre is within the district of domicile of candidate or outside.

## Annexure  referred  to  in  reply  to  part  (a)  and  (c)  of  the  Lok  Sabha Unstarred Question No.772 for answer on 23.07.2018

State/UT wise number of empanelled institutes under PM-YUVA Scheme

| Sl. No   | States/UTs        | No. of Empanelled Institutes   | No. of Empanelled Institutes   |
|----------|-------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    | 4                              |                                |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh | 1                              |                                |
| 3        | Assam             | 3                              |                                |
| 4        | Bihar             | 1                              |                                |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh      | 2                              |                                |
| 6        | Delhi             | 17                             |                                |
| 7        | Gujarat           | 3                              |                                |
| 8        | Haryana           | 7                              |                                |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh  | 2                              |                                |
| 10       | Jammu & Kashmir   | 3                              |                                |
| 11       | Jharkhand         | 1                              |                                |
| 12       | Karnataka         | 7                              |                                |
| 13       | Kerala            | 18                             |                                |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh    | 10                             |                                |
| 15       | Maharashtra       | 23                             |                                |
| 16       | Nagaland          | 1                              |                                |
| 17       | Meghalaya         | 1                              |                                |
| 18       | Odisha            | 10                             |                                |
| 19       | Punjab            | 4                              |                                |
| 20       | Puducherry        | 3                              |                                |
| 21       | Rajasthan         | 7                              |                                |
| 22       | Tamil Nadu        | 42                             |                                |
| 23       | Telangana         | 28                             |                                |
| 24       | Uttarakhand       | 6                              |                                |
| 25       | Uttar Pradesh     | 21                             |                                |
| 26       | West Bengal       | 14                             |                                |
| Total    | Total             | Total                          |                                |

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