Lok Sabha Question No. 209 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-18
Subject: Setting up of Skill Hub
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: Maddila  Gurumoorthy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 209 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.07.2022

## SETTING UP OF SKILL HUB

## 209. SHRI MADDILA GURUMOORTHY

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

- (a) whether it is true that the Government is planning to set-up Skill Hub across the country; if so, the details thereof, State-wise
- (b) the details of the funds allocated for development of the said Skill Hubs;
- (c) whether the Government proposes to establish any new Skill Hubs in Andhra Pradesh;
- (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP (SHRI RAJEEV CHANDRASEKHAR)

- (a)       Ministry of Skill development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) along with Ministry of Education has launched the Skill Hubs Initiative (SHI) as a pilot on 01.01.2022 under central component of Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana 3.0 (PMKVY 3.0). SHI is the  integration  and  mainstreaming  of  vocational  education  with  general  education  as has been envisaged under the National Education Policy, 2020 (NEP, 2020). Skill Hubs are  nodal  skill  centres  identified  to  provide  skill  development  and  vocational  training opportunities  to  drop-outs  and  out  of  education  candidates.  The  State  wise  details  of SHI established are available at ANNEXURE .
- (b) The total estimated outlay for the pilot SHI to train and certify candidates is Rs. 700 Crore.  The  last  date  of  enrollment  of  candidates  under  the  SHI-PMKVY  3.0  was 31.03.2022.
- (c)  &  (d)       SHI  as  a  pilot  project  was  launched  across  the  country  including  Andhra Pradesh. There are 48 Skill Hubs in the State of Andhra Pradesh.

## ANNEXURE REFER TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 209 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.07.2021

## State wise details of Skill Hubs are given below:

| S. No.   | State                                        | No. of Training Centers/ Skill Hubs   |
|----------|----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| 1.       | Andaman And Nicobar Islands                  | 3                                     |
| 2.       | Andhra Pradesh                               | 48                                    |
| 3.       | Arunachal Pradesh                            | 17                                    |
| 4.       | Assam                                        | 77                                    |
| 5.       | Bihar                                        | 82                                    |
| 6.       | Chandigarh                                   | 9                                     |
| 7.       | Chhattisgarh                                 | 56                                    |
| 8.       | Delhi                                        | 26                                    |
| 9.       | Goa                                          | 5                                     |
| 10.      | Gujarat                                      | 86                                    |
| 11.      | Haryana                                      | 173                                   |
| 12.      | Himachal Pradesh                             | 27                                    |
| 13       | Jammu And Kashmir                            | 74                                    |
| 14.      | Jharkhand                                    | 70                                    |
| 15.      | Karnataka                                    | 74                                    |
| 16.      | Kerala                                       | 50                                    |
| 17.      | Ladakh                                       | 3                                     |
| 18.      | Madhya Pradesh                               | 223                                   |
| 19.      | Maharashtra                                  | 85                                    |
| 20.      | Manipur                                      | 15                                    |
| 21.      | Meghalaya                                    | 13                                    |
| 22.      | Mizoram                                      | 9                                     |
| 23.      | Nagaland                                     | 11                                    |
| 24.      | Odisha                                       | 157                                   |
| 25.      | Puducherry                                   | 3                                     |
| 26.      | Punjab                                       | 112                                   |
| 27.      | Rajasthan                                    | 65                                    |
| 28.      | Sikkim                                       | 9                                     |
| 29.      | Tamil Nadu                                   | 49                                    |
| 30.      | Telangana                                    | 72                                    |
| 31.      | The Dadra And Nagar Haveli And Daman And Diu | 1                                     |
| 32.      | Tripura                                      | 24                                    |
| 33.      | Uttar Pradesh                                | 124                                   |
| 34.      | Uttarakhand                                  | 29                                    |
| 35.      | West Bengal                                  | 76                                    |
|          | Total                                        | 1,957                                 |

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