Lok Sabha Question No. 1398 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-26
Subject: Skill Training to Unskilled Workers under MGNREGS
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Vishnu Dayal Ram

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1398

ANSWERED ON 26/07/2022

## SKILL TRAINING TO UNSKILLED WORKERS UNDER MGNREGS

## 1398.   SHRI VISHNU DAYAL RAM:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the goals and objectives of the Ministry for imparting skill training to the unskilled workers  under  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Scheme (MGNREGS);
- (b) whether any targets had been fixed by the Ministry to provide skill training during 2020-21; and
- (c) if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  number  of  workers  for  which  targets  were fixed for skill training, State-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SADHVI NIRANJAN JYOTI)

- (a)     The Government of India has launched 'Project UNNATI' in December 2019 which intends  to  upgrade  the  skill-base  of  the  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment Guarantee  Scheme  (Mahatma  Gandhi  NREGS)  workers,  and  thereby  improve  their livelihoods, so that they can move from the current partial employment to full employment through either self employment or wage employment. The Project aims to enhance the skill base of 2 lakh Mahatma Gandhi NREGS beneficiaries.
- (b)  &  (c)     Yes,  Sir.  State/UT-wise  detail  of  target  fixed  under  Project  'UNNATI'  in financial year 2020-21 is given at Annexure.

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Annexure

## Annexure referred in  reply  to  parts  (b)  &  (c)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No. 1398 dated 26.07.2022

| State/UT-wise S. No.   | details of target fixed State   |   2020-21 under Project 'UNNATI' Target (in number) |
|------------------------|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
| 1                      | Andaman &Nicobar                |                                                  50 |
| 2                      | Andhra Pradesh                  |                                                7500 |
| 3                      | Arunachal Pradesh               |                                                   7 |
| 4                      | Assam                           |                                                 500 |
| 5                      | Bihar                           |                                                 397 |
| 6                      | Chhattisgarh                    |                                                4825 |
| 7                      | Gujarat                         |                                                 310 |
| 8                      | Haryana                         |                                                 148 |
| 9                      | Himachal Pradesh                |                                                1810 |
| 10                     | Jammu &Kashmir                  |                                                1220 |
| 11                     | Jharkhand                       |                                                 611 |
| 12                     | Karnataka                       |                                                 914 |
| 13                     | Kerala                          |                                                6548 |
| 14                     | Madhya Pradesh                  |                                                2352 |
| 15                     | Maharashtra                     |                                                1400 |
| 16                     | Meghalaya                       |                                                 306 |
| 17                     | Mizoram                         |                                                 700 |
| 18                     | Manipur                         |                                                  14 |
| 19                     | Odisha                          |                                                1044 |
| 20                     | Punjab                          |                                                 167 |
| 21                     | Rajasthan                       |                                                4689 |
| 22                     | Sikkim                          |                                                  76 |
| 23                     | Tamil Nadu                      |                                                 483 |
| 24                     | Telangana                       |                                                7799 |
| 25                     | Tripura                         |                                                 335 |
| 26                     | Uttar Pradesh                   |                                                1925 |
| 27                     | Uttarakhand                     |                                                 498 |
| 28                     | West Bengal                     |                                                6500 |
| Total                  | Total                           |                                               53128 |

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