Lok Sabha Question No. 303 (STARRED), answered on 2022-08-08
Subject: PM-YUVA
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: Y. S. Avinash Reddy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO. *303 TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.08.2022 PM-YUVA

## *303.     SHRI Y.S. AVINASH REDDY:

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

- (a)  whether  the  Government  is  implementing  Pradhan  Mantri  Yuva  Udyamita  Vikas Abhiyan (PM-YUVA) all over the country to provide training and develop entrepreneurship skill among the youth;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the programmes being conducted under this scheme particularly in Andhra Pradesh?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF

## SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

- (a) to (c)        A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (c)  OF  LOK  SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *303 TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.08.2022 ASKED BY SHRI Y.S. AVINASH REDDY REGARDING 'PM-YUVA'

(a)  &  (b)  The  Ministry  of  Skill  Development  and  Entrepreneurship  in  association  with Wadhwani  Operating  Foundation  (WOF)  launched  the  Pradhan  Mantri  Yuva  Udyamita Vikas Abhiyan (PM-YUVA) Yojana on 9 th November, 2016 with the objective to create an enabling ecosystem for entrepreneurship development through entrepreneurship education  and  training  across  the  country.This  was  implemented  in  Institutes  of  Higher Learning (Colleges, Universities, Polytechnics). A total of 239 Institutes of Higher Learning were empaneled across 26 States/ UTs. However, the scheme was restructured in June 2018 to include skill training institutes under MSDE, viz. Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs), Jan  Shikshan  Sansthan  (JSS),  Pradhan  Mantri  Kaushal  Kendra  (PMKK),  Polytechnics. The  number  of  beneficiaries  reached  through  PM-YUVA  1.0  (state-wise)  is  given  in Annexure-I .

Based on the learnings from PM YUVA Phase-I, NIESBUD rolled out Phase-II of the PM-YUVA on its own from 2019. Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE)  implemented  project  on  Entrepreneurship  Development  (PM  YUVA  Phase-II) through  NIESBUD,  at  an  estimated  cost  of  Rs.12  Cr  upto  March,  2022,  in  around  300 institutes  under  the  skill  ecosystem.  The  aim  of  the  Pilot  Project  was  to  promote entrepreneurship as an alternate career choice and provide mentoring support to potential and  early-stage  entrepreneurs  by  imparting  entrepreneurship  education  and  mentoring support  to  trainees/  beneficiaries  from  skill  ecosystem.  The  project  was  implemented through organizations having experience in entrepreneurship development, entrepreneurship training as well as mentoring and handholding in 10 States and 2 Union Territories  (viz.  Uttar  Pradesh,  Uttarakhand,  Bihar,  West  Bengal,  Assam,  Meghalaya, Maharashtra,  Tamil  Nadu,  Telangana,  Kerala,  Delhi  and  Puducherry).  The  scheme envisaged  creation  of  600  new  and  1000  scaleup  enterprises,  against  which  1045  new enterprises were set-up and 968 existing enterprises were scaled-up. Further, the details of activities undertaken under the Pilot Project is given in Annexure-II .

In consultation with National Council  for  Vocational  Education  and  Training (NCVET), Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE)  has now embedded Employability skills programme (which includes Entrepreneurship education) in all its long term and short term programmes, with approximately 10% of course duration. Approximately 25 lakh students of ITIs and all other students of short term courses benefit from  this  programme.  Under  National  Education  Policy  (NEP)  2020,  Employability Skills/Entrepreneurial skill courses are being introduced by National Council of Educational  Research  and  Training  (NCERT)  in  Schools  and  by  All  India  Council  for Technical  Education  (AICTE)  and  University  Grants  Commission  (UGC)  in  higher education courses.

- (c) Activities conducted under PM YUVA (Phase-I) in the State of Andhra Pradesh is given under: -

|   S. | No.Name of the Activity                                                  |   Number of Beneficiaries reached out |
|------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|    1 | No. of Institutes Empanelled                                             |                                     4 |
|    2 | No. of Faculties Trained                                                 |                                     4 |
|    3 | No. of E- leaders Trained                                                |                                     6 |
|    4 | No. of Students enrolled in Entrepreneurship Development Programme (EDP) |                                   295 |
|    5 | No. of Students Attempted Final Assessment                               |                                   124 |
|    6 | No. of Students passed Final Assessment                                  |                                   116 |

## ANNEXURE-I

## ANNEXURE-I REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) & (b) LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *303 REGARDING 'PM-YUVA' TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.08.2022

The number of beneficiaries reached through PM-YUVA 1.0 (state-wise)

| Sl. No   | State Name        |   Number of Students Enrolled |   Student Attempted Final Assessment |   Student Passed Final Assessment |
|----------|-------------------|-------------------------------|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    |                           295 |                                  124 |                               116 |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh |                            36 |                                   14 |                                12 |
| 3        | Assam             |                           440 |                                  150 |                                91 |
| 4        | Bihar             |                             0 |                                    0 |                                 0 |
| 5        | Delhi             |                          1920 |                                  829 |                               655 |
| 6        | Gujarat           |                             9 |                                    1 |                                 0 |
| 7        | Haryana           |                           563 |                                  473 |                               382 |
| 8        | Himachal Pradesh  |                           285 |                                   42 |                                34 |
| 9        | Jammu and Kashmir |                            58 |                                    0 |                                 0 |
| 10       | Jharkhand         |                            35 |                                   11 |                                 4 |
| 11       | Karnataka         |                           636 |                                  299 |                               260 |
| 12       | Kerala            |                          2128 |                                 1382 |                              1232 |
| 13       | Madhya Pradesh    |                          1357 |                                 1158 |                               974 |
| 14       | Maharashtra       |                          1134 |                                  527 |                               329 |
| 15       | Meghalaya         |                            64 |                                   26 |                                18 |
| 16       | Nagaland          |                            37 |                                    0 |                                 0 |
| 17       | Odisha            |                           359 |                                   79 |                                72 |
| 18       | Puducherry        |                           246 |                                  173 |                               154 |
| 19       | Punjab            |                           791 |                                  490 |                               412 |
| 20       | Rajasthan         |                          1050 |                                  620 |                               493 |
| 21       | Tamil Nadu        |                          2874 |                                 1432 |                              1084 |
| 22       | Telangana         |                          1345 |                                  551 |                               430 |
| 23       | Uttar Pradesh     |                           773 |                                  275 |                               200 |
| 24       | Uttarakhand       |                             0 |                                    0 |                                 0 |
| 25       | West Bengal       |                           974 |                                  527 |                               440 |
|          | Total             |                         17409 |                                 9183 |                              7392 |

## ANNEXURE-II

## ANNEXURE-II REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) & (b) LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *303 REGARDING 'PM-YUVA' TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.08.2022

Entrepreneurship Awareness Program (EAP) & Community Awareness Program (CAP)

| Student Orientation   | Student Orientation   | Community Awareness   | Community Awareness   |
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
| No. of Sessions       | Participants          | No. of Sessions       | Participants          |
| 270                   | 34760                 | 59                    | 5003                  |

Faculty  Training  (ToT),  Entrepreneurship  Development  Program  (EDP)  and  Faculty Mentor Training (FMT)

| TOT             | TOT          | EDP             | EDP                     | EDP                        | FMT             | FMT          |
|-----------------|--------------|-----------------|-------------------------|----------------------------|-----------------|--------------|
| No. of Sessions | Participants | No. of Sessions | Participants Registered | Participants Completed EDP | No. of Sessions | Participants |
| 17              | 443          | 215             | 17856                   | 13202                      | 9               | 227          |

Details of participation in Mentoring Camps

| Mentoring Camp   | Mentoring Camp   |
|------------------|------------------|
| No. of Sessions  | Participants     |
| 108              | 3871             |

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