Lok Sabha Question No. 492 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-06
Subject: Short-Term Training
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: Sunil Kumar Mondal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.492

ANSWERED ON 06.02.2023

## SHORT-TERM TRAINING

## 492.: SHRI SUNIL KUMAR MONDAL:

- Will the Minister of SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP be pleased to state: (a)     whether the Government has data regarding number of candidates trained under any short term training and skill development programmes, fellowships, internships during the last two years and the current year, specially in West Bengal; and (b)       if so, the details thereof along with future initiatives, State/UT-wise and if not,
- the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

THE  MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  SKILL  DEVELOPMENT  AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

(SHRI RAJEEV CHANDRASEKHAR)

(a)&(b)  Under Skill India Mission, the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) delivers short term skills through Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas  Yojana  (PMKVY)  and  Jan  Shikshan  Sansthan  (JSS)  scheme. Objective  of PMKVY is to impart short-term skill development training and certification to youth across the country and to make them employable for better livelihood. Under JSS scheme,  skill  training  is  imparted  to  non-literate,  neo-literates,  and  persons  with rudimentary  level  of  education  upto  8 th   standard  and  school  dropouts  upto  12 th standard in the age group of 15-45 years. Under the scheme, focus is being given to women  and  other  vulnerable  sections.  The  number  of  candidates  trained  under PMKVY  and  JSS  during  last  two  years  and  current  year,  State/UT-wise  is  at Annexure-I & Annexure-II respectively. Number of trainees under PMKVY includes those who received training through PMKVY centres, PMKKs, Skill Hub Initiative and short term training through ITIs.

Annexure-I

## Annexure referred to in reply to LSUQ NO. 492 to be answered on 06.02.2023 regarding 'SHORT TERM TRAINING'

PMKVY: The number of candidates trained under PMKVY during last two years and current year (till December 2022):

| State             | Trained (FY 2020- 21)   | Trained (FY 2021-22)   | Trained (FY 2022- 23) (till December 2022)   |
|-------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh    | 66,404                  | 13,199                 | 5,798                                        |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 51,991                  | 8,884                  | 667                                          |
| Assam             | 362,506                 | 24,517                 | 8,721                                        |
| Bihar             | 96,288                  | 47,643                 | 12,213                                       |
| Chhattisgarh      | 16,151                  | 9,495                  | 4,356                                        |
| Goa               | 1,709                   | 604                    | 176                                          |
| Gujarat           | 48,489                  | 35,001                 | 6,503                                        |
| Haryana           | 54,719                  | 18,191                 | 8,963                                        |
| Himachal Pradesh  | 15,612                  | 8,724                  | 3,539                                        |
| Jharkhand         | 15,452                  | 34,233                 | 5,302                                        |
| Karnataka         | 53,066                  | 23,153                 | 8,410                                        |
| Kerala            | 31,077                  | 12,968                 | 5,673                                        |
| Madhya Pradesh    | 95,403                  | 46,659                 | 21,345                                       |
| Maharashtra       | 148,352                 | 39,864                 | 14,913                                       |
| Manipur           | 34,540                  | 6,424                  | 1,146                                        |
| Meghalaya         | 17,769                  | 3,406                  | 1,245                                        |
| Mizoram           | 11,433                  | 4,742                  | 1,162                                        |
| Nagaland          | 14,399                  | 4,184                  | 1,803                                        |
| Odisha            | 68,828                  | 12,645                 | 12,116                                       |

| Punjab                                   | 57,054    | 18,539   | 7,568   |
|------------------------------------------|-----------|----------|---------|
| Rajasthan                                | 97,822    | 38,511   | 9,232   |
| Sikkim                                   | 3,634     | 1,322    | 381     |
| Tamil Nadu                               | 72,404    | 29,057   | 8,029   |
| Telangana                                | 33,999    | 13,107   | 8,040   |
| Tripura                                  | 46,676    | 4,490    | 1,608   |
| Uttar Pradesh                            | 239,286   | 69,015   | 25,568  |
| Uttarakhand                              | 29,412    | 10,522   | 2,942   |
| West Bengal                              | 53,221    | 31,406   | 12,340  |
| Andaman And Nicobar Islands              | 1,464     | 613      | 310     |
| Chandigarh                               | 3,834     | 893      | 491     |
| Dadra And Nagar Haveli And Daman And Diu | 222       | 252      | 31      |
| Delhi                                    | 55,121    | 19,965   | 2,262   |
| Jammu And Kashmir                        | 58,927    | 21,339   | 7,352   |
| Ladakh                                   | 181       | 731      | 246     |
| Lakshadweep                              | 90        | 120      | 0       |
| Puducherry                               | 3,241     | 1,622    | 689     |
| Total                                    | 1,960,776 | 616,040  | 211,140 |

Annexure-II

## Annexure referred to in reply to LSUQ NO. 492 to be answered on 06.02.2023 regarding 'SHORT TERM TRAINING'

JSS: The number of candidates trained under JSS during last two years and current year (till December 2022):

| State                                    |   Trained (FY 2020- 21) |   Trained (FY 2021- 22) |   Trained (FY 2022-23) (till December 2022) |
|------------------------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh                           |                    8580 |                   11699 |                                        3840 |
| Arunachal Pradesh                        |                       0 |                       0 |                                           0 |
| Assam                                    |                    8883 |                    9139 |                                        3100 |
| Bihar                                    |                   16314 |                   28769 |                                       15550 |
| Chhattisgarh                             |                   10480 |                   18151 |                                       10123 |
| Goa                                      |                    1664 |                    1740 |                                         580 |
| Gujarat                                  |                   16840 |                   19228 |                                        4800 |
| Haryana                                  |                    8705 |                    8939 |                                        2487 |
| Himachal Pradesh                         |                    1504 |                    8424 |                                        2909 |
| Jharkhand                                |                    4424 |                    9964 |                                        7377 |
| Karnataka                                |                   15525 |                   18735 |                                        7796 |
| Kerala                                   |                   13900 |                   16148 |                                        3500 |
| Madhya Pradesh                           |                   45501 |                   52222 |                                       17212 |
| Maharashtra                              |                   35102 |                   38479 |                                        9928 |
| Manipur                                  |                    5327 |                    6285 |                                        2979 |
| Meghalaya                                |                       0 |                       0 |                                           0 |
| Mizoram                                  |                       0 |                     900 |                                         200 |
| Nagaland                                 |                    1800 |                    1812 |                                         421 |
| Odisha                                   |                   25820 |                   40635 |                                       12894 |
| Punjab                                   |                    1607 |                    3567 |                                        1259 |
| Rajasthan                                |                    9493 |                   12443 |                                        4579 |
| Tamil Nadu                               |                   11727 |                   14045 |                                        3435 |
| Telangana                                |                    8497 |                   10398 |                                        2860 |
| Tripura                                  |                    1101 |                    2610 |                                         560 |
| Uttar Pradesh                            |                   77335 |                   88648 |                                       35653 |
| Uttarakhand                              |                    8800 |                   12433 |                                        6148 |
| West Bengal                              |                   10356 |                   13868 |                                        4948 |
| Andaman and Nicobar                      |                       0 |                     900 |                                         560 |
| Chandigarh                               |                    1120 |                    1600 |                                         600 |
| Dadra And Nagar Haveli And Daman And Diu |                     897 |                    2379 |                                        1292 |
| Delhi                                    |                    4940 |                    5440 |                                        2179 |

| Jammu And Kashmir   |   3554 |   2396 |      0 |
|---------------------|--------|--------|--------|
| Ladakh              |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| Lakshadweep         |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| Grand Total         | 359796 | 461996 | 169769 |

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