Lok Sabha Question No. 169 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-18
Subject: Skill Training for Bidi Workers
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: V. Kalanidhi

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 169 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.07.2022

## SKILL TRAINING FOR BIDI WORKERS

## 169. DR. KALANIDHI VEERASWAMY

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

- (a) whether the Government has any proposal for allocation of budget for alternative livelihood for the bidi workers under skill training component for bidi workers, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the  status  of  the  implementation  of  skill  development  programme  to  provide alternative livelihood of bidi workers, State-wise;
- (c) the details of the collaboration with the Ministry of Labour and Employment and National Skill Development Corporation;
- (d) the number of bidi workers who have been benefitted so far under this scheme, the details thereof, State and district-wise?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  to  (c)  Ministry  of  Labour  &  Employment  in  collaboration  with  Ministry  of  Skill Development initiated  a  Special  Project  for  providing  training  programmes  to  the  bidi workers and their dependents, for securing better lives with alternative livelihood. The project involves payment of stipend which is one's day minimum wage for a day, and reimbursement  of  actual  travel  expenses  incurred  during  travelling  between  trainee residences  and  training  centre,  for  loss  of  earning  to  the  bidi  workers  while  he/she attends skill training.

(d) As  per  data  available  with  Ministry  of  Labour  and  Employment,  the  State-wise details of the number of Bidi workers who have been skilled under the programme are placed below:

## State-wise/District wise details of the number of Bidi workers

| GOVERNMENT OF INDIA   | GOVERNMENT OF INDIA   |   GOVERNMENT OF INDIA |
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
| Uttar Pradesh         | Allahabad             |                    32 |
|                       | Raebareli             |                     3 |
| Chhattisgarh          | Dhamtari              |                    58 |
|                       | Kanker                |                    39 |
|                       | Rajnandgaon           |                    39 |
|                       | Raipur                |                    44 |
| Karnataka             | Bangalore             |                    45 |
|                       | Ramnagar              |                   132 |
|                       | Dakshin Kannada       |                   178 |
|                       | Mysore                |                    25 |
|                       | Kolar                 |                     3 |
|                       | Belgaum               |                    35 |
|                       | Tumkur                |                    37 |
|                       | Udupi                 |                    26 |
|                       | Chamarajnagar         |                    12 |
|                       | Dharwad               |                     5 |
|                       | Yadgir                |                    43 |
|                       | Mandya                |                     1 |
| Rajasthan             | Kota                  |                   150 |
|                       | Baran                 |                   100 |
|                       | Tonk                  |                    60 |
|                       | Ajmer                 |                   297 |
|                       | Bundi                 |                    54 |
|                       | Churu                 |                    57 |
|                       | SawaiMadhopur         |                    50 |
|                       | Karoli                |                    30 |
| Kerala                | Kannur                |                     8 |
| Andra Pradesh         | Prakasam              |                     2 |
| Telangana             | RajannaSircilla       |                     3 |
|                       | Nizamabad             |                    24 |
| Bihar                 | Muzaffarpur           |                   220 |

|             | Patna             |   40 |
|-------------|-------------------|------|
|             | Samastipur        |   20 |
|             | Jamui             |   41 |
| West Bengal | Kolkata           |  132 |
|             | North 24 Parganas |  469 |
|             | South 24 Parganas |  154 |
|             | Murshidabad       |   49 |
|             | Birbhum           |   38 |
|             | Nadia             |   17 |
|             | Cooch Behar       |   45 |
|             | Uttar Dinajpur    |   10 |
|             | East Midnapur     |   32 |
|             | West Midnapur     |   14 |
|             | Purulia           |   14 |
|             | Bankura           |   63 |
| Maharashtra | Bhandra           |   98 |
|             | Gondia            |  167 |
| Assam       | Dhubri            |   91 |
| Odisha      | Angul             |  449 |
|             | Baleswar          |   87 |
|             | Bhadrak           |    2 |
|             | Cuttack           |   49 |
|             | Deogarh           |  737 |
|             | Dhenkanal         |   16 |
|             | Khorda            |    3 |
|             | Jharsuguda        |    2 |
|             | Malkangiri        |    7 |
|             | Mayurbhanj        |   28 |
|             | Nayagarh          |  283 |
|             | Sambalpur         |  424 |
|             | Sonpur            |   14 |
| Jharkhand   | Deoghar           |   74 |
|             | Chatra            |   43 |
|             | Pakur             |  207 |
|             | Chakardharpur     |   74 |

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| Tamilnadu      | Tirunelveli   |   149 |
|----------------|---------------|-------|
| Gujrat         | Ahmedabad     |   157 |
| Gujrat         | Anand         |   224 |
| Gujrat         | Vadodara      |   125 |
| Gujrat         | Mehsana       |   323 |
| Gujrat         | Patan         |    75 |
| Gujrat         | BanasKantha   |    83 |
| Madhya Pradesh | Jabalpur      |   614 |
| Madhya Pradesh | sagar         |    76 |
| Madhya Pradesh | Damoh         |   180 |
| Madhya Pradesh | Satna         |    37 |
| Madhya Pradesh | Rewa          |     8 |
| Madhya Pradesh | Burhanpur     |    38 |
| Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal        |    24 |
| Madhya Pradesh | Balaghat      |     9 |
| Madhya Pradesh | Ujjain        |     7 |
| Madhya Pradesh | Gwalior       |     6 |
| Madhya Pradesh | Narsingpur    |   132 |

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