Lok Sabha Question No. 703 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-05
Subject: Skill Development Programme in Forest Sector
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Gitaben Vajesingbhai Rathva

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 703

TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.02.2021

## Skill Development Programme in Forest Sector

## 703. SHRIMATI  RATHVA  GITABEN VAJESINGBHAI:

Will the Minister of ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  implemented  any  skill  development  programme  relating  to environment and forest sector;
- (b) if so, the number of persons imparted training under the said programme till date, State/UTwise including Gujarat;
- (c) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  include  the  said  programme  in  the  educational curriculum; and
- (d) If so, the details thereof

## ANSWER MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI BABUL SUPRIYO)

(a): Under the ongoing Environmental Information System (ENVIS) Scheme of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, a new initiative 'the Green Skill Development Programme' (GSDP) was launched in June 2017 on a pilot basis, at 10 locations, spread over 9  bio-geographic  regions  of  the  country  to  skill  youth  in  environment,  forest  and  wildlife sectors and enabling them to be gainfully employed or self-employed. Based on the success of the pilot,  the programme was extended to pan- India level in 2018-19 covering diverse fields  like  pollution  monitoring  (air/water/soil),  emission  inventory,  operation  of  Sewage Treatment Plant(STP)/ Effluent Treatment Plant (ETP)/  Common  Effluent  Treatment Plant(CETP),  waste  management,  environmental  impact  assessment,  forest  management, water  budgeting  and  auditing,  conservation  of  river  dolphins,  wildlife  management,  para taxonomy including Peoples Bio-Diversity Register(PBR), mangroves conservation, bamboo management and livelihood generation etc.  The training imparted under GSDP endeavours to enhance technical knowledge of the skilled workforce with a focus on hands-on training.

(b):  5322  persons  have  been  trained  under  the  programme  till  date.  The  year-wise  and State/UT wise details of the same are provided in Annexure.

(c)& (d): No such proposal is currently under consideration.

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## Annexure

## Annexure referred to in reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 703 to be answered on 05.02.2021

| S.No.   | State/UT                    | Persons trained in 2017-18   | Persons trained in 2018-19   | Persons trained in 2019-20   | Persons trained in 2020-21 as on 03.02.2021   |
|---------|-----------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
| 1       | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 33                           | 17                           | 30                           | -                                             |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh           | 34                           | 37                           | 25                           | 18                                            |
| 3       | Assam                       | -                            | 73                           | 85                           | 28                                            |
| 4       | Bihar                       | 20                           | 94                           | 68                           | 21                                            |
| 5       | Chandigarh                  | -                            | 25                           | 42                           | -                                             |
| 6       | Chhattisgarh                | -                            | 18                           | -                            | -                                             |
| 7       | Delhi                       | -                            | 108                          | 120                          |                                               |
| 8       | Gujarat                     | -                            | 147                          | 51                           | 13                                            |
| 9       | Himachal Pradesh            | -                            | 11                           | 14                           | -                                             |
| 10      | Jammu and Kashmir           | -                            | 20                           | 78                           | -                                             |
| 11      | Jharkhand                   | -                            | 148                          | 160                          | -                                             |
| 12      | Karnataka                   | -                            | 84                           | 115                          | -                                             |
| 13      | Kerala                      | 10                           | 81                           | 133                          | -                                             |
| 14      | Madhya Pradesh              | -                            | 101                          | 35                           | -                                             |
| 15      | Maharashtra                 | 24                           | 136                          | 138                          | -                                             |
| 16      | Manipur                     | -                            | 40                           | 97                           | -                                             |
| 17      | Meghalaya                   | -                            | 46                           | -                            | -                                             |
| 18      | Mizoram                     | -                            | 18                           | 38                           | -                                             |
| 19      | Nagaland                    | -                            | 9                            | 69                           | -                                             |
| 20      | Odisha                      | -                            | 65                           | 177                          | -                                             |
| 21      | Puducherry                  | -                            | 19                           | 27                           | -                                             |
| 22      | Punjab                      | -                            | -                            | 30                           | -                                             |
| 23      | Rajasthan                   | 30                           | 75                           | 49                           | -                                             |
| 24      | Sikkim                      | 10                           | 20                           | 115                          | -                                             |
| 25      | Tamil Nadu                  | 14                           | 309                          | 268                          | -                                             |
| 26      | Telangana                   | -                            | 225                          | 201                          | -                                             |
| 27      | Tripura                     | -                            | 16                           | 45                           | -                                             |
| 28      | Uttarakhand                 | 36                           | 244                          | 193                          | -                                             |
| 29      | Uttar Pradesh               | 9                            | 71                           | 187                          | 24                                            |
| 30      | West Bengal                 | 28                           | 58                           | 65                           | -                                             |
|         | Total                       | 248                          | 2315                         | 2655                         | 104                                           |
|         | Grand Total 5322            | Grand Total 5322             | Grand Total 5322             | Grand Total 5322             | Grand Total 5322                              |

Note: The details of the persons trained are based on the State where the course was conducted irrespective of the location of the ENVIS Hub/Resource Partner.