Lok Sabha Question No. 872 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-12
Subject: Skill Training in ITIs
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: D. M. Kathir Anand, Anurag Sharma

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  872

TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.12.2022

## SKILL TRAINING IN ITIS

872 Shri D M KATHIR ANAND: Shri ANURAG SHARMA

Will the Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship be pleased to state:

- (a) Whether the Government has taken steps to increase the Industrial Training Institute in both qualitative and quantitative and include cloud computing, coding, Artificial Intelligence and Machine learning as job roles;
- (b) If  so  the  details  thereof;  if  not  the  reasons there for  and  the  measures taken by the Government to provide skill training  in Artificial  Intelligence,  machine  learning,  Coding  and Cloud computing at ITI level;
- (c) The total number of ITIs run by both Government and Private in the country and the State-wise data on ITIs and their annual student intake?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

(SHRI RAJEEV CHANDRASEKHAR)

(a) & (b) Yes, Sir. The Directorate General of Training under Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) is implementing the Craftsmen Training Scheme (CTS) in ITIs across the country.

Establishment  and  administration  of  ITIs  comes  under  the  jurisdiction  of  State Government,  while  the  policies  such  as  setting  the  criterion  for  affiliation,  conducting  the examination along with certification and designing curriculum are the responsibilities of the Central Government.

Improving quality  of training in  ITIs  is  a  continuous  process.  Towards  this  inter-alia, standards and norms of affiliation are reviewed,and curriculum and courses are revised as per  industry  practices.  Further,  the  respective  State  Governments  carry  out  periodical inspections  and  joint  inspections  in  coordination  with  Union  Government  to  measure  the quality of training imparted in ITIs. In addition, the Union Government carries out periodical and timely gradings in all ITIs to maintain quality.

The  establishment  of  Industrial  Training  Institutes  (ITIs)  is  State/UT  subject  matter, and whenever a proposal is received from the State Directorate for the setting up of new ITIs, it is examined and decided as per the affiliation standards and norms and granted affiliation. The state wise details of new ITIs opened since 2016 are given in Annexure - I

The Cloud Computing/Coding job roles were included in the revised curriculum of CTS tradeslike Computer Operator and Programming Assistant (COPA), Computer Hardware and Network Maintenance (CHNM), Information Technology Support Executive (ITSE)Information and  Communication  Technology  System  Maintenance  (ICTSM).Trade  wise  enrollment details are attached in Annexure-II .

DGT has also collaborated with various industry partners like IBM, Cisco, Microsoft to offer short-term online programs on emerging technologies like Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Data Analytics, Cybersecurity, CCNA, through the Bharat Skills learning platform.

In addition, the Directorate General of Training in collaboration with IBM (under CSR) is  also  conducting  a  2  Year  Advance  Diploma  (Vocational)  in  IT,  Networking  and  Cloud Computing (NSQF Level- 6) in National Skill Training Institutes (NSTIs) across the country for  ITI  students  of  all  trades.  In  current  session,  a  total  of  336  students  are  undergoing training under this course.

(c) Under  Craftsman  Training  Scheme,  at  present,  14,953  Industrial  Training  Institutes (ITIs) are running in the country, with total capacity of 25,77,051 seats and 12,24,867trainees have  been  admitted  in  2021-22  session.  The  State/UTwise  details  of  Government  and Private  ITIs  and  the  number  of  youthenrolled  in  Industrial  Training  Institutes  (ITIs)  list attached in Annexure-III .

Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 872 to be answered on 12.12.2022.

## State/UT-wise details of new ITIs opened since 2016 in the country under CTS:

| Sl. No.   | State/UT                    | Total   |
|-----------|-----------------------------|---------|
| 1.        | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 6       |
| 2.        | Andhra Pradesh              | 42      |
| 3.        | Arunachal Pradesh           | 2       |
| 4.        | Assam                       | 16      |
| 5.        | Bihar                       | 527     |
| 6.        | Chhattisgarh                | 59      |
| 7.        | Delhi                       | 7       |
| 8.        | Goa                         | 1       |
| 9.        | Gujarat                     | 163     |
| 10.       | Haryana                     | 137     |
| 11.       | Himachal Pradesh            | 60      |
| 12.       | Jammu And Kashmir           | 14      |
| 13.       | Jharkhand                   | 134     |
| 14.       | Karnataka                   | 143     |
| 15.       | Kerala                      | 67      |
| 16.       | Ladakh                      | 1       |
| 17.       | Madhya Pradesh              | 348     |
| 18.       | Maharashtra                 | 187     |
| 19.       | Manipur                     | 9       |
| 20.       | Meghalaya                   | 2       |
| 21.       | Nagaland                    | 6       |
| 22.       | Odisha                      | 40      |
| 23.       | Puducherry                  | 1       |
| 24.       | Punjab                      | 28      |
| 25.       | Rajasthan                   | 204     |
| 26.       | Sikkim                      | 1       |
| 27.       | Tamil Nadu                  | 47      |
| 28.       | Telangana                   | 25      |
| 29.       | Tripura                     | 8       |
| 30.       | Uttar Pradesh               | 1343    |
| 31.       | Uttarakhand                 | 60      |
| 32.       | West Bengal                 | 153     |
| Total     | Total                       | 3,841   |

## Annexure referred to in reply to part (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 872 to be answered on 12.12.2022.

Trade wise enrolment details of Computer Operator & Programming Assistant (COPA), Computer Hardware & Network Maintenance (CHNM), Information Technology Support Executive (ITSE), Information & Communication Technology System Maintenance (ICTSM):

|   Sl. NO. | Name of the Trade                                                |   Number of ITIs running this Trade |   Total Seating Capacity for this trade |   Number of Trainees enrolled for the session 2021 |
|-----------|------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Computer Operator & Programming Assistant (COPA)                 |                                2998 |                                  155228 |                                              97227 |
|         2 | Computer Hardware & Network Maintenance (CHNM)                   |                                 155 |                                    7104 |                                               4333 |
|         3 | Information Technology Support Executive (ITSE)                  |                                  38 |                                    2376 |                                                456 |
|         4 | Information & Communication Technology SystemMaintenance (ICTSM) |                                 609 |                                   30360 |                                               7972 |

Annexure  referred  to  in  reply  to  (c)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.872  to  be answered on 12.12.2022.

State/UT-wise details of Government and Private ITIs running and Seating Capacity,Number of youth enrolled under Craftsman Training Scheme (CTS) in the country.

| Sl. No.   | State/UT                             | No. of Govt. ITIs   | No. of Pvt. ITIs   | Total No. ITIs   | Seating Capacity   | Enrolment 2021   |
|-----------|--------------------------------------|---------------------|--------------------|------------------|--------------------|------------------|
| 1         | Andaman and Nicobar Islands          | 3                   | 1                  | 4                | 716                | 531              |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh                       | 83                  | 432                | 515              | 93280              | 45612            |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh                    | 7                   | 0                  | 7                | 1764               | 497              |
| 4         | Assam                                | 30                  | 12                 | 42               | 8352               | 3500             |
| 5         | Bihar                                | 150                 | 1219               | 1369             | 185536             | 110399           |
| 6         | Chandigarh                           | 2                   | 0                  | 2                | 1224               | 910              |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh                         | 119                 | 113                | 232              | 35508              | 21996            |
| 8         | Dadra and Nagar Haveli Daman and Diu | 3                   | 0                  | 3                | 1040               | 446              |
| 9         | Delhi                                | 17                  | 36                 | 53               | 18812              | 8774             |
| 10        | Goa                                  | 11                  | 2                  | 13               | 4088               | 2080             |
| 11        | Gujarat                              | 274                 | 234                | 508              | 136508             | 81200            |
| 12        | Haryana                              | 160                 | 228                | 388              | 95244              | 49032            |
| 13        | Himachal Pradesh                     | 128                 | 140                | 268              | 42360              | 20302            |
| 14        | Jammu And Kashmir                    | 49                  | 1                  | 50               | 10532              | 7710             |
| 15        | Jharkhand                            | 76                  | 269                | 345              | 73432              | 29760            |
| 16        | Karnataka                            | 275                 | 1227               | 1502             | 172800             | 66238            |
| 17        | Kerala                               | 149                 | 314                | 463              | 71502              | 35454            |
| 18        | Ladakh                               | 3                   | 0                  | 3                | 728                | 169              |
| 19        | Lakshadweep                          | 1                   | 0                  | 1                | 480                | 374              |
| 20        | Madhya Pradesh                       | 194                 | 883                | 1077             | 171919             | 63306            |
| 21        | Maharashtra                          | 422                 | 606                | 1028             | 248988             | 112997           |
| 22        | Manipur                              | 10                  | 0                  | 10               | 244                | 108              |
| 23        | Meghalaya                            | 7                   | 1                  | 8                | 932                | 508              |
| 24        | Mizoram                              | 3                   | 0                  | 3                | 792                | 256              |
| 25        | Nagaland                             | 8                   | 0                  | 8                | 384                | 186              |
| 26        | Odisha                               | 63                  | 450                | 513              | 106270             | 57353            |
| 27        | Puducherry                           | 8                   | 7                  | 15               | 1840               | 689              |
| 28        | Punjab                               | 113                 | 237                | 350              | 84040              | 39991            |
| 29        | Rajasthan                            | 160                 | 1491               | 1651             | 243120             | 95215            |
| 30        | Sikkim                               | 4                   | 0                  | 4                | 1012               | 181              |
| 31        | Tamil Nadu                           | 87                  | 414                | 501              | 88212              | 28490            |
| 32        | Telangana                            | 66                  | 229                | 295              | 54340              | 27171            |
| 33        | Tripura                              | 20                  | 2                  | 22               | 4812               | 1596             |
| 34        | Uttar Pradesh                        | 286                 | 2937               | 3223             | 519684             | 273714           |
| 35        | Uttarakhand                          | 105                 | 84                 | 189              | 25424              | 8918             |
| 36        | West Bengal                          | 150                 | 138                | 288              | 71252              | 29207            |
|           | Total                                | 3,246               | 11,707             | 14,953           | 25,77,051          | 12,24,867        |

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