Lok Sabha Question No. 5163 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-04-03
Subject: Skill Development of Youth Living Below Poverty Line
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: Sukanta Majumdar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5163

ANSWERED ON 03.04.2023

## SKILL DEVELOPMENT OF YOUTH LIVING BELOW POVERTY LINE

5163. DR. SUKANTA MAJUMDAR:

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

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  prepared  any  schemes/action  plan  for  skill development  of  youth  living  below  poverty  line  to  skill  and  prepare  them  in accordance with the demand of the labour market;
- (b) if so, the details thereof in the country, scheme-wise;
- (c)  the  total  number  of  youth  in  the  country  living  below  poverty  line  who  are unemployed, State-wise including West Bengal;
- (d) whether the Government has conducted any survey in this regard and if so, the details thereof;
- (e)  the  number  of  functional  institutions  providing  training  in  skill  development  in various States, State-wise including the North and South Dinajpur districts of West Bengal; and
- (f) the funds allocated to West Bengal under the above scheme?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER IN THE MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

(SHRI RAJEEV CHANDRASEKHAR)

(a) and (b) There is no specific scheme for skill development of youth living below poverty line.  However, under Skill India Mission,  the  Ministry  of Skill  Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) delivers Skill, Re-Skill and Up-Skill training programme to all the sections of the society including youth living below poverty line, through  an  extensive  network  of  skill  development  Centres/  Institutes  across  the country, under various schemes  viz. Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY), Jan Shikshan Sansthan (JSS), National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (NAPS) and Craftsmen Training Scheme (CTS) through Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs).  Brief of these schemes is as under:

Pradhan  Mantri  Kaushal  Vikas  Yojana  (PMKVY): MSDE  is  delivering  skills through PMKVY with an objective to impart short duration skill development training and certification to youth across all States/Union Territories (UTs) in various sectors to make them employable for better livelihood.

Jan Shikshan Sansthan (JSS) Scheme: The main target of the JSS is to impart vocational skills to the non-literates, neo-literates and the persons having rudimentary  level  of  education  upto    8th  standard  and  school  dropouts  upto  12th standard in the age group of 15-45 years, with due relaxation in case of 'Divyangjan' and other deserving cases. Priority is given to Women, SC, ST, OBC and Minorities.

National Apprenticeship  Promotion  Scheme  (NAPS): This Scheme  is for promoting apprenticeship training and increasing the engagement of apprentices by providing  financial  support  to  industrial  establishments  undertaking  apprenticeship programme under the Apprentices Act, 1961. Training consists of Basic Training and On-the-Job Training / Practical Training at workplace in the industry.

Craftsmen Training Scheme (CTS): This scheme is for providing long-term training through Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) across the country. The ITIs offer a range of vocational/skill training courses covering a large number of economic sectors with an objective to provide skilled workforce to the industry as well as self employment of youth.

(c) and (d) No data regarding youth living below poverty line who are unemployed is maintained in this Ministry. However, as per the official poverty estimates released by  the  erstwhile  Planning  Commission  (since  been  restructured  as  NITI  Aayog), State/Union Territory-wise number and Percentage of Population Below Poverty Line in India 2011-12 (Based on Tendulkar Methodology) is provided in Annexure-I .

(e) The State/Union Territory-wise  number  of  Skill  Development  centres  across the country under PMKVY, JSS, NAPS and ITIs as on 31.12.2022 is at Annexure-II . The number of Skill Development Centres in North and South Dinajpur Districts of West Bengal is as under:

|                |   PMKKs |   NAPS (Number of Establishments) |   ITI |
|----------------|---------|-----------------------------------|-------|
| North Dinajpur |       1 |                                 8 |     5 |
| South Dinajpur |       1 |                                 6 |     7 |

(f) The  details  of  funds  released  for  the  State  of  West  Bengal  under  PMKVY, JSS  and  NAPS  during  the  last  three  years  and  current  year  viz.  2019-20  upto December, 2022 is as under:

(Amount in Rs. Crore)

| Scheme         |   PMKVY |   JSS |   NAPS |   Total |
|----------------|---------|-------|--------|---------|
| Funds released |  130.36 | 13.36 |    1.9 |  145.62 |

Day-to-day administration as well as financial control in respect of ITIs lies with the respective State Governments/Union Territory Administration.

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (c)  and  (d)  OF  THE  LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5163 TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.04.2023 REGARDING  'SKILL  DEVELOPMENT  OF  YOUTH  LIVING  BELOW  POVERTY LINE'

State wise Number and Percentage of Population Below Poverty Line in India: 2011-12 (Based on Tendulkar  Methodology)

| States/UTs        | Rural                 | Rural                  | Urban                 | Urban                  | Total                 | Total                  |
|-------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|
| States/UTs        | Percentage of Persons | No. of Persons (lakhs) | Percentage of Persons | No. of Persons (lakhs) | Percentage of Persons | No. of Persons (lakhs) |
| Andhra Pradesh    | 11.0                  | 61.8                   | 5.8                   | 17.0                   | 9.2                   | 78.8                   |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 38.9                  | 4.2                    | 20.3                  | 0.7                    | 34.7                  | 4.9                    |
| Assam             | 33.9                  | 92.1                   | 20.5                  | 9.2                    | 32.0                  | 101.3                  |
| Bihar             | 34.1                  | 320.4                  | 31.2                  | 37.8                   | 33.7                  | 358.2                  |
| Chhattisgarh      | 44.6                  | 88.9                   | 24.8                  | 15.2                   | 39.9                  | 104.1                  |
| Goa               | 6.8                   | 0.4                    | 4.1                   | 0.4                    | 5.1                   | 0.8                    |
| Gujarat           | 21.5                  | 75.4                   | 10.1                  | 26.9                   | 16.6                  | 102.2                  |
| Haryana           | 11.6                  | 19.4                   | 10.3                  | 9.4                    | 11.2                  | 28.8                   |
| Himachal Pradesh  | 8.5                   | 5.3                    | 4.3                   | 0.3                    | 8.1                   | 5.6                    |
| Jammu & Kashmir   | 11.5                  | 10.7                   | 7.2                   | 2.5                    | 10.3                  | 13.3                   |
| Jharkhand         | 40.8                  | 104.1                  | 24.8                  | 20.2                   | 37.0                  | 124.3                  |
| Karnataka         | 24.5                  | 92.8                   | 15.3                  | 37.0                   | 20.9                  | 129.8                  |
| Kerala            | 9.1                   | 15.5                   | 5.0                   | 8.5                    | 7.1                   | 23.9                   |
| Madhya Pradesh    | 35.7                  | 191.0                  | 21.0                  | 43.1                   | 31.6                  | 234.1                  |
| Maharashtra       | 24.2                  | 150.6                  | 9.1                   | 47.4                   | 17.4                  | 197.9                  |
| Manipur           | 38.8                  | 7.4                    | 32.6                  | 2.8                    | 36.9                  | 10.2                   |
| Meghalaya         | 12.5                  | 3.0                    | 9.3                   | 0.6                    | 11.9                  | 3.6                    |
| Mizoram           | 35.4                  | 1.9                    | 6.4                   | 0.4                    | 20.4                  | 2.3                    |
| Nagaland          | 19.9                  | 2.8                    | 16.5                  | 1.0                    | 18.9                  | 3.8                    |
| Odisha            | 35.7                  | 126.1                  | 17.3                  | 12.4                   | 32.6                  | 138.5                  |
| Punjab            | 7.7                   | 13.4                   | 9.2                   | 9.8                    | 8.3                   | 23.2                   |
| Rajasthan         | 16.1                  | 84.2                   | 10.7                  | 18.7                   | 14.7                  | 102.9                  |
| Sikkim            | 9.9                   | 0.4                    | 3.7                   | 0.1                    | 8.2                   | 0.5                    |
| Tamil Nadu        | 15.8                  | 59.2                   | 6.5                   | 23.4                   | 11.3                  | 82.6                   |
| Tripura           | 16.5                  | 4.5                    | 7.4                   | 0.8                    | 14.0                  | 5.2                    |
| Uttar Pradesh     | 30.4                  | 479.4                  | 26.1                  | 118.8                  | 29.4                  | 598.2                  |
| Uttarakhand       | 11.6                  | 8.2                    | 10.5                  | 3.4                    | 11.3                  | 11.6                   |
| West Bengal       | 22.5                  | 141.1                  | 14.7                  | 43.8                   | 20.0                  | 185.0                  |
| A & N Islands     | 1.6                   | 0.04                   | 0.0                   | 0.0                    | 1.0                   | 0.04                   |
| Chandigarh        | 1.6                   | 0.004                  | 22.3                  | 2.3                    | 21.8                  | 2.3                    |
| D & N Haveli      | 62.6                  | 1.2                    | 15.4                  | 0.3                    | 39.3                  | 1.4                    |
| Daman & Diu       | 0.0                   | 0.0                    | 12.6                  | 0.3                    | 9.9                   | 0.3                    |
| Delhi             | 12.9                  | 0.5                    | 9.8                   | 16.5                   | 9.9                   | 17.0                   |
| Lakshadweep       | 0.0                   | 0.0                    | 3.4                   | 0.02                   | 2.8                   | 0.02                   |
| INDIA             | 25.7                  | 2166.6                 | 13.7                  | 531.2                  | 21.9                  | 2697.8                 |

Notes: 1. Population as on 1st march 2012 has been used for estimation number of persons below poverty line. (2011 Census population extrapolated)

2. Poverty line of Tamil Nadu is used for Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

3. Urban Poverty Line of Punjab is used for both rural and urban areas of Chandigarh.

4. Poverty Line of Maharashtra is used for Dadra & Nagar Haveli.

5. Poverty Line of Goa is used for Daman & Diu and

6. Poverty Line of Kerala is used for Lakshadweep.

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (e)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  5163  TO  BE ANSWERED  ON  03.04.2023 REGARDING  'SKILL  DEVELOPMENT  OF  YOUTH  LIVING  BELOW  POVERTY LINE' Number of Skill Development Centres State/Union Territory-wise under PMKVY, JSS,

## NAPS, and ITIs (As on 31.12.2022)

|                                                                        |                                                                        | PMKK's                                                                 | JSS                                                                    |                                                                        | ITI                                                                    | ITI                                                                    |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S. No.                                                                 | State/UT                                                               | Centers*                                                               | centers                                                                | NAPS                                                                   | Govt. ITIs                                                             | Pvt. ITIs                                                              |
| 1                                                                      | Andaman And Nicobar Islands                                            | 0                                                                      | 1                                                                      | 3                                                                      | 3                                                                      | 1                                                                      |
| 2                                                                      | Andhra Pradesh                                                         | 23                                                                     | 6                                                                      | 695                                                                    | 82                                                                     | 428                                                                    |
| 3                                                                      | Arunachal Pradesh                                                      | 7                                                                      | 0                                                                      | 8                                                                      | 7                                                                      | 0                                                                      |
| 4                                                                      | Assam                                                                  | 28                                                                     | 5                                                                      | 348                                                                    | 30                                                                     | 12                                                                     |
| 5                                                                      | Bihar                                                                  | 47                                                                     | 21                                                                     | 352                                                                    | 151                                                                    | 1220                                                                   |
| 6                                                                      | Chandigarh                                                             | 1                                                                      | 1                                                                      | 51                                                                     | 2                                                                      | 0                                                                      |
| 7                                                                      | Chhattisgarh                                                           | 22                                                                     | 14                                                                     | 155                                                                    | 121                                                                    | 113                                                                    |
| 8                                                                      | Delhi                                                                  | 8                                                                      | 3                                                                      | 353                                                                    | 17                                                                     | 36                                                                     |
| 9                                                                      | Goa                                                                    | 1                                                                      | 1                                                                      | 172                                                                    | 11                                                                     | 2                                                                      |
| 10                                                                     | Gujarat                                                                | 28                                                                     | 9                                                                      | 3939                                                                   | 274                                                                    | 234                                                                    |
| 11                                                                     | Haryana                                                                | 24                                                                     | 4                                                                      | 3128                                                                   | 160                                                                    | 228                                                                    |
| 12                                                                     | Himachal Pradesh                                                       | 11                                                                     | 11                                                                     | 375                                                                    | 128                                                                    | 140                                                                    |
| 13                                                                     | Jammu And Kashmir                                                      | 18                                                                     | 1                                                                      | 211                                                                    | 49                                                                     | 1                                                                      |
| 14                                                                     | Jharkhand                                                              | 20                                                                     | 12                                                                     | 256                                                                    | 76                                                                     | 269                                                                    |
| 15                                                                     | Karnataka                                                              | 32                                                                     | 12                                                                     | 1183                                                                   | 274                                                                    | 1226                                                                   |
| 16                                                                     | Kerala                                                                 | 20                                                                     | 9                                                                      | 871                                                                    | 149                                                                    | 314                                                                    |
| 17                                                                     | Ladakh                                                                 | 2                                                                      | 2                                                                      | 2                                                                      | 3                                                                      | 0                                                                      |
| 18                                                                     | Lakshadweep                                                            | 0                                                                      | 1                                                                      | 1                                                                      | 1                                                                      | 0                                                                      |
| 19                                                                     | Madhya Pradesh                                                         | 52                                                                     | 27                                                                     | 716                                                                    | 194                                                                    | 884                                                                    |
| 20                                                                     | Maharashtra                                                            | 41                                                                     | 21                                                                     | 3743                                                                   | 422                                                                    | 606                                                                    |
| 21                                                                     | Manipur                                                                | 13                                                                     | 4                                                                      | 9                                                                      | 10                                                                     | 0                                                                      |
| 22                                                                     | Meghalaya                                                              | 6                                                                      | 1                                                                      | 15                                                                     | 7                                                                      | 1                                                                      |
| 23                                                                     | Mizoram                                                                | 3                                                                      | 1                                                                      | 3                                                                      | 3                                                                      | 0                                                                      |
| 24                                                                     | Nagaland                                                               | 3                                                                      | 2                                                                      | 9                                                                      | 8                                                                      | 0                                                                      |
| 25                                                                     | Odisha                                                                 | 26                                                                     | 28                                                                     | 479                                                                    | 63                                                                     | 450                                                                    |
| 26                                                                     | Puducherry                                                             | 4                                                                      | 0                                                                      | 91                                                                     | 8                                                                      | 7                                                                      |
| 27                                                                     | Punjab                                                                 | 22                                                                     | 2                                                                      | 497                                                                    | 114                                                                    | 236                                                                    |
| 28                                                                     | Rajasthan                                                              | 32                                                                     | 8                                                                      | 541                                                                    | 160                                                                    | 1491                                                                   |
| 29                                                                     | Sikkim                                                                 | 3                                                                      | 0                                                                      | 22                                                                     | 4                                                                      | 0                                                                      |
| 30                                                                     | Tamil Nadu                                                             | 35                                                                     | 8                                                                      | 1487                                                                   | 87                                                                     | 418                                                                    |
| 31                                                                     | Telangana                                                              | 28                                                                     | 6                                                                      | 630                                                                    | 67                                                                     | 230                                                                    |
| 32                                                                     | Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu                                   | 0                                                                      | 2                                                                      | 46                                                                     | 3                                                                      | 0                                                                      |
| 33 34                                                                  | Tripura                                                                | 4                                                                      | 2                                                                      | 24                                                                     | 20                                                                     | 2                                                                      |
|                                                                        | Uttar Pradesh                                                          | 81                                                                     | 47                                                                     | 3588                                                                   | 286                                                                    | 2937                                                                   |
| 35                                                                     | Uttarakhand                                                            | 13                                                                     | 8                                                                      | 332                                                                    | 105                                                                    | 84                                                                     |
| 36                                                                     | West Bengal                                                            | 41                                                                     | 8                                                                      | 598                                                                    | 149 3,248                                                              | 138                                                                    |
| Grand Total 699 288 24933 11,708 PMKK - Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Kendras | Grand Total 699 288 24933 11,708 PMKK - Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Kendras | Grand Total 699 288 24933 11,708 PMKK - Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Kendras | Grand Total 699 288 24933 11,708 PMKK - Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Kendras | Grand Total 699 288 24933 11,708 PMKK - Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Kendras | Grand Total 699 288 24933 11,708 PMKK - Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Kendras | Grand Total 699 288 24933 11,708 PMKK - Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Kendras |

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