Lok Sabha Question No. 2439 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-13
Subject: Skill Development Centres in Tamil Nadu
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: S.R. Parthiban

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2439 TO BE ANSWERED ON 13.12.2021

## SKILL DEVELOPMENT CENTRES IN TAMIL NADU

## 2439. SHRI PARTHIBAN S.R.:

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

- (a)       the number of Skill Development Centres operational in the country;
- (b)       the number of such Skill Development Centres operational in Tamil Nadu;
- (c)        the number of people who have been provided training by these Centres; and
- (d)       the number of beneficiaries who have been provided assistance by Government for their startups?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)        Under  Skill  India,  Ministry  of  Skill  Development  and  Entrepreneurship  (MSDE)  is implementing  various  programmes  /  scheme  for  the  skill  development.  The  number  of operational skill development centres across the country under the programmes of MSDE is given below:

| Programme/Scheme                                                                                                                      | No. of operational centres across country   |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
| Training Centres (TCs) under Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) (including operational Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Kendra (PMKK)) | 1,484                                       |
| Jan Shikshan Sansthan (JSS) (including newly sanctioned)                                                                              | 307                                         |
| Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs)                                                                                                 | 14,716                                      |
| Total operational skill development centres                                                                                           | 16,507                                      |

(b)        The  number  of  operational  skill  development  centres  in  the State  of  Tamil  Nadu under the programmes of MSDE is given below:

| Programme/Scheme                             |   No. of operational centres - India |
|----------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
| TCs under PMKVY (including operational PMKK) |                                   93 |
| JSSs                                         |                                    8 |
| ITIs                                         |                                  494 |
| Total                                        |                                  595 |

(c)         The  number of trained in various programmes by MSDE across India and in the State of Tamil Nadu by skill development training centres is given below:

| Programme/Scheme                                      | No. of Candidates trained - India No.   | of candidates trained - Tamil Nadu   |
|-------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
| PMKVY (including PMKK) (since 2015; till 21.11.2021 ) | 132.54 lakh                             | 7.36 lakh                            |
| Jan Shikshan Sansthan (2018- 22)                      | 10.95 lakh                              | 0.35 lakh                            |
| Industrial Training Institutes (2014-2020)            | 86.87 lakh                              | 2.68 lakh                            |
| Total                                                 | 230.36 lakh                             | 10.39 lakh                           |

(d)       In order to inculcate self employment skills in the candidates for entrepreneurship / micro entrepreneurship, apart from domain  / core curriculum, training in English, Employability  &  Entrepreneurship  (EEE)  module  (155  hours)  is  being  imparted  under Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY). Also, Training Providers provide support to  the  candidates  for  entrepreneurship  development  through  facilitating  bank  linkages along  with  providing  guidance  and  mentoring  support.  Further,  under  demand  driven PMKVY 3.0,  the  aspirations  of  the  candidates  have  been  given  primacy  which  aims  to support the self-employment as well. The scheme has benefitted youth across the country including  the  State  of  Tamil  Nadu.  Under  PMKVY,  as  on  21.11.2021,  around  2.94  lakh candidates have been self-employed across the country. Out of which, 24,445 candidates are from the State of Tamil Nadu.

Also,  Ministry  is  implementing  Pradhan  Mantri  YUVA  (PM  YUVA)  Yojana,  a  pilot scheme,  for  creating  an  enabling  ecosystem  for  entrepreneurship  development  through entrepreneurship education, training, advocacy and easy access to the entrepreneurship network in skill training institutes. So far, around 60 thousand candidates benefited from this scheme across the country including the State of Tamil Nadu.

Indian  Institute  of  Entrepreneurship  (IIE),  Guwahati,  an  autonomous  organization under this Ministry, is also providing training, research and consultancy activities in Small and Micro Enterprises (SME), with special focus on entrepreneurship development. So far, around  2.5  lakh  persons  have  been  trained  through  more  than  6,700  programmes conducted by IIE.

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