Lok Sabha Question No. 3052 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-20
Subject: PM Apprenticeship Mela in Uttar Pradesh
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: Satyadev Pachauri

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA UN-STARRED QUESTION NO: 3052

ANSWERED ON 20-03-2023

## PM APPRENTICESHIP MELA IN UTTAR PRADESH

3052.  SHRI SATYADEV PACHAURI:

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

- (a)  whether the Government maintains a record of the number of beneficiaries under Pradhan Mantri National Apprenticeship Mela (PMNAM);
- (b)  if so, the year-wise details for Uttar Pradesh during the last three years, if not, the reasons therefor;
- (c)  whether the Government maintains a record of the total expenditure incurred in organising the PMNAM; and
- (d)  if so, the details for the last two Financial Years?

## ANSWER

## THE  MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF SKILL  DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## (SHRI RAJEEV CHANDRASEKHAR)

- (a) to (b)  The Government  is organizing Pradhan Mantri National Apprenticeship Mela (PMNAM) as a monthly event in various locations across the country since the month of June 2022. States/UTs have been advised to organize PMNAM every 2nd Monday in 1/3 of total number of districts every month with the flexibility for choosing the district/location and the day of Mela based on local conditions/festivals, etc. so that all districts are covered once in every quarter, and four times in a year. The State/UTwise list is at Annexure-1. The monthly event has been organized across the country in 1679 locations starting June, 2022 till 14-03-2023. PMNAM for month of March 2023 is  scheduled  on  20-03-2023.  However,  Uttar  Pradesh  and  Madhya  Pradesh  have reported to have organized PMNAM on 13-03-2023. The Mela has invoked interest amongst the stake holders and the details of number of locations, establishments, candidates participated and apprenticeship contract generated pan India is at Table1  and  information  pertaining  to  the  State  of  Uttar  Pradesh  is  at  Table-2.  PMNAM locations in the districts are predominantly Government ITIs whose infrastructure is being used for hosting the event.

## Table-1 : PAN India

|   S. No. | Location/ District (s)   | Establishment (s) Participated*   | Candidate Foot fall*   | Contracts generated**   |
|----------|--------------------------|-----------------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
|        1 | 1,679                    | 14,140                            | 2,66,321               | 3,42,375                |

Table-2 : Uttar Pradesh

|   S. No |   Location/ District (s) |   Establishments Participated* | Candidate Foot fall*   | Contracts generated**   |
|---------|--------------------------|--------------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
|       1 |                      209 |                           1018 | 19,300                 | 24,937                  |

*Establishments and Candidates participated on Mela Day.

**Pan India data - Apprenticeship Contract tracked for 20 days after Mela Day which may also include contracts generated outside PMNAM.

(c) and (d)  PMNAM is being organized since June, 2022 only and no specific fund was  allocated  during  the  current  financial  year  2022-23  for  organizing  PMNAM. However, for advertisement in States/UTs, the ministry had incurred an expenditure of Rs 29.77 Lakh through Advertising and Visual communication Division (erstwhile Directorate  of  Advertising  and  Visual  Publicity  (DAVP))  of  Central  Bureau  of Communication (CBC).

## Annexure-1

## For UN-STARRED QUESTION NO: 3052 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20-03-2023 State/UT wise number of Districts / Locations every month for PMNAM

| Sl. No.   | State / UT                               | Number of Districts/ Locations   |
|-----------|------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh                           | 9                                |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh                        | 8                                |
| 3         | Assam                                    | 11                               |
| 4         | Bihar                                    | 13                               |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh                             | 11                               |
| 6         | Goa                                      | 1*                               |
| 7         | Gujarat                                  | 11                               |
| 8         | Haryana                                  | 7                                |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh                         | 4                                |
| 10        | Jharkhand                                | 8                                |
| 11        | Karnataka                                | 10                               |
| 12        | Kerala                                   | 5                                |
| 13        | Madhya Pradesh                           | 18                               |
| 14        | Maharashtra                              | 12                               |
| 15        | Manipur                                  | 5                                |
| 16        | Meghalaya                                | 4                                |
| 17        | Mizoram                                  | 4                                |
| 18        | Nagaland                                 | 5                                |
| 19        | Odisha                                   | 10                               |
| 20        | Punjab                                   | 8                                |
| 21        | Rajasthan                                | 11                               |
| 22        | Sikkim                                   | 2                                |
| 23        | Tamil Nadu                               | 13                               |
| 24        | Telangana                                | 11                               |
| 25        | Tripura                                  | 3                                |
| 26        | Uttar Pradesh                            | 25                               |
| 27        | Uttarakhand                              | 4                                |
| 28        | West Bengal                              | 8                                |
| 29        | Andaman and Nicobar                      | 1*                               |
| 30        | Chandigarh                               | 1*                               |
| 31        | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | 1*                               |
| 32        | Delhi                                    | 4                                |
| 33        | Jammu and Kashmir                        | 6                                |
| 34        | Lakshadweep                              | 1*                               |
| 35        | Ladakh                                   | 1*                               |
| 36        | Puducherry                               | 1                                |
| Total     |                                          | 257                              |

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