Lok Sabha Question No. 2249 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-20
Subject: Skill Training under MGNREGS
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Vishnu Dayal Ram

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2249 ANSWERED ON 20/12/2022

## SKILL TRAINING UNDER MGNREGS

## 2249.   SHRI VISHNU DAYAL RAM:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the  aims  and  objectives  to  provide  skill  training  to  the  unskilled  labourers  engaged under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS); and
- (b) the details and number of persons targeted to be provided skill development training during the year 2022-23?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SADHVI NIRANJAN JYOTI)

- (a)   The Government of India has launched 'Project UNNATI' in December 2019 which intends  to  upgrade  the  skill-base  of  the  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment Guarantee  Scheme  (Mahatma  Gandhi  NREGS)  workers,  and  thereby  improve  their livelihoods, so that they can move from the current partial employment to full employment through either self employment or wage employment. The Project aims to enhance the skill base of 2 lakh Mahatma Gandhi NREGS beneficiaries.
- (b)   State/UT-wise detail of target fixed under Project 'UNNATI' in financial year 20222023 is given at Annexure.

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Annexure referred in reply to part (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.2249 dated 20.12.2022.

| State/UT-wise detail of target fixed under Project 'UNNATI' in financial year 2022- 2023   | State/UT-wise detail of target fixed under Project 'UNNATI' in financial year 2022- 2023   | State/UT-wise detail of target fixed under Project 'UNNATI' in financial year 2022- 2023   |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S.No                                                                                       | State/UT                                                                                   | Target (In number)                                                                         |
| 1                                                                                          | Andaman &Nicobar                                                                           | 55                                                                                         |
| 2                                                                                          | Andhra Pradesh                                                                             | 5000                                                                                       |
| 3                                                                                          | Arunachal Pradesh                                                                          | 30                                                                                         |
| 4                                                                                          | Assam                                                                                      | 100                                                                                        |
| 5                                                                                          | Bihar                                                                                      | 1000                                                                                       |
| 6                                                                                          | Chhattisgarh                                                                               | 2400                                                                                       |
| 7                                                                                          | Gujarat                                                                                    | 1500                                                                                       |
| 8                                                                                          | Haryana                                                                                    | 150                                                                                        |
| 9                                                                                          | Himachal Pradesh                                                                           | 1050                                                                                       |
| 10                                                                                         | Jammu &Kashmir                                                                             | 1159                                                                                       |
| 11                                                                                         | Jharkhand                                                                                  | 300                                                                                        |
| 12                                                                                         | Karnataka                                                                                  | 2000                                                                                       |
| 13                                                                                         | Kerala                                                                                     | 3300                                                                                       |
| 14                                                                                         | Madhya Pradesh                                                                             | 3000                                                                                       |
| 15                                                                                         | Maharashtra                                                                                | 1500                                                                                       |
| 16                                                                                         | Meghalaya                                                                                  | 387                                                                                        |
| 17                                                                                         | Mizoram                                                                                    | 50                                                                                         |
| 19                                                                                         | Odisha                                                                                     | 1100                                                                                       |
| 20                                                                                         | Punjab                                                                                     | 100                                                                                        |
| 21                                                                                         | Rajasthan                                                                                  | 1738                                                                                       |
| 22                                                                                         | Sikkim                                                                                     | 79                                                                                         |
| 23                                                                                         | Tamil Nadu                                                                                 | 450                                                                                        |
| 24                                                                                         | Telangana                                                                                  | 4180                                                                                       |
| 25                                                                                         | Tripura                                                                                    | 100                                                                                        |
| 26                                                                                         | Uttar Pradesh                                                                              | 500                                                                                        |
| 27                                                                                         | Uttarakhand                                                                                | 600                                                                                        |
| 28                                                                                         | West Bengal                                                                                | 2540                                                                                       |
| Total                                                                                      | Total                                                                                      | 34,368                                                                                     |

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