Lok Sabha Question No. 1235 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-06
Subject: Apprenticeship Mela
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: Bidyut Baran Mahato, Sanjay Sadashivrao Mandlik, Ravi Kishan Shukla, Subrata Pathak, Shrirang Appa Barne, Sudheer Gupta, Ravindra Kushawaha, Parbatbhai Savabhai Patel, Prataprao  Jadhav, Naranbhai Bhikhabhai Kachhadiya

# 1235

SHRI BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO:

SHRI SHRIRANG APPA BARNE:

SHRI RAVINDRA KUSHWAHA:

SHRI SUBRAT PATHAK:

SHRI RAVI KISHAN:

SHRI SANJAY SADASHIVRAO MANDLIK:

SHRI PRATAPRAO JADHAV:

SHRI PARBATBHAI SAVABHAI PATEL:

SHRI SUDHEER GUPTA:

SHRI NARANBHAI KACHHADIYA:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  recently  organized  an  Apprenticeship  Mela under  the  Skill  India  initiative  in  collaboration  with  Directorate  General  of  Training (DGT) and the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) across 660 locations in the country, and if so, the details thereof, State-wise as Gujarat.
- (b) the details of the companies and other sectors that participated in the said Mela.
- (c) whether the Government proposes to make it a regular feature once in a year or organise such Mela's on a regular basis, and if so, the details thereof.
- (d) whether the Government proposes to distribute Tablets to the skilled workers under Skill Development mission; and
- (e) whether  the  Government  has  designed  any  special  program  to  promote woman participation in skill training programs and if so, the details thereof and steps taken by the Government in this regard; and
- (f) whether  there  is  a  huge  difference  between  male  and  female  workforce  in terms of skill and if so, the steps taken by the Government to bridge this gap?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF

## SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP (SHRI RAJEEV CHANDRASEKHAR)

(a) Yes Sir. Skill India mission is aimed at imparting relevant skills to our youth and enabling  their  employment  /  micro  entrepreneurship.  In  this  connection,  DGT  and NSDC organized a day long 'Apprenticeship Mela' on 4th October 2021 across the country  in  over  660  locations. Under  the  initiative,  nearly  60,466  apprentices  were registered and the event witnessed participation from more than 5000+ organisations,  operating  in  more than  30  sectors  such  as  Power,  Retail,  Telecom,

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO: 1235

TO BE ANSWERED ON 06-12-2021

## APPRENTICESHIP MELA

IT/ITeS,  Electronics,  Automotive  and  more.  The  event  also  stood  as  a  great opportunity  for  the  participating  establishments  who  got  the  chance  to  meet  the potential apprentices at a common platform and could select the candidates as per their requirements.

State  wise  /  Regional  Directorates  of  Skill  Development  and  Entrepreneurship (RDSDE)wise details of the candidates registered for the Apprenticeship Mela are as below :

| Name of the States / RDSDE   | Apprenticeship Mela registered candidates   |
|------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh               | 4500                                        |
| Assam                        |                                             |
| Manipur                      |                                             |
| Arunachal Pradesh            |                                             |
| Meghalaya                    | 2142                                        |
| Mizoram                      |                                             |
| Nagaland                     |                                             |
| Tripura                      |                                             |
| Bihar                        | 559                                         |
| Chhattisgarh                 | 197                                         |
| Gujarat                      |                                             |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli       | 1414                                        |
| Daman and Diu                |                                             |
| Haryana                      |                                             |
|                              | 1594                                        |
| Chandigarh                   |                                             |
| Himachal Pradesh             | 106                                         |
| Jammu & Kashmir              | 191                                         |
| Jharkhand                    | 1008                                        |
| Karnataka                    | 6636                                        |
| Kerala                       | 1380                                        |
| Lakshadweep                  |                                             |
| Madhya Pradesh               | 4586                                        |
| Maharashtra                  | 4341                                        |
| Odisha                       | 1599                                        |
| Punjab Rajasthan             | 3500 1838                                   |
| Tamil Nadu                   | 4037                                        |
| Puducherry                   |                                             |
| Islands                      |                                             |
| Andaman & Nicobar            |                                             |
| Telangana                    | 5063                                        |
| Uttarakhand                  | 500                                         |
| Uttar Pradesh                | 10584                                       |
| West Bengal                  | 1654                                        |
| Sikkim                       | 3037                                        |
| New Delhi                    |                                             |
| TOTAL                        | 60,466                                      |

(Source: DGT)

- (b) The details of the companies and other sectors that participated in the said Mela is at Annexure - I.
- (c) The Government organises such melas as per requirement, across the States and Union Territories for the benefit of stakeholders.

(d) Presently,  there  is  no  such  proposal  under  consideration  by  the Government.

(e)&  (f)  It  is  the  endeavour  of  the  Government  to  have  a  balanced  genderbased  representation  in  training.  The  Government  is  trying  to  reduce  the gender gap by ensuring continuous outreach programmes and advertisements in local media to motivate the woman candidates to join the trainings/workforce in big numbers.

Details of different skill training programmes conducted for women to promote their participation, during the year 2021-22 (up to 30.11.2021), is as under:

- Out of total number of 3,57,268 candidates trained under Prime Minister Kaushal  Vikas  Yojana  (PMKVY)  scheme,  44.19  %  constitutes  female candidates.
- Out  of  total  number  of  1,46,910  candidates  trained  by  Jan  Shikshan Sansthan (JSS) , 88.90 % constitutes female candidates.
- 3,097 women candidates have been trained in 19 National Skill Training Institute (NSTI) (Women) in Craft Instructor Training Scheme (CITS) and Craftsman Training Scheme (CTS).

## Annexure-I referred to in the reply to Lok Sabha US No. 1235 to be answered on 06.12.2021 regarding APPRENTICESHIP MELA.

## List of some of the companies participated in the Apprenticeship Mela

|   S. No | Companies participated in the Mela                                                 |
|---------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|       1 | Electricity Department                                                             |
|       2 | Directorate of Shipping Service                                                    |
|       3 | Steel Plant                                                                        |
|       4 | Sai Global Yarntex (India) Pvt Ltd                                                 |
|       5 | M/s Galaxy Granite's,Ongole                                                        |
|       6 | M/s Srihari Charan Granite Exports,Gundlapalli Maddipadu                           |
|       7 | Chandra Sekhara Electronics                                                        |
|       8 | APSRTC, Nellore                                                                    |
|       9 | Shree Balaji Motors, Markapur.                                                     |
|      10 | Indo National Pvt Ltd, Tada                                                        |
|      11 | Indonational Pvt Ltd Tada                                                          |
|      12 | Vermeiren India Rehab Pvt Ltd                                                      |
|      13 | Vermeiren India Rehab Pvt Ltd                                                      |
|      14 | Vermeiren India Rehab Pvt Ltd.                                                     |
|      15 | CJNHitech Motors                                                                   |
|      16 | TSNInterior Industries Anantapur                                                   |
|      17 | Meru Automoblies Anantapur                                                         |
|      18 | 3 CSMetal Industries Anantapur                                                     |
|      19 | SS Enterprises,Anantapur                                                           |
|      20 | M/s Automotive Manufacturing Pvt Ltd                                               |
|      21 | Berger Paints,Hindupur                                                             |
|      22 | Wipro Enterprises,Hindupur                                                         |
|      23 | Wipro Infrastructure,Hindupur                                                      |
|      24 | SVDMotors                                                                          |
|      25 | Everest Industries                                                                 |
|      26 | Quality Industries                                                                 |
|      27 | Quality Industries Kadapa                                                          |
|      28 | Lakshmi Meghana Automobiles                                                        |
|      29 | Shirdi Sai Electricals Pvt Ltd                                                     |
|      30 | Automotive Manufacturing Pvt Ltd                                                   |
|      31 | APSRTCKadapa                                                                       |
|      32 | Venkata Narayana Active Ingredients                                                |
|      33 | Kumar Electricals                                                                  |
|      34 | SKBrothers Automobiles, Madanapalli                                                |
|      35 | Foxlink India Electic Pvt Ltd                                                      |
|      36 | Sunny Opotech India Pvt Ltd                                                        |
|      37 | Sai Global Yerntex India Pvt Ltd                                                   |
|      38 | M/s Galaxy Granite's,Ongole                                                        |
|      39 | Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt Ltd KPU Gunnery Kalahsthi Chottoor District Andhra Pradesh |