Lok Sabha Question No. 1253 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-06
Subject: Vocational Training in Tribal Areas
Ministry: TRIBAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Vijay Kumar Dubey, Anurag Sharma, Rebati Tripura

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1253

TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.12.2021

## VOCATIONAL TRAINING IN TRIBAL AREAS

1253.   SHRI VIJAY KUMAR DUBEY: SHRI REBATI TRIPURA: SHRI ANURAG SHARMA:

Will the Minister of TRIBAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)    whether  the  Government  is  implementing  schemes  to  provide  vocational  training  in  tribal  areas particularly in the North Eastern Region (NER) and Uttar Pradesh and if so the details thereof;
- (b) the details of the Vocational Training Centres currently working in tribal areas in North Eastern Region and Uttar Pradesh;
- (c)   the extent to which the said schemes have been effective/helpful in upgrading the skills of tribal youths; and
- (d)  the other steps taken/being taken by the Government for its better implementation?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR TRIBAL AFFAIRS (SMT. RENUKA SINGH SARUTA)

(a)  &  (b):  Ministry  of  Tribal  Affairs  was  running  a  separate  Scheme  under  which funds  were  provided for running Vocational Training Centres (VTCs) by the State Governments / NGOs. Vocational Training Centres that were run by various State Governments are at Annexure 1 . However, as a part of rationalization of schemes of the Ministry, the intervention of Vocational Training Centres has been subsumed under the Schemes of 'Special Central Assistance to Tribal Sub-Scheme (SCA to TSS) and Grants under Article 275(1) of the Constitution from 2018-19  onwards,  wherein  funds  are  provided  to  State  Governments  for  carrying  out  Skill  Development  / Vocational  Training  programmes.  These  schemes  are  demand  driven.  Proposals  received  from  the  State Government under these schemes are appraised and approved by the Project Appraisal Committee (PAC) in the Ministry for funding depending upon the availability of funds under the relevant scheme(s).

Besides, Ministry is also implementing Van Dhan Vikas Karyakram with a view to target livelihood generation for tribals by harnessing the wealth of forest i.e. Van Dhan. The programme aims to tap traditional knowledge and skill sets of tribals by adding technology & IT to upgrade it at each stage and to convert the tribal wisdom into a viable economic activity to help them becoming self-reliant and entrepreneurs. Under this Karyakram, tribal community  owned  Minor  Forest  Produce  (MFP)  centric  multi-purpose  Van  Dhan  Vikas  Kendra  Clusters (VDVKCs) are set-up in tribal dominated districts. These Clusters act as common facility centres for procurement and value addition to locally available Minor Forest Produce. Value addition of raw produce results in enhancing the value of the MFP and consequently the income of the gatherers. Van Dhan Vikas Karyakram is primarily the training and development of value chain.

- (c):      Details of funds provided for skill development and vocational training of tribal persons under the schemes 'Special  Central  Assistance  to  Tribal  Sub-Scheme  (SCA  to  TSS)  and  Grants  under  Article  275(1)  of  the Constitution during last four years is at Annexure 2 . State-wise No. of VDVKCs sanctioned during the last three years with beneficiaries are at Annexure 3 . Funds available under these schemes were released to the States / State Implementing Agencies commensurating achievement of defined objectives catering to skill development and livelihood generation for ST people. Ministry of Tribal Affairs has not received any adverse report from any State Government regarding the scheme(s) not achieving its objectives.
- (d):        The  following  steps  are  taken  to  review/  monitor  the  implementation  of  the  schemes  /  programmes administered by the Ministry:

(i)      MoTA  has  developed  an  online  portal  'ADI-GRAMS'  to  monitor  effective  planning,  management  and implementation of 5 Schemes/Grants of MoTA i.e. 'SCA to TSS', 'Conservation-cum-Development of PVTG', "MSP to MFP', 'Institutional Support' and 'Grant under Article 275 (1) of the constitution. The portal is meant to capture necessary data and information for monitoring of these schemes/grant.

- (ii)    During Project Appraisal Committee (PAC) meetings the information on the progress on implementation of previous  sanctioned  projects  is  discussed  in  details  and  updated  status  is  ascertained  from  the  State Government officials.
- (iii)   Utilization Certificates are insisted upon as a prerequisite for further release of funds as per provisions of GFR.
- (iv)   Progress reports regarding the status of implementation of schemes are obtained.
- (v)      Officers  while  visiting  States/UTs  also  ascertain  the  progress  of  implementation  of  various  schemes/ programmes of the Ministry of Tribal Affairs.
- (vi)    Review Meetings/ Conferences are convened at the Central level with State officials for ensuring timely submission of proposals, speeding up of implementation of the schemes/ programmes, and reviewing the physical and financial progress.

Annexure 1 referred in reply to part (a) & (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1253 for 06.12.2021 regarding 'Vocational Training in Tribal Areas'

State-wise Location of VTCs funded by Ministry and run by State Govt.

1.         Assam
2.         Chhattisgarh
3.         Gujarat
4.         Madhya Pradesh
5.         Mizoram

|   S.No. | Location                             | District   |
|---------|--------------------------------------|------------|
|       1 | Khasiabari High School,              | Kokrajhar  |
|       2 | Gurmow High School,                  | Rangia     |
|       3 | Baganpara High School,               | Nalbari    |
|       4 | Kapahera High School,                | Morigaon   |
|       5 | Parulabal Goswami BamuniBorbari H.S. | Nagaon     |
|       6 | DirmajakhiliH,S,                     | Golpara    |
|       7 | Sri Lohit High School,               | Majuli     |
|       8 | Rupnath Brahma High School           | Dhemaji    |
|       9 | Bihpuria Collegiate High School,     | Lakhimpur  |
|      10 | GohpurBoro High School,              | Gohpur     |
|      11 | District Computer Centre,            | Kokrajhar  |

|   S.N. | Location                   | District     |
|--------|----------------------------|--------------|
|      1 | TCPC Kanker                | Kanker       |
|      2 | TCPC Narayanpur            | Baster       |
|      3 | TCPC Dantewada             | Dantewada    |
|      4 | TCPC Nagri                 | Dhamtari     |
|      5 | Kosa Centre Jagdalpur      | Baster       |
|      6 | Saw Mill Jagdalpur         | Baster       |
|      7 | UVS Kondagaon              | Baster       |
|      8 | UVS Durg (Industrial Area) | Durg         |
|      9 | UVS Ratanpur               | Bilaspur     |
|     10 | UVS Kunkuri                | Jashpurnagar |
|     11 | Jashpur                    | Jashpurnagar |

|   S.No. | Location                 | District     |
|---------|--------------------------|--------------|
|       1 | Male VTC, Danta          | Banskantha   |
|       2 | Male VTC, Bhiloda        | Sabarkantha  |
|       3 | Male VTC, Dahod          | Dahod        |
|       4 | Male VTC, Chhotaudepur   | Chhotaudepur |
|       5 | Male VTC, Rajpipla       | Narmada      |
|       6 | Male VTC,Mandvi          | Surat        |
|       7 | Male VTC,Songadh         | Surat        |
|       8 | Male VTC,Vansada         | Navsari      |
|       9 | Male VTC, Kaparda        | Valsad       |
|      10 | Male VTC, Dangahwa       | Dang         |
|      11 | Female VTC, Chhotaudepur | Chhotaudepur |
|      12 | Female VTC, Dahod        | Dahod        |
|      13 | Female VTC, Andhroka     | Sabarkantha  |

|   S. No. | Name of VTC                 | Distt.   |
|----------|-----------------------------|----------|
|        1 | Adarsh High School, Badwani | Badwani  |
|        2 | Adarsh High School, Sailan  | Ratlam   |
|        3 | Adarsh High School, Mandla  | Mandla   |
|        4 | Adarsh High School, Churhat | Sidhi    |
|        5 | ITI, Baihar                 | Balaghat |
|        6 | ITI, Dhamnod                | Dhar     |
|        7 | ITI, Pithampur              | Dhar     |
|        8 | TCPC, Badwani               | Badwani  |
|        9 | TCPC, Jhabua                | Jhabua   |
|       10 | TCPC, Mandla                | Mandla   |

|   S.No. | Location     |
|---------|--------------|
|       1 | VTC Lunglei  |
|       2 | VTC Serchhip |
|       3 | VTC Kolasib  |
|       4 | VTC Saiha    |
|       5 | VTC Champhai |

Annexure  2  referred  in  reply  to  part  (c)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.  1253  for  06.12.2021 regarding 'Vocational Training in Tribal Areas'

Details of funds provided for skill development and vocational training of tribal persons under the schemes 'Special Central Assistance to Tribal Sub-Scheme (SCA to TSS) and Grants under Article 275(1) of the Constitution during last four years

(Rs. in lakh)

| S No .                | Name of Sta te        | 2017-18        | 2017-18               | 2018-19         | 2018-19                 | 2019-20         | 2019-20                 | 2020-21         | 2020-21                 |
|-----------------------|-----------------------|----------------|-----------------------|-----------------|-------------------------|-----------------|-------------------------|-----------------|-------------------------|
| S No .                | Name of Sta te        | Funds Rel ease | No. of Ben eficiaries | Funds ap proved | Targeted B eneficiaries | Funds a pproved | Targeted Beneficia ries | Funds ap proved | Targeted Beneficia ries |
| 1.                    | Andhra Prad esh       | 300.00         | 450                   | 0.00            | 0                       | 0.0             | 0                       | 0.00            | 0                       |
| 2.                    | Arunachal Pr adesh    | 0.00           | 0                     | 0.00            | 0                       | 15.00           | 50                      | 0.00            | 0                       |
| 3.                    | Assam                 | 0.00           | 0                     | 300.00          | 1000                    | 0.0             | 0                       | 440.00          | 1400                    |
| 4.                    | Bihar                 | 250.00         | 3600                  | 0.00            | 0                       | 0.0             | 0                       | 138.79          | 1368                    |
| 5.                    | Chhattisgarh          | 0.00           | 0                     | 0.00            | 0                       | 410.00          | 1400                    | 912.00          | 3040                    |
| 6.                    | Gujarat               | 1750.03        | 8540                  | 1608.00         | 8112                    | 1640.58         | 3775                    | 1070.00         | 3566                    |
| 7.                    | Himachal Pra desh     | 320.00         | 1000                  | 363.25          | 913                     | 360.85          | 1202                    | 160.00          | 533                     |
| 8.                    | Jammu&Ka shmir        | 100.00         | 320                   | 0.00            | 0                       | 0               | 0                       | 0.00            | 0                       |
| 9.                    | Jharkhand             | 300.00         | 250                   | 3125.00         | 1400                    | 700.00          | 2333                    | 1800.00         | 9000                    |
| 10.                   | Karnataka             | 1180.00        | 3028                  | 0.00            | 0                       | 250.00          | 833                     | 1540.08         | 5133                    |
| 11.                   | Kerala                | 100.52         | 453                   | 0.00            | 0                       | 0.0             | 0                       | 0.00            | 0                       |
| 12.                   | Madhya Prad esh       | 4100.00        | 7500                  | 0.00            | 0                       | 0.0             | 0                       | 1120.55         | 3735                    |
| 13.                   | Maharashtra           | 0.00           | 0                     | 779.74          | 1817                    | 750.88          | 51000                   | 850.00          | 2833                    |
| 14.                   | Manipur               | 187.00         | 131                   | 273.48          | 150                     | 172.32          | 50.0                    | 698.17          | 2327                    |
| 15.                   | Meghalaya             | 90.00          | 4640                  | 0.00            | 0                       | 0.0             | 0                       | 377.60          | 1259                    |
| 16.                   | Mizoram               | 55.82          | 500                   | 654.97          | 400                     | 90.00           | 637                     | 210.00          | 700                     |
| 17.                   | Nagaland              | 50.00          | 90                    | 205.00          | 216                     | 320.00          | 1067                    | 100.00          | 333                     |
| 18.                   | Odisha                | 5200.00        | 29378                 | 3250.00         | 10300                   | 2200.00         | 7333                    | 299.00          | 997                     |
| 19.                   | Rajasthan             | 0.00           | 0                     | 504.00          | 680                     | 800.00          | 267                     | 675.00          | 2249                    |
| 20.                   | Sikkim                | 28.00          | 100                   | 21.00           | 70                      | 10.00           | 40                      | 170.00          | 283                     |
| 21.                   | Telangana             | 800.00         | 2500                  | 600.00          | 1500                    | 150.00          | 500                     | 75.75           | 252                     |
| 22.                   | Tripura               | 290.00         | 1620                  | 0.00            | 0                       | 178.00          | 1210                    | 59.70           | 199                     |
| 23.                   | Uttar Pradesh         | 200.00         | 1487                  | 200.00          | 665                     | 86.00           | 287                     | 279.82          | 50                      |
| 24.                   | Uttrakhand            | 100.00         | 310                   | 108.43          | 0                       | 0.0             | 0                       | 206.60          | 2040                    |
| 25. West Bengal Total | 25. West Bengal Total | 16456.37       | 71397                 | 12892.87        | 31723                   | 9146.67         | 77984                   | 11878.06        | 43613                   |

## Annexure  3  referred  in  reply  to  part  (c)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.  1253  for  06.12.2021 regarding 'Vocational Training in Tribal Areas'

## State-wise No. of VDVKCs sanctioned during the last three years with beneficiaries

| Sl. No   | States                              |   No. of VDVK Clusters Sanctioned 2019-20 | No. of VDVK Clusters Sanctioned 2020-21   |   No. of VDVK Clusters Sanctioned 2021-22 |   Total No. of VDVK Clusters Sanctioned |   Total No. of VDSHGs | Total No. of Forest Gatherers   |
|----------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------|---------------------------------|
| 1        | Andaman &Nicobar                    |                                         0 | 0                                         |                                         0 |                                       0 |                     0 | 0                               |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh                      |                                        75 | 188                                       |                                       152 |                                     415 |                  6225 | 123258                          |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh                   |                                         0 | 0                                         |                                        85 |                                      85 |                  1275 | 25500                           |
| 4        | Assam                               |                                        50 | 78                                        |                                       174 |                                     302 |                  7140 | 90316                           |
| 5        | Bihar                               |                                         8 | 0                                         |                                         0 |                                       8 |                   120 | 1630                            |
| 6        | Chhattisgarh                        |                                       139 | 0                                         |                                         0 |                                     139 |                  4170 | 41700                           |
| 7        | Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu |                                         0 | 1                                         |                                         0 |                                       1 |                    15 | 302                             |
| 8        | Goa                                 |                                         1 | 9                                         |                                         0 |                                      10 |                   150 | 3000                            |
| 9        | Gujarat                             |                                       116 | 0                                         |                                         0 |                                     116 |                  1740 | 34424                           |
| 10       | Himachal Pradesh                    |                                         0 | 0                                         |                                         3 |                                       3 |                    61 | 810                             |
| 11       | Jammu &Kashmir                      |                                         0 |                                           |                                         0 |                                       0 |                     0 |                                 |
| 12       | Ladakh                              |                                        10 | 0                                         |                                         0 |                                      10 |                   150 | 3000                            |
| 13       | Lakshadweep                         |                                         0 |                                           |                                         0 |                                       0 |                     0 |                                 |
| 14       | Jharkhand                           |                                        39 | 0                                         |                                         0 |                                      39 |                   585 | 11601                           |
| 15       | Karnataka                           |                                        19 | 20                                        |                                       101 |                                     140 |                  1946 | 41748                           |
| 16       | Kerala                              |                                        13 | 0                                         |                                        31 |                                      44 |                   660 | 12038                           |
| 17       | Madhya Pradesh                      |                                        86 | 0                                         |                                        21 |                                     107 |                  1605 | 32100                           |
| 18       | Maharashtra                         |                                        64 | 200                                       |                                         0 |                                     264 |                  3960 | 79350                           |
| 19       | Manipur                             |                                        77 | 123                                       |                                         0 |                                     200 |                  3000 | 60390                           |
| 20       | Meghalaya                           |                                         0 | 39                                        |                                         0 |                                      39 |                   585 | 11835                           |
| 21       | Mizoram                             |                                        44 | 115                                       |                                         0 |                                     159 |                  2385 | 46168                           |
| 22       | Nagaland                            |                                        78 | 128                                       |                                         0 |                                     206 |                  3090 | 61800                           |
| 23       | Odisha                              |                                       156 | 0                                         |                                        14 |                                     170 |                  4110 | 51019                           |
| 24       | Rajasthan                           |                                        25 | 164                                       |                                       290 |                                     479 |                  7322 | 144803                          |
| 25       | Sikkim                              |                                        80 | 0                                         |                                         0 |                                      80 |                  1200 | 23800                           |
| 26       | Tamil Nadu                          |                                         7 | 0                                         |                                         1 |                                       8 |                   192 | 2400                            |
| 27       | Telangana                           |                                        17 | 0                                         |                                         0 |                                      17 |                   255 | 5100                            |
| 28       | Tripura                             |                                        17 | 15                                        |                                         0 |                                      32 |                   480 | 9039                            |
| 29       | Uttar Pradesh                       |                                         5 | 7                                         |                                        13 |                                      25 |                   375 | 7191                            |
| 30       | Uttarakhand                         |                                         0 | 11                                        |                                         1 |                                      12 |                   180 | 3605                            |
| 31       | West Bengal                         |                                         0 | 0                                         |                                         0 |                                       0 |                     0 | 0                               |
|          | Total                               |                                      1126 | 1098                                      |                                       886 |                                    3110 |                 52976 | 927927                          |

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