Lok Sabha Question No. 3550 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-20
Subject: Skill Development Training to Farmers
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: Balak Nath, Kunar Hembram, Jugal Kishore Sharma

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3550 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20.12.2021

## SKILL DEVELOPMENT TRAINING TO FARMERS

## †3550   SHRI BALAK NATH:                                      SHRI JUGAL KISHORE SHARMA: SHRI KUNAR HEMBRAM

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

- (a) the  details  of  schemes/programmes  being  run  by  the  Government  for  Skill Development and training of farmers in agriculture and allied sectors in West Bengal and Jammu and Kashmir;
- (b) the number of farmers trained through these schemes and the benefits derived by them;
- (c) whether the Government has earmarked any fund for this purpose under different schemes;
- (d) if  so,  the  details  of  the  fund  earmarked  and  spent  during  each  of  the  last  three years and the current year; and
- (e) the  steps  being  taken  by  the  Government  to  impart  special  training  to  women farmers?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) The  Ministry  of  Skill  Development  and  Entrepreneurship  is  implementing  the following skill development schemes for skill development of the youth across the country including West Bengal and Jammu and Kashmir:

|   S.No. | Schemes                                    | Objective                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
|---------|--------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|       1 | Pradhan Mantri Kaushal VikasYojana (PMKVY) | Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) is implementing its flagship scheme Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY), with the objective to train candidates across India. PMKVY has two training components, namely, Short Term Training (STT) and Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL). |
|       2 | Jan Shikshan Sansthan ( JSS )              | The scheme aims to provide vocational skills to non-literate, neo-literates, persons with rudimentary level of education up to 8th and school dropouts up to 12th standard in the age group of                                                                                                                |

|    | Scheme                                            | 15-45 years. The priority groups are women, SC, ST, minorities, divyangjan and other backward sections of the society. The Jan Shikshan Sansthans work at the doorstep of the beneficiaries with minimum infrastructure and resources. Under the scheme grant is released to Jan Shikshan Sansthans (NGOs) for Skill Development. More than 50% of JSS beneficiaries are from rural areas and it has many number of skill training programme in agriculture and related areas.   |
|----|---------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|  3 | National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme ( NAPS ) | This Scheme is for promoting apprenticeship training and increasing the engagement of apprentices by providing financial support to industrial establishments undertaking apprenticeship program under The Apprentices Act, 1961 .                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
|  4 | Craftsmen Training Scheme ( CTS )                 | This scheme is for providing long - term training in 143 trades through 14,711 Industrial Training Institutes ( ITIs ) across the country . West Bengal has 131 Govt. ITIs and 135 Pvt. ITIs and Jammu and Kashmir has 48 Govt. ITIs and 1 Pvt. ITI.                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |

## Department of Bio-technology:

The Biotech-Krishi Innovation Science Application Network (Biotech-KISAN) scheme has been initiated by DBT during the financial year (2017-18) with an overall aim to work with small and marginal farmers especially the woman  farmers  for better agriculture productivity through scientific intervention and evolving best farming practices by linking available  science and technology to the farm by first  understanding the  problem of  the local  farmer  and  provide  solutions  to  those  problems.  The  training  and  skill  enhancing activities of the farmers are the integral components of the above programme.

## Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change:

National  Afforestation,  Forests  &  Climate  Change  (NAEB)  is  implementing  National Afforestation  Programme  (NAP)  for  ecological  restoration  of  degraded  forests  and adjoining areas through people's participation. The scheme is implemented through 3 tier institutional  setup  of  State  Forest  Development  Agency  (SFDA)  at  State  level,  Forest Development  Agency  (FDA)  at  Forest  Division  level  and  Joint  Forest  Management Committees (JFMCs) at Village. An amount of Rs. 162.93 crores has been released to the States to treat an area of 37110 hectares during the last three years and current year (2018-19 to 2021-22).

## Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare:

Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) runs some skill development programmes with funding support from Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.

Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojna (RKVY) and some other non-PMKVY schemes are being run for  farmers  in  Agriculture  and  allied  sectors  in  West  Bengal  and  Jammu  &  Kashmir through Agriculture Skill Council of India under the aegis of MSDE.

Skill Training of Rural Youth (STRY) 7 days under Sub Mission on Agricultural Extension (SMAE):  The  'Skill  Training  of  Rural  Youth'  (STRY)  of  'Sub  Mission  on  Agriculture Extension' (SMAE) is under implementation in the country including West Bengal since 2015-16. The short term skill training of 7 days (15 trainees per batch)' is imparted to rural youth  and  farmers  on  specific  vocational  areas  in  agriculture  and  allied  areas  through public  and  private/Non  Governmental  training  institutes  including  Krishi  Vivan  Kendras and State Agricultural Universities. Under STRY there is a provisional of Rs. 42,000 for one batch of skill training (15 candidates per batch) @ Rs. 400 per farmer per day. There is no State-wise allocation of funds under this scheme. The funds are released to National Institutes  of  Agricultural  Extension  Management  (MANAGE),  Hyderabad  being  an implementing agency of STRY component. The total number of candidates trained under SMAE during 2018-19 to 2021-22 is 28151.

(b) The number of farmers trained under PMKVY, JSS, NAPS, CTS, Biotech-KISAN, ICAR skill development programmes, RKVY and some other non-PMKVY are attached at Annexure-I,  Annexure-II,  Annexure-III,  Annexure-IV,  Annexure-V,  Annexure-VI  and Annexure-VII respectively.

- (c) There  is  no  specified  budget  for  the  purpose  but  the  Government  spends significantly every year for skilling of farmers, people in agriculture related activities.
- (d) The details of fund earmarked during each of the last three years and the current year  under  PMKVY,  NAPS is  at Annexure-VIII and Annexure-IX .  The  fund  details  for Biotech-KISAN  scheme,  ICAR  NSQF  aligned  skill  programmes  and  SMAE  is  at Annexure-X .
- (e) The Government is imparting training to the women farmers to acquaint them with the knowledge required for adoption of agricultural technology including the use of farm equipments. Several programmes started at the National Centre for Women in Agriculture (NRCWA) and Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVK) are the right steps in this direction. Under NRCWA  there  are  16  ongoing  research  projects  in  the  areas  of  gender  study  on agriculture and household economy, management of coastal agro-eco system, extension methods for farm women, standardization of women specific field practices, occupational health hazards, reducing drudgery of women in agricultural operations, improvement of farming  system  suited  to  farm  women,  eco-friendly  pest  management  technologies  for vegetables among farm women, evaluation of interactive learning modules, technological needs in empowering women in rural aquaculture, and improvement in storage practices of seeds and grains.

Krishi  Vigyan  Kendras  (KVKs)  of  Indian  Council  of  Agricultural  Research  (ICAR) organizes  training  programmes  for  farmers  and  farm  women  on  various  aspects  of agriculture including farm equipments/ implements/ tools and machinery. KVKs organized 28,544 training programmes for 1.97 lakh farm women, rural girls and women extension personnel including 64,601 SC/ST beneficiaries.

## Annexure referred to in reply to LSUQ 3550 to be answered on 20.12.2021 regarding 'Skill Development Training to Farmers'

Detail of candidates trained in Agriculture sector under PMKVY in West Bengal and Jammu and Kashmir:

| PMKVY 2.0 CSCM update on Agriculture Sector in West Bengal as per SIP reports till 21-Nov-21   | PMKVY 2.0 CSCM update on Agriculture Sector in West Bengal as per SIP reports till 21-Nov-21   | PMKVY 2.0 CSCM update on Agriculture Sector in West Bengal as per SIP reports till 21-Nov-21   | PMKVY 2.0 CSCM update on Agriculture Sector in West Bengal as per SIP reports till 21-Nov-21   |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| TrainingType                                                                                   | Trained / Oriented                                                                             | Certified                                                                                      | Reported Placed                                                                                |
| Short Term Training (STT)                                                                      | 15,556                                                                                         | 13,404                                                                                         | 8,616                                                                                          |
| Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL)                                                            | 8,862                                                                                          | 7,501                                                                                          | -                                                                                              |
| Total                                                                                          | 24,418                                                                                         | 20,905                                                                                         | 8,616                                                                                          |
| RPL orients candidates and doesn't mandate placements                                          | RPL orients candidates and doesn't mandate placements                                          | RPL orients candidates and doesn't mandate placements                                          | RPL orients candidates and doesn't mandate placements                                          |

| PMKVY 2.0 CSCM update on Agriculture Sector in Jammu and Kashmir as per SIP reports till 21-Nov-21   | PMKVY 2.0 CSCM update on Agriculture Sector in Jammu and Kashmir as per SIP reports till 21-Nov-21   | PMKVY 2.0 CSCM update on Agriculture Sector in Jammu and Kashmir as per SIP reports till 21-Nov-21   | PMKVY 2.0 CSCM update on Agriculture Sector in Jammu and Kashmir as per SIP reports till 21-Nov-21   |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| TrainingType                                                                                         | Trained / Oriented                                                                                   | Certified                                                                                            | Reported Placed                                                                                      |
| Short Term Training (STT)                                                                            | 507                                                                                                  | 307                                                                                                  | 213                                                                                                  |

## Annexure    referred  to  in  reply  to  LSUQ  3550  to  be  answered  on  20.12.2021 regarding 'Skill Development Training to Farmers'

Under JSS Scheme , the detail JSS beneficiaries trained under various courses in the Agriculture Sector in Jammu &Kashmir is given below,

| Year   | JSS Name    | Sector                  | Course                                |   Target |   Male |   Female |   Transgender |   Total |
|--------|-------------|-------------------------|---------------------------------------|----------|--------|----------|---------------|---------|
| 2019   | JSS Jammu   | Horticultur e Assistant | Fruit Growing (Module I)              |       80 |      2 |       77 |             1 |      80 |
| -20    | JSS Jammu   | Horticultur e Assistant | Vegetable Growing (Module II)         |      100 |      2 |       97 |             0 |      99 |
| 2020   | JSS Jammu   | Agriculture             | Nursery worker                        |       80 |     36 |       43 |             0 |      79 |
| 2020   | JSS Kupwara | Agriculture             | Beekeeper                             |       40 |     32 |        8 |             0 |      40 |
| -21    | JSS Kupwara | Agriculture             | Mushroom Grower (small entrepreneur ) |       40 |     40 |        0 |             0 |      40 |
| -21    | JSS Kupwara | Agriculture             | Nursery worker                        |       40 |     32 |        8 |             0 |      40 |
| -21    | JSS Kupwara | Agriculture             | Small poultry farmer                  |       40 |     20 |       20 |             0 |      40 |
|        |             | Total                   |                                       |      420 |    164 |      253 |             1 |     418 |

Under JSS Scheme, the detail JSS beneficiaries trained under various courses in the Agriculture Sector in West Bengal is given below,

| Year     | JSS Name           | Sector                                       | Course                                       |   Target |   Male |   Female |   TG |   Total |
|----------|--------------------|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|----------|--------|----------|------|---------|
| 201 8-19 | JSS Bankura        | Fruit &Vegetable Processing and Preservation | Fruit& Vegetable Processing and Preservation |      160 |      7 |      161 |    0 |     168 |
| 201 8-19 | JSS Bankura        | Mushroom Cultivation and Marketing           | Mushroom Cultivation& Marketing              |      100 |     13 |       84 |    0 |      97 |
| 201 8-19 | JSS Howrah         | Fruit &Vegetable Processing and Preservation | Fruit& Vegetable Processing and Preservation |      120 |      3 |      114 |    1 |     118 |
| 201 8-19 | JSS Jalpaiguri     | Fruit &Vegetable Processing and Preservation | Fruit& Vegetable Processing and Preservation |       60 |      0 |       60 |    0 |      60 |
| 201 8-19 | JSS Narendrapur    | Bio-Farming                                  | Bio Farming                                  |       20 |     15 |        5 |    0 |      20 |
| 201 8-19 | JSS Narendrapur    | Fruit &Vegetable Processing and Preservation | Fruit& Vegetable Processing and Preservation |      100 |      9 |       92 |    0 |     101 |
| 201 8-19 | JSS Purba Midnapur | Bio-Farming                                  | Bio Farming                                  |       20 |      0 |        0 |    0 |       0 |
| 201 8-19 | JSS Purba          | Fruit &Vegetable                             | Fruit&                                       |      180 |     25 |      146 |    0 |     171 |

| Year     | JSS Name               | Sector                                       | Course                                            | Target   | Male   | Female   | TG   | Total   |
|----------|------------------------|----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|----------|--------|----------|------|---------|
|          | Midnapur               | Processing and Preservation                  | Vegetable Processing and Preservation             |          |        |          |      |         |
|          | JSS Purba Midnapur     | Mushroom Cultivation and Marketing           | Mushroom Cultivation& Marketing                   | 40       | 2      | 38       | 0    | 40      |
|          | JSS Purulia            | Fruit &Vegetable Processing and Preservation | Fruit& Vegetable Processing and Preservation      | 80       | 0      | 91       | 0    | 91      |
|          | JSS Purulia            | Mushroom Cultivation and Marketing           | Mushroom Cultivation& Marketing                   | 60       | 5      | 56       | 0    | 61      |
|          | JSS Bankura            | Fruit &Vegetable Processing and Preservation | Fruit& Vegetable Processing and Preservation      | 240      | 22     | 192      | 0    | 214     |
|          | JSS Bankura            | Hand Pump Mechanism                          | Hand Pump Mechanism                               | 80       | 59     | 0        | 0    | 59      |
|          | JSS Bankura            | Mushroom Cultivation and Marketing           | Mushroom Cultivation& Marketing                   | 120      | 38     | 83       | 1    | 122     |
|          | JSS Howrah             | Fruit &Vegetable Processing and Preservation | Fruit& Vegetable Processing and Preservation      | 320      | 25     | 292      | 0    | 317     |
|          | JSS Howrah             | Mushroom Cultivation and Marketing           | Mushroom Cultivation& Marketing                   | 180      | 42     | 137      | 0    | 179     |
|          | JSS Jalpaiguri         | Fruit &Vegetable Processing and Preservation | Fruit& Vegetable Processing and Preservation      | 160      | 9      | 150      | 0    | 159     |
| 201 9-20 | JSS Narendrapur        | Fruit &Vegetable Processing and Preservation | Fruit& Vegetable Processing and Preservation      | 220      | 7      | 165      | 0    | 172     |
|          | JSS Narendrapur        | Horticulture Assistant                       | Nursery Raising and Plant Propagation (Module VI) | 40       | 0      | 0        | 0    | 0       |
|          | JSS Narendrapur        | Mushroom Cultivation and Marketing           | Mushroom Cultivation& Marketing                   | 20       | 0      | 0        | 0    | 0       |
|          | JSS North 24- Parganas | Mushroom Cultivation and Marketing           | Mushroom Cultivation& Marketing                   | 40       | 3      | 37       | 0    | 40      |
|          | JSS Paschim Midnapore  | Fruit &Vegetable Processing and Preservation | Fruit& Vegetable Processing and Preservation      | 360      | 47     | 307      | 0    | 354     |
|          | JSS Purba Midnapur     | Bio-Farming                                  | Bio Farming                                       | 60       | 10     | 41       | 0    | 51      |
|          | JSS Purba Midnapur     | Fruit &Vegetable Processing and              | Fruit& Vegetable                                  | 280      | 6      | 269      | 3    | 278     |

| Year        | JSS Name               | Sector                                       | Course                                            | Target   | Male   | Female   | TG   | Total   |
|-------------|------------------------|----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|----------|--------|----------|------|---------|
|             |                        | Preservation                                 | Processing and Preservation                       |          |        |          |      |         |
|             | JSS Purba Midnapur     | Horticulture Assistant                       | Nursery Raising and Plant Propagation (Module VI) | 40       | 11     | 28       | 0    | 39      |
|             | JSS Purba Midnapur     | Mushroom Cultivation and Marketing           | Mushroom Cultivation& Marketing                   | 80       | 13     | 67       | 0    | 80      |
|             | JSS Purulia            | Fruit &Vegetable Processing and Preservation | Fruit& Vegetable Processing and Preservation      | 200      | 8      | 192      | 0    | 200     |
|             | JSS Purulia            | Hand Pump Mechanism                          | Hand Pump Mechanism                               | 180      | 180    | 0        | 0    | 180     |
|             | JSS Purulia            | Mushroom Cultivation and Marketing           | Mushroom Cultivation& Marketing                   | 80       | 2      | 78       | 0    | 80      |
|             | JSS Bankura            | Agriculture                                  | Mushroom Grower (small entrepreneur)              | 80       | 8      | 71       | 1    | 80      |
|             | JSS Bankura            | Agriculture                                  | Nursery worker                                    | 80       | 11     | 29       | 0    | 40      |
|             | JSS Bankura            | Agriculture                                  | Organic Grower                                    | 80       | 0      | 0        | 0    | 0       |
|             | JSS Howrah             | Agriculture                                  | Mushroom Grower (small entrepreneur)              | 120      | 40     | 80       | 0    | 120     |
|             | JSS Howrah             | Agriculture                                  | Nursery worker                                    | 120      | 9      | 91       | 0    | 100     |
|             | JSS Jalpaiguri         | Agriculture                                  | Mushroom Grower (small entrepreneur)              | 60       | 12     | 48       | 0    | 60      |
|             | JSS Narendrapur        | Agriculture                                  | Beekeeper                                         | 40       | 0      | 0        | 0    | 0       |
|             | JSS Narendrapur        | Agriculture                                  | Dairy Farmer/Entrepre neur                        | 40       | 0      | 0        | 0    | 0       |
| 202 0-21    | JSS Narendrapur        | Agriculture                                  | Medicinal Plants Grower                           | 60       | 0      | 0        | 0    | 0       |
|             | JSS Narendrapur        | Agriculture                                  | Small poultry farmer                              | 60       | 9      | 9        | 0    | 18      |
|             | JSS North 24- Parganas | Agriculture                                  | Beekeeper                                         | 100      | 0      | 0        | 0    | 0       |
|             | JSS North 24- Parganas | Agriculture                                  | Nursery worker                                    | 40       | 0      | 0        | 0    | 0       |
|             | JSS North 24- Parganas | Agriculture                                  | Small poultry farmer                              | 120      | 8      | 112      | 0    | 120     |
|             | JSS Purba Midnapur     | Agriculture                                  | Mushroom Grower (small entrepreneur)              | 180      | 17     | 83       | 0    | 100     |
|             | JSS Purba Midnapur     | Agriculture                                  | Nursery worker                                    | 40       | 11     | 29       | 0    | 40      |
|             | JSS Purba              | Agriculture                                  | Small poultry farmer                              | 80       | 8      | 12       | 0    | 20      |
|             | Midnapur               |                                              | Animal Health                                     |          | 18     |          |      | 20      |
| JSS Purulia |                        | Agriculture                                  | Worker                                            | 40       |        | 2        | 0    |         |

| Year   | JSS Name    | Sector      | Course                               |   Target |   Male |   Female |   TG |   Total |
|--------|-------------|-------------|--------------------------------------|----------|--------|----------|------|---------|
|        | JSS Purulia | Agriculture | Mushroom Grower (small entrepreneur) |      160 |     22 |      118 |    0 |     140 |
|        | JSS Purulia | Agriculture | Nursery worker                       |       40 |      0 |        0 |    0 |       0 |
|        | JSS Purulia | Agriculture | Organic Grower                       |      160 |     38 |       42 |    0 |      80 |
|        | JSS Purulia | Agriculture | Small poultry farmer                 |       40 |      0 |       20 |    0 |      20 |
|        | Total       | Total       | Total                                |     5380 |    772 |     3631 |    6 |    4409 |

## Annexure    referred  to  in  reply  to  LSUQ  3550  to  be  answered  on  20.12.2021 regarding 'Skill Development Training to Farmers'

Number of Apprentices engaged under NAPS agriculture and allied sector (Food Processing) are provided below:

| State                           | Apprentices engaged in agriculture and allied sector (Food Processing) till 30 th Nov 2021   |
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| West Bengal                     | 139                                                                                          |
| Jammu and Kashmir India (Total) | 37 7544                                                                                      |

## Annexure IV

## Annexure    referred  to  in  reply  to  LSUQ  3550  to  be  answered  on  20.12.2021 regarding 'Skill Development Training to Farmers'

Candidates  trained  under CTS in  Agriculture  Sectors  in  West  Bengal  and  Jammu  and Kashmir State for last three years.

| State             |   2018 |   2019 |   2020 |
|-------------------|--------|--------|--------|
| West Bengal       |      0 |    143 |     93 |
| Jammu And Kashmir |      0 |     98 |     80 |

## Annexure V

## Annexure    referred  to  in  reply  to  LSUQ  3550  to  be  answered  on  20.12.2021 regarding 'Skill Development Training to Farmers'

Details of farmers trained under Biotech-KISAN scheme :

1.

| No. of farmers trained for last three years and current year   | No. of farmers trained for last three years and current year   | No. of farmers trained for last three years and current year   | No. of farmers trained for last three years and current year   |
|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
| S.No.                                                          | Name of Scheme                                                 | Total no. of persons trained (farmers + non farmers)           | No. of farmers trained in Agriculture and allied sectors       |
| 1.                                                             | Biotech-KISAN                                                  | Over 3,00,000                                                  | Over 3,00,000                                                  |

## Annexure VI

## Annexure    referred  to  in  reply  to  LSUQ  3550  to  be  answered  on  20.12.2021 regarding 'Skill Development Training to Farmers'

Detail of farmers trained under ICAR NSQF aligned programmes :

| S NO   | FY       | Name of Scheme                                                                                                     | No. of farmers trained in Agriculture and allied sector   | No. of farmers trained in Agriculture and allied sector   | No. of farmers trained in Agriculture and allied sector   |
|--------|----------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|        |          |                                                                                                                    | All State s                                               | WEST BENGAL                                               | JAMMU AND KASHMIR                                         |
| 1      | 2018- 19 | NSQF aligned skill development programmes with funding support from Department of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare | 15751                                                     | 791                                                       | 649                                                       |
| 2      | 2019- 20 | NSQF aligned skill development programmes with funding support from Department of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare | 16212                                                     | 600                                                       | 576                                                       |
| 3      | 2020- 21 | NSQF aligned skill development programmes with funding support from Department of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare | 2915                                                      | 0                                                         | 332                                                       |
| Total  | Total    | Total                                                                                                              | 34878                                                     | 1391                                                      | 1557                                                      |

## Annexure VII

## Annexure    referred  to  in  reply  to  LSUQ  3550  to  be  answered  on  20.12.2021 regarding 'Skill Development Training to Farmers'

Details of persons trained under RKVY and other non PMKVY schemes :

| No. of farmers trained for last three years and current year   | No. of farmers trained for last three years and current year   | No. of farmers trained for last three years and current year   | No. of farmers trained for last three years and current year   | No. of farmers trained for last three years and current year   | No. of farmers trained for last three years and current year   | No. of farmers trained for last three years and current year   | No. of farmers trained for last three years and current year   | No. of farmers trained for last three years and current year   | No. of farmers trained for last three years and current year   |
|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
| S.No.                                                          | Name of Scheme                                                 | Jammu and Kashmir                                              | Jammu and Kashmir                                              | Jammu and Kashmir                                              | Jammu and Kashmir                                              | West Bengal                                                    | West Bengal                                                    | West Bengal                                                    | West Bengal                                                    |
| S.No.                                                          | Name of Scheme                                                 | Total no. of persons trained (farmers + non-farmers)           | Total no. of persons trained (farmers + non-farmers)           | Total no. of persons trained (farmers + non-farmers)           | Total no. of persons trained (farmers + non-farmers)           | Total no. of persons trained (farmers + non-farmers)           | Total no. of persons trained (farmers + non-farmers)           | Total no. of persons trained (farmers + non-farmers)           | Total no. of persons trained (farmers + non-farmers)           |
| S.No.                                                          | Name of Scheme                                                 | 2018-19                                                        | 2019-20                                                        | 2020-21                                                        | 2021-22                                                        | 2018-19                                                        | 2019-20                                                        | 2020-21                                                        | 2021- 22                                                       |
| 1                                                              | Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana                                  | 649                                                            | 576                                                            | 332                                                            | 271                                                            | 791                                                            | 600                                                            | 0                                                              | 0                                                              |
| 2                                                              | Other NON PMKVY Schemes                                        | 65                                                             | 63                                                             | 0                                                              | 50                                                             | 982                                                            | 6903                                                           | 338                                                            | 65                                                             |
| Total                                                          | Total                                                          | 714                                                            | 639                                                            | 332                                                            | 321                                                            | 1773                                                           | 7503                                                           | 338                                                            | 65                                                             |

## Annexure    referred  to  in  reply  to  LSUQ  3550  to  be  answered  on  20.12.2021 regarding 'Skill Development Training to Farmers'

Disbursement under PMKVY: Funds earmarked and spent during last three years and current year

| Funds earmarked and spent during last three years and current year   | Funds earmarked and spent during last three years and current year   | Funds earmarked and spent during last three years and current year   | Funds earmarked and spent during last three years and current year   | Funds earmarked and spent during last three years and current year   | Funds earmarked and spent during last three years and current year   | Funds earmarked and spent during last three years and current year   | Funds earmarked and spent during last three years and current year   | Funds earmarked and spent during last three years and current year   |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Scheme s                                                             | 2018-19                                                              | 2018-19                                                              | 2019-20                                                              | 2019-20                                                              | 2020-21                                                              | 2020-21                                                              | *2021-22                                                             | *2021-22                                                             |
|                                                                      | Funds earmark ed                                                     | Funds spent                                                          | Funds earmark ed                                                     | Funds spent                                                          | Funds earmark ed                                                     | Funds spent                                                          | Funds earmark ed                                                     | Fund s spen t                                                        |
| PMKVY                                                                | 1887.96                                                              | 1458.4 9                                                             | 1464.00                                                              | 1570.1 1                                                             | 1253.58                                                              | 1209.1 8                                                             | 142                                                                  | 53.8 9                                                               |
| * Figures provided till Sep 30, 2021                                 | * Figures provided till Sep 30, 2021                                 | * Figures provided till Sep 30, 2021                                 | * Figures provided till Sep 30, 2021                                 | * Figures provided till Sep 30, 2021                                 | * Figures provided till Sep 30, 2021                                 | * Figures provided till Sep 30, 2021                                 | * Figures provided till Sep 30, 2021                                 | * Figures provided till Sep 30, 2021                                 |

Disbursement under PMKVY: Disbursement to the States of Jammu and Kashmir and West Bengal:

|                                                                                             |                                                                                             |                                                                                             |                                                                                             |                                                                                             |                                                                                             |                                                                                             | *Amount in Cr.                                                                              |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| State                                                                                       | 2016-17                                                                                     | 2017-18                                                                                     | 2018-19                                                                                     | 2019-20                                                                                     | 2020-21                                                                                     | 2021-22                                                                                     | Grand Total                                                                                 |
| Jammu and Kashmir                                                                           | 3.12                                                                                        | 53.28                                                                                       | 28.99                                                                                       | 41.29                                                                                       | 37.63                                                                                       | 10.25                                                                                       | 174.56                                                                                      |
| West Bengal                                                                                 | 7.76                                                                                        | 86.37                                                                                       | 60.89                                                                                       | 66.48                                                                                       | 33.08                                                                                       | 10.76                                                                                       | 265.34                                                                                      |
| *Note: Payment other than TP payout's has been bifurcated to all the states proportionately | *Note: Payment other than TP payout's has been bifurcated to all the states proportionately | *Note: Payment other than TP payout's has been bifurcated to all the states proportionately | *Note: Payment other than TP payout's has been bifurcated to all the states proportionately | *Note: Payment other than TP payout's has been bifurcated to all the states proportionately | *Note: Payment other than TP payout's has been bifurcated to all the states proportionately | *Note: Payment other than TP payout's has been bifurcated to all the states proportionately | *Note: Payment other than TP payout's has been bifurcated to all the states proportionately |

## Annexure    referred  to  in  reply  to  LSUQ  3550  to  be  answered  on  20.12.2021 regarding 'Skill Development Training to Farmers'

Disbursement under NAPS : Below are the details at state-level for OJT (On Job Training Payout) and BTP (Basic Training Payout) disbursement under NAPS.

| Establishment     | Claim Amount (in Rs.)   |
|-------------------|-------------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh    | 16,512,849              |
| Assam             | 106,024                 |
| Chandigarh        | 68,614                  |
| Chhattisgarh      | 16,437                  |
| Delhi             | 16,275,106              |
| Goa               | 2,193,522               |
| Gujarat           | 7,294,910               |
| Haryana           | 19,563,100              |
| Himachal Pradesh  | 960,996                 |
| Jammu And Kashmir | 54,000                  |
| Karnataka         | 41,377,356              |
| Kerala            | 1,635,461               |
| Madhya Pradesh    | 4,040,318               |
| Maharashtra       | 120,828,364             |
| Odisha            | 117,806                 |
| Punjab            | 8,920,316               |
| Rajasthan         | 6,748,935               |
| Tamil Nadu        | 66,925,044              |
| Telangana         | 6,106,409               |
| Uttar Pradesh     | 6,535,431               |
| Uttarakhand       | 3,293,436               |
| West Bengal       | 30,638,683              |
| Grand Total       | 360,213,117             |

## Annexure X

## Annexure    referred  to  in  reply  to  LSUQ  3550  to  be  answered  on  20.12.2021 regarding 'Skill Development Training to Farmers'

Funds earmarked for Biotech-KISAN scheme :

| Funds earmarked and spent during last three years and current year (Rs. in lakhs)   | Funds earmarked and spent during last three years and current year (Rs. in lakhs)   | Funds earmarked and spent during last three years and current year (Rs. in lakhs)   | Funds earmarked and spent during last three years and current year (Rs. in lakhs)   | Funds earmarked and spent during last three years and current year (Rs. in lakhs)   | Funds earmarked and spent during last three years and current year (Rs. in lakhs)   | Funds earmarked and spent during last three years and current year (Rs. in lakhs)   | Funds earmarked and spent during last three years and current year (Rs. in lakhs)   | Funds earmarked and spent during last three years and current year (Rs. in lakhs)   |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Schemes                                                                             | 2018-19                                                                             | 2018-19                                                                             | 2019-20                                                                             | 2019-20                                                                             | 2020-21                                                                             | 2020-21                                                                             | 2021-22                                                                             | 2021-22                                                                             |
|                                                                                     | Funds earmarked                                                                     | Funds spent                                                                         | Funds earmarked                                                                     | Funds spent                                                                         | Funds earmarked                                                                     | Funds spent                                                                         | Funds earmarked                                                                     | Funds spent                                                                         |
| Biotech- KISAN                                                                      | 1500                                                                                | 1543.56                                                                             | 2000                                                                                | 3062.33                                                                             | 2000                                                                                | 1644.63                                                                             | 2000                                                                                | 747.49                                                                              |

ICAR funding details of NSQF aligned skill development programmes:

| Fund earmarked and spent during last three years and current year (Rs.)                                            | Fund earmarked and spent during last three years and current year (Rs.)                                            | Fund earmarked and spent during last three years and current year (Rs.)                                            | Fund earmarked and spent during last three years and current year (Rs.)                                            | Fund earmarked and spent during last three years and current year (Rs.)                                            | Fund earmarked and spent during last three years and current year (Rs.)                                            | Fund earmarked and spent during last three years and current year (Rs.)                                            | Fund earmarked and spent during last three years and current year (Rs.)                                            | Fund earmarked and spent during last three years and current year (Rs.)                                            |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Schemes                                                                                                            | 2018-19                                                                                                            | 2018-19                                                                                                            | 2019-20                                                                                                            | 2019-20                                                                                                            | 2020-21                                                                                                            | 2020-21                                                                                                            | 2021-22                                                                                                            | 2021-22                                                                                                            |
| Schemes                                                                                                            | Funds earmark ed                                                                                                   | Funds Spent                                                                                                        | Funds earmark ed                                                                                                   | Funds spent                                                                                                        | Funds Earmark ed                                                                                                   | Funds spent                                                                                                        | Fund earmarked                                                                                                     | Funds spent                                                                                                        |
| NSQF aligned skill development programmes with funding support from Department of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare | NSQF aligned skill development programmes with funding support from Department of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare | NSQF aligned skill development programmes with funding support from Department of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare | NSQF aligned skill development programmes with funding support from Department of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare | NSQF aligned skill development programmes with funding support from Department of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare | NSQF aligned skill development programmes with funding support from Department of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare | NSQF aligned skill development programmes with funding support from Department of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare | NSQF aligned skill development programmes with funding support from Department of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare | NSQF aligned skill development programmes with funding support from Department of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare |
| All States                                                                                                         | 1517147 64                                                                                                         | 130088 693                                                                                                         | 2077253 71                                                                                                         | 137956620                                                                                                          | 1276435 78                                                                                                         | 61797966                                                                                                           | -                                                                                                                  | -                                                                                                                  |
| West Bengal                                                                                                        | 5798080                                                                                                            | 575874 5                                                                                                           | 7166540                                                                                                            | 6125663                                                                                                            | 3682502                                                                                                            | 395559                                                                                                             | -                                                                                                                  | -                                                                                                                  |
| Jammu & Kashmir                                                                                                    | 5323600                                                                                                            | 463986 3                                                                                                           | 147359                                                                                                             | 147359                                                                                                             | 3573076                                                                                                            | 3337932                                                                                                            | -                                                                                                                  | -                                                                                                                  |

## Financial Progress under SMAE:

| Year    |   Fund earmarked (Rs. in crore) |   Spent |
|---------|---------------------------------|---------|
| 2018-19 |                            2.2  |    2.2  |
| 2019-20 |                            2.56 |    2.56 |
| 2020-21 |                            2.75 |    1.79 |
| 2021-22 |                            3.04 |    1.65 |

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