Lok Sabha Question No. 705 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-12
Subject: Kaushal Vikas Funds
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: Vijay Kumar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO - 705

ANSWERED ON - 12/12/2022

## KAUSHAL VIKAS FUNDS

† 705. SHRI VIJAY KUMAR:

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

- (a) whether National Skill Development Funds is helpful in increasing the employment opportunities in the country; and
- (b) if so, the number of youth trained under these schemes being implemented with this fund, particularly in the State of Bihar and other States, State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OFSKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

(SHRI RAJEEV CHANDRASEKHAR)

- (a) Yes  Sir.  National  Skill  Development  Fund  (NSDF)  was  set  up  in  2009  under Ministry of Finance and subsequently transferred to Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) in 2014. Private companies and Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) may provide fund under their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) to NSDF for implementing various skill development projects through National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC).

NSDF is helpful in increasing the employment opportunities in the country. Since 2014-15 till 30.11.2022, Rs. 156.45 Cr. have been received from Private / PSU donors for  imparting  various  skill  development  projects  wherein  1.46  lakh  and  1.14  lakh candidates  have  been  trained  and  certified  respectively.  Out  of  certified  candidates, around 61 thousand candidates have been placed.

- (b) The  State/UT-wise  (including  State  of  Bihar)  number  of  youth  trained  under various  skill  development  projects  implemented  from  CSR  funds  received  in  NSDF, since 2014-15 upto 30.11.2022, is given at Annexure.

## State/UT-wise number of youth trained under various skill development projects implemented from CSR funds of NSDF since 2014 upto 30.11.2022

| S. No.   | State Name                           |   Candidates Trained |
|----------|--------------------------------------|----------------------|
| 1.       | Andaman & Nicobar                    |                   90 |
| 2.       | Andhra Pradesh                       |                 1874 |
| 3.       | Arunachal Pradesh                    |                  620 |
| 4.       | Assam                                |                 3334 |
| 5.       | Bihar                                |                13102 |
| 6.       | Chhattisgarh                         |                 9412 |
| 7.       | Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu |                  150 |
| 8.       | Delhi                                |                 5118 |
| 9.       | Gujarat                              |                 1736 |
| 10.      | Haryana                              |                 3096 |
| 11.      | Himachal Pradesh                     |                 2452 |
| 12.      | Jammu And Kashmir                    |                14978 |
| 13.      | Jharkhand                            |                22228 |
| 14.      | Karnataka                            |                 2326 |
| 15.      | Kolkata                              |                   97 |
| 16.      | Ladakh                               |                  841 |
| 17.      | Madhya Pradesh                       |                 9339 |
| 18.      | Maharashtra                          |                 5867 |
| 19.      | Manipur                              |                  323 |
| 20.      | Meghalaya                            |                  336 |
| 21.      | Mizoram                              |                  150 |
| 22.      | Mumbai                               |                  496 |
| 23.      | Nagaland                             |                 1042 |
| 24.      | Odisha                               |                 9001 |
| 25.      | Punjab                               |                 1925 |
| 26.      | Rajasthan                            |                 2199 |
| 27.      | Sikkim                               |                 1261 |
| 28.      | Tamil Nadu                           |                 1159 |
| 29.      | Telangana                            |                  933 |
| 30.      | Tripura                              |                  497 |
| 31.      | Uttar Pardes                         |                15168 |
| 32.      | Uttarakhand                          |                 1480 |
| 33.      | West Bengal                          |                13656 |
| Total    | Total                                |               146286 |

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