Lok Sabha Question No. 275 (STARRED), answered on 2023-03-20
Subject: Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Kendras
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: Poonamben Hematbhai Maadam

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO - *275 ANSWERED ON - 20/03/2023

## PRADHAN MANTRI KAUSHAL KENDRAS

## *275. SHRIMATI POONAMBEN MAADAM:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  dedicated  Pradhan  Mantri  Kaushal  Kendras  for special groups  like individuals with disabilities,  women-centric  programmes,  and marginalized communities;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the details of the total number of Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Kendras functioning in the country, State/district-wise; and
- (d) the data of total number of women, individuals with disabilities and individuals from marginalized communities who were employed after training within the last three years?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

- (a) to (d)         A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT  REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS  (A)  TO (D)  OF LOK SABHA STARRED  QUESTION  NO.  *275  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  20.03.2023  ASKED BY SHRIMATI POONAMBEN MAADAM REGARDING PRADHAN MANTRI KAUSHAL KENDRAS

- (a)& (b) Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Kendra (PMKK) guidelines has provision to set up PMKK centres for special groups like persons with disabilities, women centric programs, innovations, to support marginalized communities. One such special PMKK has been established in Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar district of Punjab in 2018 for catering to People with disabilities. However, 721 PMKKs had been established to provide skill training to all sections of the society including women, individuals with disabilities and individuals from marginalized communities.
- (c) As  on  10.03.2023,  699  PMKKs  are  functional  in  the  country.  The  State wise/District-wise details of number of PMKKs functional are placed at Annexure . Since the details in aforesaid Annexure are too lengthy, it is uploaded on Ministry's website at https://msde.gov.in/en/useful-links/parl-ques/lok-sabha
- (d) Under  the  Short  Term  Training  component  of  Pradhan  Mantri  Kaushal  Vikas Yojana (PMKVY), the number ofwomen, individual with disabilities and individual from Scheduled  Castes  (SCs),  Scheduled  Tribes  (STs)  and  Other  Backward  Class  (OBC) reported placed during the last three years (2019-20 to 2021-22) are as follows:

|   S.No. | Category                     | Candidates trained   | Candidates report placed (under STT Component)   |
|---------|------------------------------|----------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
|       1 | Women                        | 30,44,511            | 5,07,585                                         |
|       2 | Individual with disabilities | 31,673               | 15,318                                           |
|       3 | Scheduled Castes (SCs)       | 8,66,799             | 1,42,561                                         |
|       4 | Scheduled Tribes (STs)       | 3,91,828             | 66,738                                           |
|       5 | Other Backward Class (OBC)   | 20,67,121            | 3,56,790                                         |

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