Lok Sabha Question No. 5183 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-04-04
Subject: ITI/ Vocational Training
Ministry: TRIBAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Vivek Narayan Shejwalkar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO- †5183

TO BE ANSWERED ON- 04/04/2022

## ITI/ VOCATIONAL TRAINING

## †5183.   SHRI VIVEK NARAYAN SHEJWALKAR:

Will the Minister of TRIBAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- a) whether  the  Government  has  set  up  or  proposes  to  set  up  Industrial  Training  Institutes and Vocational Training Institutes to provide employment opportunities to the youths in the tribal dominated areas of the country;
- b) if so, the details thereof;
- c) whether  the  Government  has  set  up  or  propose  to  set  up  such  institutes  in  the  tribal dominated areas of Madhya Pradesh; and
- d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (d): The Ministry of Tribal Affairs is not running any specific scheme to set up Industrial Training Institutes and Vocational Training Institutes to provide employment opportunities to the youths  in  the  tribal  dominated  areas  of  the  country.  However,  Ministry  of  Tribal  Affairs  was earlier providing funds for running Vocational Training Centres (VTCs)  by the State Governments / NGOs including Government of Madhya Pradesh as at Annexure 1 .

However, with the creation of Ministry of skill Development  as a separate Ministry in 2014 and compulsory requirement of National  Skills  Qualifications  Framework  (NSQF),  from 2018-19 onwards, the intervention of Vocational Training Centres was subsumed under the then Scheme of 'Special Central Assistance to Tribal Sub-Scheme (SCA to TSS) and Grants under Article  275(1)  of  the  Constitution.   Now  for  carrying  out  Skill  Development  /  Vocational Training  programmes,  funds  are  provided  to  State  Governments  based  on proposals  received from them which are appraised and approved by the Project Appraisal Committee (PAC) within the  State's  share  of  allocation.  Details  of  funds  provided  for  skill  development  and  vocational training  of  tribal  persons  under  the  scheme  '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 .

Besides,  under  Van  Dhan  Vikas  Karyakram,which  is  targeted  at  livelihood  generation  for tribals, traditional knowledge and skill sets of tribals are enhanced by adding technology & IT 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 (VDVKs) are set-up in tribal dominated districts. The members are given skill training and provided tool kits for processing of MFP and development of value chain. Details of State-wise No. of VDVKs sanctioned  with beneficiaries are at Annexure 3 .

Annexure 1 referred in reply to part (a) to (d) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. † 5183 for 04.04.2022 regarding 'ITI/ Vocational Training'

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

## 1.         Assam

|   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  |

## 2.         Chhattisgarh

|   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 |

## 3.         Gujarat

|   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  |

4.         Madhya Pradesh
5.         Mizoram

|   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 (a) to (d) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. † 5183 for 04.04.2022 regarding 'ITI/ Vocational Training'

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     | Name of State     | 2017-18       | 2017-18              | 2018-19        | 2018-19                | 2019-20        | 2019-20                         | 2020-21   | 2020-21                |
|-------|-------------------|---------------|----------------------|----------------|------------------------|----------------|---------------------------------|-----------|------------------------|
| No.   | Name of State     | Funds Release | No. of Beneficiaries | Funds approved | Targeted Beneficiaries | Funds approved | Targeted Beneficiaries approved | Funds     | Targeted Beneficiaries |
| 1.    | Andhra Pradesh    | 300.00        | 450                  | 0.00           | 0                      | 0.0            | 0                               | 0.00      | 0                      |
| 2.    | Arunachal Pradesh | 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 Pradesh  | 320.00        | 1000                 | 363.25         | 913                    | 360.85         | 1202                            | 160.00    | 533                    |
| 8.    | Jammu & Kashmir   | 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 Pradesh    | 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       | 1055.00       | 5500                 | 900.00         | 4500                   | 1013.04        | 6000                            | 695.00    | 2316                   |
| Total | Total             | 16456.37      | 71397                | 12892.87       | 31723                  | 9146.67        | 77984                           | 11878.06  | 43613                  |

Annexure 3 Annexure 3 referred in reply to part (a) to (d) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. †5183

## for 04.04.2022 regarding 'ITI/ Vocational Training'

## 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                          |