Lok Sabha Question No. 678 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-06
Subject: Skill Training for Bidi Workers
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: M. Selvaraj

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO - 678

ANSWERED ON - 06/02/2023

## SKILL TRAINING FOR BIDI WORKERS

678. SHRI M. SELVARAJ:

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

- (a) whether the Government has any proposal for allocation of budget for alternative livelihood for the bidi workers under skill training component for bidi workers, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether  the  status  of  the  implementation  of  skill  development  programme  to provide alternative livelihood to bidi workers initiated in collaboration with the Ministry of Labour and Employment and National Skill Development Corporation; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof, State-wise?

## ANSWER

THE  MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  SKILL  DEVELOPMENT  AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

(SHRI RAJEEV CHANDRASEKHAR)

(a)  and  (b)  Ministry  of  Labour  &  Employment  in  collaboration  with  Ministry  of  Skill Development initiated  a  Special  Project  for  providing  training  programmes  to  the  bidi workers and their dependents, for securing better lives with alternative livelihood. The project involves payment of stipend which is one's day minimum wage for a day, and reimbursement  of  actual  travel  expenses  incurred  during  travelling  between  trainee residences  and  training  centre,  for  loss  of  earning  to  the  bidi  workers  while  he/she attends  skill  training.  However,  due  to  Covid-19,  training  to  Bidi  workers  and  their dependents was not continued as the bidi workers did not show interest in the training programme under the project.

- (c) As per data available with Ministry of Labour and Employment as on 14.07.2022, the State-wise details of the number of Bidi workers who have been skilled under the programme are given at Annexure .

## ANNEXURE REFER TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 678 TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.02.2023

## State-wise/District wise details of the number of Bidi workers as on 14.07.2022

| State         | District        |   No. Of Bidi Workers trained |
|---------------|-----------------|-------------------------------|
| Uttar Pradesh | Allahabad       |                            32 |
| Uttar Pradesh | Raebareli       |                             3 |
| Chhattisgarh  | Dhamtari        |                            58 |
| Chhattisgarh  | Kanker          |                            39 |
| Chhattisgarh  | Rajnandgaon     |                            39 |
| Chhattisgarh  | Raipur          |                            44 |
|               | Bangalore       |                            45 |
|               | Ramnagar        |                           132 |
|               | Dakshin Kannada |                           178 |
|               | Mysore          |                            25 |
|               | Kolar           |                             3 |
| Karnataka     | Belgaum         |                            35 |
|               | Tumkur          |                            37 |
|               | Udupi           |                            26 |
|               | Chamarajnagar   |                            12 |
|               | Dharwad         |                             5 |
|               | Yadgir          |                            43 |
|               | Mandya          |                             1 |
| Rajasthan     | Kota            |                           150 |
| Rajasthan     | Baran           |                           100 |
| Rajasthan     | Tonk            |                            60 |
| Rajasthan     | Ajmer           |                           297 |
| Rajasthan     | Bundi           |                            54 |
| Rajasthan     | Churu           |                            57 |
| Rajasthan     | SawaiMadhopur   |                            50 |
| Rajasthan     | Karoli          |                            30 |
| Kerala        | Kannur          |                             8 |
| Andra Pradesh | Prakasam        |                             2 |
| Telangana     | RajannaSircilla |                             3 |
| Telangana     | Nizamabad       |                            24 |
| Bihar         | Muzaffarpur     |                           220 |
|               | Patna           |                            40 |
|               | Samastipur      |                            20 |
|               | Jamui           |                            41 |
| West Bengal   | Kolkata         |                           132 |

|             | North 24 Parganas   | 469   |
|-------------|---------------------|-------|
|             | South 24 Parganas   | 154   |
|             | Murshidabad         | 49    |
|             | Birbhum             | 38    |
|             | Nadia               | 17    |
|             | Cooch Behar         | 45    |
|             | Uttar Dinajpur      | 10    |
|             | East Midnapur       | 32    |
|             | West Midnapur       | 14    |
|             | Purulia             | 14    |
|             | Bankura             | 63    |
| Maharashtra | Bhandra             | 98    |
|             | Gondia              | 167   |
| Assam       | Dhubri              | 91    |
|             | Angul               | 449   |
|             | Baleswar            | 87    |
|             | Bhadrak             | 2     |
|             | Cuttack             | 49    |
|             | Deogarh             | 737   |
|             | Dhenkanal           | 16    |
| Odisha      | Khorda              | 3     |
|             | Jharsuguda          | 2     |
|             | Malkangiri          | 7     |
|             | Mayurbhanj          | 28    |
|             | Nayagarh            | 283   |
|             | Sambalpur           | 424   |
|             | Sonpur              | 14    |
|             | Deoghar             | 74    |
| Jharkhand   | Chatra              | 43    |
|             | Pakur               | 207   |
|             | Chakardharpur       | 74    |
| Tamilnadu   | Tirunelveli         | 149   |
|             | Ahmedabad           | 157   |
|             | Anand               | 224   |
|             | Vadodara            | 125   |
| Gujrat      | Mehsana             | 323   |
|             | Patan               | 75    |
|             | BanasKantha         | 83    |
|             | Jabalpur            | 614   |
| Madhya      |                     |       |
|             | Sagar               | 76    |
| Pradesh     | Satna               | 37    |
|             | Rewa                | 8     |

| Burhanpur   |   38 |
|-------------|------|
| Bhopal      |   24 |
| Balaghat    |    9 |
| Ujjain      |    7 |
| Gwalior     |    6 |
| Narsingpur  |  132 |

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