Lok Sabha Question No. 498 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-04
Subject: Vocational Training under NULM
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Sanjeev Kumar Singari

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 498 TO BE ANSWERED ON FEBRUARY 04, 2021

## VOCATIONAL TRAINING UNDER NULM

NO. 498. DR. SANJEEV KUMAR SINGARI:

Will the Minister of Housing & Urban Affairs be pleased to state:-

- (a) whether  there  is  huge  absentism  in  vocational  training  courses taken up under the National Urban Livelihood Mission(NULM);
- (b) if so, the details thereof including the details of number  of beneficiaries trained, number of dropouts, number of job-placements in Andhra Pradesh, district-wise; and
- (c) the  quantum  of  funds  disbursed  to  various  vocational  training programmes of Andhra Pradesh since inception of NULM?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

(SHRI HARDEEP SINGH PURI)

- (a) No,  Sir.  Under  the  'Deendayal  Antyodaya  Yojana-  National  Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM)', candidates undergoing skill training  are  forwarded  for  assessment  &  certification  based  on
- their benchmark attendance of minimum 70%.
- (b) As  reported  by  the  State,  since  FY  2014-15,  1,52,319  candidates have  been  skill  trained  in  Andhra  Pradesh.  Out  of  these  1,00,751 candidates have been placed. District-wise details annexed.
- (c) Under  DAY-NULM,  funds  are  released  as  a  whole  in  terms  of Ministry  of  Finance,  General  Financial  Rules  (GFR)  2017  and Mission guidelines, to States/ UTs, including Andhra Pradesh. Interse  allocation  of  fund  for  Employment  through  Skill  Training  & Placement (EST&P) component is made by States/UTs, as per their requirements. Since FY 2014-15, ₹ 311.80 Cr has been released to Andhra Pradesh.

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## Annexure to LSUQ 498

## Number of candidates trained and placed under skill training component of DAY-NULM

| S.No   | Name of The District/ Mission City                              |   No of Candidates Trained |   No of Candidates Placed |
|--------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------|---------------------------|
| 1      | Srikakulam                                                      |                       7111 |                      3464 |
| 2      | Ananthapur                                                      |                      12047 |                      8255 |
| 3      | Chittoor                                                        |                      14145 |                     10358 |
| 4      | East Godavari                                                   |                       5216 |                      3645 |
| 5      | Guntur                                                          |                      17979 |                     12841 |
| 6      | Greater Vishakapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC)-Mission City |                      17567 |                      9620 |
| 7      | Kadapa                                                          |                      11746 |                      8572 |
| 8      | Krishna                                                         |                       6802 |                      3238 |
| 9      | Kurnool                                                         |                       9344 |                      7006 |
| 10     | Nellore                                                         |                      13225 |                     10230 |
| 11     | Prakasam                                                        |                       8163 |                      6277 |
| 12     | Visakhapatnam                                                   |                       2073 |                      1120 |
| 13     | Vizianagaram                                                    |                       5188 |                      2565 |
| 14     | Viziyawada Municipal Corporation (VMC) - Mission City           |                      17136 |                     10635 |
| 15     | West Godavari                                                   |                       4577 |                      2925 |
|        | Grand Total                                                     |                     152319 |                    100751 |