Lok Sabha Question No. 1281 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-11
Subject: E-waste Management and Skill City Programme
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: Gaurav Gogoi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1281

ANSWERED ON 11.12.2023

## E-WASTE MANAGEMENT AND SKILL CITY PROGRAMME

## 1281.   SHRI GAURAV GOGOI:

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

- (a)  the  number  of  candidates  registered  under  the  Capacity  Building  and  Entrepreneurship Development Program on E-waste management and Skill City Programme State-wise including North Eastern (NE) States during the FY 2021-22 and FY 2022-23;
- (b)  the  number  of  candidates  in  each  category  belonging  to  Scheduled  Castes  and  Other Backward Classes having annual family income below Rs. 3.00 lakh and Economically Backward Classes having annual family income below Rs. 1.00 lakh; and
- (c) the details of de-notified, Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic Tribes and Safai Karamcharis including his/her dependents in the NE states in the FY- 2021-22 and FY 2022-23.

## ANSWER

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

## (SHRI RAJEEV CHANDRASEKHAR

- (a) Under the Govt. of India's Skill India Mission (SIM), the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) delivers skill, re-skill and up-skill training through an extensive network of skill development centres/colleges/institutes etc. under various schemes, viz. Pradhan Mantri Kaushal  Vikas  Yojana  (PMKVY),  Jan  Sikhshan  Sansthan  (JSS),  National  Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (NAPS) and Craftsman Training Scheme (CTS) through Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs), to all the sections of the society across the country. The SIM aims at enabling youth of India to get future ready & industry ready skills.

The  Ministry  of  Electronics  &  Information  Technology   implemented  a  Capacity  Building  and Entrepreneurship  Development  Programme  on  E-waste  Management  and  Skill  Development programme for  eight  North  East  States  through  National  Institute  of  Electronics  &  Information Technology (NIELIT), Gangtok. The details of trainings under this programme is given in the table below:

| Sl. No.   | F.Y     | No. of candidates registered/trained   | No. of candidates registered/trained   | No. of candidates registered/trained   | Total   |
|-----------|---------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|---------|
|           |         | Master Trainer Training                | Stakeholders Training                  | Entrepreneurship Development Training  |         |
| 1         | 2021-22 | 07                                     | 71                                     | 158                                    | 236     |
| 2         | 2022-23 | 13                                     | 82                                     | 169                                    | 264     |

(b & c) As the programme was open to all categories in North East and not specific to Scheduled Castes  /Other  Backward  Classes,  de-notified,  Nomadic  and  Semi-Nomadic  Tribes  and  Safai Karamcharis or specific income groups, no such data is maintained.

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