Lok Sabha Question No. 2258 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-08-05
Subject: Launch of Special Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Programme in Gujarat
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: Shri Chavda Vinod Lakhamshi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 2258

ANSWERED ON 05/08/2024

## LAUNCH OF SPECIAL SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAMME IN GUJARAT

† 2258.       SHRI CHAVDA VINOD LAKHAMSHI:

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

- (a)  whether  the  Government  is  running  or  proposes  to  launch  any  special  skill  development  and entrepreneurship programmes in Gujarat State for the special needs of the youth, particularly those living below poverty line and among marginalized section in Gujarat with regard to Bhuj, Abdasa, Gandhidham, Rapar, Mandvi and Anjar districts particularly of Kachchh Lok Sabha Constituency in the State of Gujarat, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the said programmes are linked with job placement;
- (c) if so, the details thereof indicating the jobs provided thereunder; and
- (d) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

THE  MINISTER  OF  STATE  (INDEPENDENT  CHARGE)  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  SKILL  DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

(SHRI JAYANT CHAUDHARY)

(a) to (d)    Under the Government 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/  institutes  etc.  under  various  schemes,  viz.  Pradhan  Mantri  Kaushal  Vikas  Yojana (PMKVY),  Jan  Shikshan  Sansthan  (JSS),  National  Apprenticeship  Promotion  Scheme  (NAPS)  and Craftsman  Training  Scheme  (CTS)  through  Industrial  Training  Institutes  (ITIs),  to  all  the  sections  of  the society  including  those  living  Below  Poverty  Line  (BPL)  and  marginalized  section  across  the  country including the cities of Bhuj, Abdasa, Gandhidham, Rapar, Mandvi and Anjar of Kachchh District, Gujarat.

The number of beneficiaries covered under the schemes of MSDE in Kachchh District is as under:

|   S.No | Name of the Scheme                             | Beneficiaries in Kachchh District   |
|--------|------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|      1 | PMKVY(since inception (2015-16) to June, 2024) | 16,348                              |
|      2 | JSS (since 2018-19 to June, 2024)              | 10,684                              |
|      3 | NAPS (since 2018-19 to June,2024)              | 12,841                              |
|      4 | CTS (since 2018 to 2023)                       | 13,553                              |

Among the schemes of MSDE, placements were specifically tracked only in the Short Term Training (STT) component of PMKVY in the first three versions i.e., PMKVY 1.0, PMKVY 2.0 and PMKVY 3.0 of the scheme implemented from FY 2015-16 to FY 2021-22. Placement is de-linked from PMKVY 4.0, the current version of  the  scheme  under  implementation  from  FY  2022-23,  onwards.  The  total  number  of  persons placed  in Kachchh District in the STT component of PMKVY during FY 2015-16 to FY 2021-22 is 3,372.

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