Lok Sabha Question No. 259 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-02-05
Subject: Advance Training Institutes in Tamil Nadu
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: S. Gnanathiraviam

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION: 259

ANSWERED ON 05.02.2024

## ADVANCE TRAINING INSTITUTES IN TAMIL NADU

259. SHRI GNANATHIRAVIAM S.:

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

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  any  plans  to  provide  additional  funds  for  Advance  Training Institute (ATI), Chennai in Tamil Nadu;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c)  the  funds  released  for  training  programmes  conducted  by  ATI  in Tamil  Nadu  during  the  last three years and till date;
- (d) the steps taken by the Government to increase funds for the industrial and vocational training in Tamil Nadu; and
- (e) whether the Government has allocated any additional funds for this purpose, if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP (SHRI RAJEEV CHANDRASEKHAR)

(a) & (b):  The National Skill Training Institute (NSTI) Chennai, earlier called the Advance Training Institute  (ATI),  is  a  premier  skill  training  institute  under  the  aegis  of  the  Directorate  General  of Training (DGT),  Ministry of Skill  Development  and  Entrepreneurship  (MSDE).  It provides comprehensive training in both hands-on skills and training methodology to the instructor trainees to  make them conversant with techniques of imparting training to Trainers of Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs). It also runs customized short-term courses for meeting the upskilling needs of the industry under the Advanced Vocational Training Scheme (AVTS).

The initial Budget allotted to NSTI-Chennai for the Financial Year 2023-24 was Rs. 19.7750 crore (Rupees Nineteen crores seventy-seven lakhs and fifty thousand). However, as per the demand of the institute, it has now been Revised to Rs. 19.6098 crore (Rupees Nineteen crores sixty lakhs and ninety-eight thousand).

- (c) The details of the budget/ funds released to NSTI Chennai in the last three Financial Years and also this Financial Year are given in the table below:

Table: Funds allotted to NSTI-Chennai

| NSTI Chennai in Tamil Nadu   | NSTI Chennai in Tamil Nadu   | NSTI Chennai in Tamil Nadu   | NSTI Chennai in Tamil Nadu   | NSTI Chennai in Tamil Nadu   | NSTI Chennai in Tamil Nadu   | NSTI Chennai in Tamil Nadu   | NSTI Chennai in Tamil Nadu   | NSTI Chennai in Tamil Nadu   |
|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|                              | F.Y -2020-21                 | F.Y -2020-21                 |                              |                              | F.Y-2022-23                  | F.Y-2022-23                  | F.Y-2023-24                  | F.Y-2023-24                  |
| Name of Head                 | Budget All ocation           | Expendit ure                 | Budget A llocation           | Expendi ture                 | Budget Al location           | Expendi ture                 | Budget Al location           | Revised Estimate             |
| Total Reve nue               | 13,29,34                     | 13,24,46                     | 14,01,90                     | 13,54,65                     | 16,00,00                     | 15,61,50                     | 17,41,78                     | 17,33,26                     |
| Total Capit al               | 63,50                        | 63,10                        | 68,00                        | 66,69                        | 1,01,50                      | 72,79                        | 2,35,72                      | 2,27,72                      |
| Total (Rev enue + Ca pital)  | 13,92,84                     | 13,87,56                     | 14,69,90                     | 14,21,34                     | 17,01,50                     | 16,34,29                     | 19,77,50                     | 19,60,98                     |

In addition to this budgetary allocation, NSTI Chennai has also been released funds under a World Bank Assisted project  called  'Skills  Strengthening  for  Industrial  Value  Enhancement  (STRIVE)'. This  project  aims  at  improving  the  relevance  and  efficiency  of  skills  training  provided  through Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) and apprenticeships. Under STRIVE project, NSTI Chennai has been allocated Rs. 1.60 crores (Rupees One crore and sixty lakhs) in the Financial Year-2022-23. This fund is to upgrade the existing equipment and skill-labs in NSTI Chennai.

(d) & (e):  There are two NSTIs located in the state of Tamil Nadu namely NSTI Chennai and an NSTI for Women in Trichy. The Budget allocated for these two NSTIs for the year 2023-24 is Rs. 26.8232 crores (Rupees Twenty-six crores eighty-two lakhs and thirty-two thousand).

In addition, under the Skill India Mission (SIM) launched by the Govt. of India, the Ministry of Skill Development  and  Entrepreneurship  (MSDE),  training  is  imparted  for  skilling,  re-skilling  and  upskilling  the  youth, through  an  extensive  network  of  skill  development  institutes  under  its  various schemes,  viz.  Pradhan  Mantri  Kaushal  Vikas  Yojana  (PMKVY),  Jan  Shikshan  Sansthan  (JSS), National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (NAPS) and the Craftsmen Training Scheme (CTS) run in the ITIs. The SIM aims at enabling youth of India to get future ready & industry ready for gainful self/wage employment.

Under PMKVY, an amount of Rs. 17.11 crore (Rupees Seventeen crore and Eleven lakhs) have been spent for skilling in the state of Tamil Nadu in FY 23-24.

Under JSS Scheme, the total grants released to Tamil Nadu during the last three years and up to 30.01.2024  are  Rs.  13.6296  crore  (Rupees  Thirteen  crores  sixty-two  lakhs  and  ninety-six thousand).

Under the NAPS Scheme, an amount of Rs. 11.80 crore (Rupees Eleven Crore and Eighty Lakhs) has  been  released  to  the  State  of  Tamil  Nadu  during  the  last  three  financial  years  and  up  to 30.01.2024.

Under  the  STRIVE  project,  in  addition  to  the  funds  allocated  for  NSTI  Chennai,  the  State Government  of  Tamil  Nadu  has  also  been  released  an  amount  of  Rs.  28.70  crores  (Rupees Twenty eight crores and  seventy lakhs) for  upgrading  the  skilling  infrastructure  of  the  Industrial Training Institutes and Industry Clusters in the State.

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