Lok Sabha Question No. 2736 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-17
Subject: Number of Youth equipped with skills in the Country
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: Shri Ashish Dubey

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2736

ANSWERED ON 17.03.2025

## NUMBER OF YOUTH EQUIPPED WITH SKILLS IN THE COUNTRY

† 2736. SHRI ASHISH DUBEY:

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

- (a) whether large number of youth in the country have been equipped with skills during the last five years;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise; and
- (c) 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  (c)           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  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 and equipped with industry relevant skills.

The State-wise number of candidates trained under the skill development schemes of MSDE viz. PMKVY, JSS, NAPS and CTS (ITIs) during the last five years viz. 2019-20 till 2023-24 is at Annexure-I.

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  to  (c)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. † 2736 TO BE ANSWERED ON 17.03.2025 REGARDING 'NUMBER OF YOUTH EQUIPPED WITH SKILLS IN THE COUNTRY'.

State-wise  number  of  candidates  trained  across  the  country  under  the  skill  development schemes of MSDE viz. PMKVY, JSS, NAPS and CTS (ITIs) during the last five years viz. 2019-20 till 2023-24:

| State                                    | PMKVY     | JSS       | NAPS      | CTS (ITIs)   |
|------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------------|
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands              | 4,294     | 4,500     | 101       | 2,522        |
| Andhra Pradesh                           | 2,23,489  | 58,180    | 61,880    | 2,49,696     |
| Arunachal Pradesh                        | 81,424    | 570       | 128       | 3,047        |
| Assam                                    | 6,32,830  | 48,865    | 36,496    | 18,548       |
| Bihar                                    | 3,71,629  | 1,62,171  | 19,728    | 5,43,791     |
| Chandigarh                               | 15,044    | 9,056     | 3,337     | 4,699        |
| Chhattisgarh                             | 84,917    | 1,03,267  | 20,090    | 1,08,764     |
| Delhi                                    | 2,34,245  | 29,364    | 62,294    | 46,730       |
| Goa                                      | 6,972     | 9,645     | 23,472    | 7,675        |
| Gujarat                                  | 2,65,163  | 92,785    | 3,31,768  | 4,19,260     |
| Haryana                                  | 2,84,624  | 44,555    | 2,22,703  | 2,56,663     |
| Himachal Pradesh                         | 82,093    | 58,202    | 26,372    | 1,06,586     |
| Jammu & Kashmir                          | 2,39,160  | 10,899    | 3,244     | 36,637       |
| Jharkhand                                | 1,83,886  | 67,430    | 36,459    | 1,64,525     |
| Karnataka                                | 2,62,901  | 1,03,485  | 2,10,104  | 3,45,878     |
| Kerala                                   | 1,37,043  | 86,793    | 43,679    | 1,70,289     |
| Ladakh                                   | 3,540     | 812       | 118       | 1,134        |
| Lakshadweep                              | 270       | 3,253     | 37        | 1,718        |
| Madhya Pradesh                           | 4,21,723  | 2,67,520  | 77,469    | 3,50,097     |
| Maharashtra                              | 8,75,388  | 2,01,811  | 7,04,202  | 5,76,628     |
| Manipur                                  | 73,951    | 34,474    | 167       | 1,750        |
| Meghalaya                                | 36,921    | 3,460     | 666       | 2,986        |
| Mizoram                                  | 31,707    | 5,172     | 25        | 1,502        |
| Nagaland                                 | 41,580    | 10,042    | 79        | 1,143        |
| Odisha                                   | 3,54,068  | 2,19,725  | 36,581    | 2,75,944     |
| Puducherry                               | 14,280    | 0         | 5,682     | 3,698        |
| Punjab                                   | 1,92,659  | 16,306    | 49,096    | 2,11,309     |
| Rajasthan                                | 6,16,016  | 66,487    | 53,397    | 5,42,038     |
| Sikkim                                   | 13,262    | 0         | 1,098     | 1,384        |
| Tamil Nadu                               | 3,29,107  | 74,580    | 2,62,307  | 1,67,081     |
| Telangana                                | 1,78,681  | 57,286    | 1,31,699  | 1,45,463     |
| The Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu | 6,144     | 11,268    | 5,860     | 2,654        |
| Tripura                                  | 1,08,243  | 14,339    | 1,687     | 10,075       |
| Uttar Pradesh                            | 10,62,228 | 4,58,502  | 1,99,030  | 14,92,538    |
| Uttarakhand                              | 1,22,710  | 67,089    | 54,329    | 50,663       |
| West Bengal                              | 3,00,691  | 68,852    | 87,957    | 1,74,341     |
| Total                                    | 78,92,883 | 24,70,745 | 27,73,341 | 64,99,456    |

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