Lok Sabha Question No. 1130 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-02-10
Subject: Skill Development and Employment Generation in Sidhi Parliamentary Constituency
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: Dr. Rajesh Mishra

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1130

ANSWERED ON 10.02.2025

## SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND EMPLOYMENT GENERATION IN SIDHI PARLIAMENTARY CONSTITUENCY

† 1130. DR. RAJESH MISHRA:

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

the  details  of  steps  being  taken  by  the  Government  for  skill  development  and employment generation in Sidhi Parliamentary Constituency along with the future plans in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

(SHRI JAYANT CHAUDHARY)

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  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  including  Sidhi  Parliamentary Constituency. The SIM aims at enabling youth of India to  get  future ready  & industry  ready skills.  The brief of these schemes is as under:

Pradhan  Mantri  Kaushal  Vikas  Yojana  (PMKVY) :  PMKVY  Scheme  is  for  imparting  skill development training through Short-Term Training (STT) and up-skilling and re-skilling through Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) .

Jan Shikshan Sansthan (JSS) Scheme :  The main target of the JSS is to impart vocational skills to the non-literates, neo-literates and the persons having rudimentary level of education and  school  dropouts  upto  12th  standard  in  the  age  group  of  15-45  years,  with  due  age relaxation in case of 'Divyangjan' and other deserving cases. Priority is given to Women, SC, ST, OBC and Minorities in the rural areas and urban low-income areas.

National  Apprenticeship  Promotion  Scheme  (NAPS) :  This  Scheme  is  for  promoting apprenticeship  training and increasing the  engagement of  apprentices by providing  financial support to industrial establishments undertaking apprenticeship programme  under  the Apprentices Act, 1961. Training consists of Basic Training and On-the-Job Training/ Practical Training at workplace in the industry.

Craftsmen Training Scheme (CTS) : This scheme is for providing long-term training through Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) across the country. The ITIs offer a range of vocational/skill training  courses  covering  a  large  number  of  economic  sectors  with  an  objective  to  provide skilled workforce to the industry as well as self employment of youth.

The number of candidates trained under above schemes of MSDE in Sidhi, Singrauli and Shahdol districts which are part of Sidhi Parliamentary Constituency, are as under:

| PMKVY (Since inception to 31 st December, 2024)   |   JSS (Since 2018-19 to 26 th January 2025) | NAPS* (Since 2018-19 to 31 st December, 2024)   | CTS (Session 2019 to Session 2023)   |
|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
| 36,225                                            |                                       11640 | 4,021                                           | 10,644                               |

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