Lok Sabha Question No. 1557 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-07-29
Subject: Employment Generation and Skill Development in Rural Assam
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Md. Rakibul Hussain

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1557 ANSWERED ON 29/07/2025

## EMPLOYMENT GENERATION AND SKILL DEVELOPMENT IN RURAL

## ASSAM

1557. Md. RakibulHussain:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government have record of educated unemployed people  of  Assam  migrated  to  out  of  the  Assam  State  for employment, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the initiatives taken/implemented to create sustainable employment for youth in rural Assam;
- (c) the manner  in which  the Government  is promoting skill development in sectors like agriculture, handloom and tourism to meet local needs; and
- (d) the  details  and  number  of  youths  have  benefited  from  these programs in the last five years; State-wise?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI KAMLESH PASWAN)

(a) & (b): Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) is implementing a number of welfare schemes/programmes such as Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), Pradhan MantriAwaasYojana-Gramin (PMAY-G), Pradhan Mantri Gram SadakYojana (PMGSY), DeendayalAntyodayaYojana - National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM), DeenDayalUpadhyayaGrameenKaushalyaYojana (DDU-GKY) and Rural  Self  Employment  Training  Institutes  (RSETIs)  for  overall development of rural areas of the country. These schemes/programmes  aim  to  alleviate  poverty  and  to  bring  about overall improvement in the quality of life of the people in rural areas of the country including Assam by strengthening livelihood

opportunities, providing minimum guaranteed employment, promoting  self-employment,  skilling  of  youths  in  various  useful trades and entrepreneurship qualities and infrastructure development.  However,  record  of  educated  unemployed  people  of Assam migrated to out of the Assam State for employment is not maintained by this Ministry.

(c) & (d): DDU-GKY  and  RSETI  are  two  schemes  of  MoRD  in  the field of skill development for rural poor youth, including sectors like agriculture, handloom and tourism etc., for their gainful employment. The details of number of youths benefited under DDUGKY  &  RSETI  during  the  last  five  years  are  given  in  Annexure-I and Annexure-II respectively.

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Annexure referred to in reply to part (c) to (d) of the LokSabhaUnstarred Question No.1557 to be answered on 29.07.2025

State/UT wise details of candidates benefited  under  DDU-GKY during the last five years: -

| S.No                |      | FY 2020-21   | FY 2020-21   | FY 2021-22   | FY 2021-22   | FY 2022-23   | FY 2022-23   | FY 2023-24   | FY 2023-24   | FY 2024-25   | FY 2024-25   |
|---------------------|------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
| . State             |      | Traine d     | Place d      | Traine d     | Place d      | Traine d     | Placed       | Traine d     | Placed       | Traine d     | Place d      |
| 1 Andhra Pradesh    | 4156 | 2177         | 1606         |              | 2135         | 18616        | 17070        | 19829        | 18045        | 10328        | 9033         |
| 2 Arunachal Pradesh | 28   | 33           | 233          | 71           | 608          | 295          | 678          | 315          | 684          |              | 265          |
| 3 Assam             | 1966 | 3296         | 3553         | 916          | 12532        | 6817         | 10615        | 8571         | 5231         |              | 4127         |
| 4 Bihar             | 2687 | 2745         | 7099         | 2491         | 11516        |              | 9005         | 6733         | 7226         | 1709         | 1885         |
| 5 Chhattisgar h     | 1109 | 3683         | 6499         | 2883         | 9742         |              | 8484         | 3045         | 3958         | 1170         | 1759         |
| 6 Gujarat           | 240  | 875          | 830          | 599          | 2912         | 1450         |              | 3960         | 2729         | 3544         | 2584         |
| 7 Haryana           | 26   | 1213         | 1772         | 680          | 5554         | 2685         |              | 8478         | 4882         | 4492         | 3700         |
| 8 Himachal Pradesh  | 0    | 117          | 334          | 10           | 3967         | 2175         | 4324         |              | 3187         | 3084         | 2273         |
| 9 Jammu & Kashmir   | 3454 | 1945         | 2300         | 1102         | 5459         | 2754         | 1177         | 1245         |              | 1767         | 636          |
| 10 Jharkhand        | 1050 | 1879         | 4035         | 1354         | 10228        | 7343         | 11340        |              | 8157         | 6607         | 4911         |
| 11 Karnataka        | 769  | 1649         | 1442         | 673          | 3757         | 2813         | 3795         |              | 2656         | 1797         | 1914         |
| 12 Kerala           | 3053 | 2931         | 3219         | 1097         | 8623         | 5224         | 5212         | 4078         |              | 3052         | 2572         |
| 13 Madhya Pradesh   | 903  | 969          | 6825         | 3977         | 15653        |              | 11287        | 12107        | 10538        | 5097         | 4756         |
| 14 Maharashtr a     | 874  | 3319         | 348          | 1612         | 7830         | 4020         | 6381         | 4614         |              | 7761         | 4347         |
| 15 Manipur          | 338  | 387          | 811          | 139          | 1921         |              | 1266         | 782          | 854          | 263          | 356          |
| 16 Meghalaya        | 83   | 158          | 456          | 241          |              | 2165         | 1353         | 1630         | 1352         | 1642         | 761          |
| 17 Mizoram          | 37   | 88           | 105          | 94           | 344          |              | 349          | 725          | 499          | 723          | 474          |
| 18 Nagaland         | 221  | 278          | 1009         | 614          |              | 2371         | 1409         | 1714         | 1592         | 804          | 570          |
| 19 Odisha           | 7978 | 7729         | 10474        | 4828         |              | 16778        | 13248        | 3997         | 5330         | 947          | 1095         |
| 20 Punjab           | 2922 | 1931         | 6976         | 4188         | 8121         |              | 7020         | 11803        | 8805         | 1979         | 3560         |
| 21 Rajasthan        | 981  | 1759         | 3096         | 3130         |              | 6092         | 6209         | 7233         | 4218         | 5376         | 4532         |
| 22 Sikkim           | 0    | 43           | 90           | 0            |              | 859          | 384          | 1123         | 720          | 255          | 393          |
| 23 Tamil Nadu       | 213  | 1286         | 8228         |              | 2941         | 15225        | 10648        | 13411        | 10206        | 5274         | 4803         |
| 24 Telangana        | 2752 | 1436         | 3177         | 2494         | 7094         |              | 4564         | 92           | 230          | 2560         | 1271         |
| 25 Tripura          | 21   | 609          | 1049         | 193          |              | 2244         | 1189         | 2126         | 1336         | 913          | 694          |
| 26 Uttar Pradesh    | 1540 |              | 4068         | 16898        | 3765         | 36567        | 21921        | 45215        | 33458        | 18080        | 16245        |
| 27 Uttarakhan d     | 367  | 416          | 3645         |              | 917          | 8248         | 4409         | 6026         | 5306         | 1894         | 2821         |

| 28   | West Bengal   | 521   | 2544   |   732 |   2424 |   9596 | 4774    |   4979 | 5979    |   3172 |   1969 |
|------|---------------|-------|--------|-------|--------|--------|---------|--------|---------|--------|--------|
| 29   | Puducherry    |       |        |   165 |     44 |    844 | 343     |    956 | 919     |    436 |    444 |
| 30   | A. N Islands  |       |        |     0 |      0 |    133 | 38      |    547 | 225     |    242 |    196 |
|      | Total         | 38289 | 49563  | 97006 |  45612 | 235599 | 16054 6 | 200033 | 16123 0 | 100883 |  84946 |

## Annexure referred to in reply to part (c) to (d) of the LokSabhaUnstarred Question No.1557 to be answered on 29.07.2025

## State/UT wise details of candidates benefited under RSETI during the last five years: -

| S.No.                                                                    | Name of the                                                              | FY 2020-21                                                               | FY 2020-21                                                               | FY 2021-22                                                               | FY 2021-22                                                               | FY 2022-23                                                               | FY 2022-23                                                               | FY 2023-24                                                               | Settled                                                                  | FY 2024-25 Trained                                                       | FY 2024-25 Trained                                                       |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1                                                                        | State Andaman and Nicobar                                                | Trained Settled Trained Settled Trained 318                              | 135                                                                      | 412                                                                      | 381                                                                      | 421                                                                      | Settled Trained 421                                                      | 500                                                                      | 451                                                                      | 611                                                                      | Settled 497                                                              |
| 2                                                                        | Andhra Pradesh                                                           | 5002                                                                     | 3836                                                                     | 7817                                                                     | 6522                                                                     | 10935                                                                    | 8792                                                                     | 11432                                                                    | 8536                                                                     | 16174                                                                    | 12038                                                                    |
| 3                                                                        | Arunachal Pradesh                                                        | 18                                                                       | 57                                                                       | 225                                                                      | 0                                                                        | 384                                                                      | 438                                                                      | 499                                                                      | 287                                                                      | 1042                                                                     | 779                                                                      |
| 4                                                                        | Assam                                                                    | 7208                                                                     | 5145                                                                     | 10017                                                                    | 8335                                                                     | 14328                                                                    | 11087                                                                    | 18132                                                                    | 12155                                                                    | 26097                                                                    | 19080                                                                    |
| 5                                                                        | Bihar                                                                    | 14868                                                                    | 10817                                                                    | 21268                                                                    | 14330                                                                    | 28292                                                                    | 22769                                                                    | 30434                                                                    | 24495                                                                    | 41900                                                                    | 32128                                                                    |
| 6                                                                        | Chhattisgarh                                                             | 7003                                                                     | 4927                                                                     | 10030                                                                    | 7257                                                                     | 12744                                                                    | 11238                                                                    | 15040                                                                    | 10848                                                                    | 19079                                                                    | 14328                                                                    |
| 7                                                                        | D & N Haveli                                                             | 560                                                                      | 437                                                                      | 561                                                                      | 447                                                                      | 761                                                                      | 545                                                                      | 752                                                                      | 528                                                                      | 769                                                                      | 547                                                                      |
| 8                                                                        | Goa                                                                      | 0                                                                        | 0                                                                        | 0                                                                        | 0                                                                        | 0                                                                        | 0                                                                        | 0                                                                        | 0                                                                        | 0                                                                        | 0                                                                        |
| 9                                                                        | Gujarat                                                                  | 11233                                                                    | 7859                                                                     | 15993                                                                    | 12863                                                                    | 20564                                                                    | 16395                                                                    | 23117                                                                    | 15363                                                                    | 30705                                                                    | 22256                                                                    |
| 10                                                                       | Haryana                                                                  | 11301                                                                    | 6744                                                                     | 11045                                                                    | 8176                                                                     | 14086                                                                    | 8989                                                                     | 15153                                                                    | 10760                                                                    | 20647                                                                    | 15061                                                                    |
| 11                                                                       | Himachal Pradesh                                                         | 3227                                                                     | 2019                                                                     | 4750                                                                     | 3208                                                                     | 6134                                                                     | 4013                                                                     | 6876                                                                     | 5187                                                                     | 10450                                                                    | 7614                                                                     |
| 12                                                                       | Jammu & Kashmir                                                          | 4552                                                                     | 3955                                                                     | 5277                                                                     | 4148                                                                     | 7909                                                                     | 6453                                                                     | 8589                                                                     | 6397                                                                     | 19785                                                                    | 14325                                                                    |
| 13                                                                       | Jharkhand                                                                | 11467                                                                    | 7982                                                                     | 13725                                                                    | 10828                                                                    | 18979                                                                    | 13844                                                                    | 20760                                                                    | 15370                                                                    | 26681                                                                    | 19849                                                                    |
| 14                                                                       | Karnataka                                                                | 16333                                                                    | 12649                                                                    | 18332                                                                    | 17059                                                                    | 24937                                                                    | 19407                                                                    | 25613                                                                    | 20284                                                                    | 31238                                                                    | 23696                                                                    |
| 15                                                                       | Kerala                                                                   | 5090                                                                     | 4752                                                                     | 5980                                                                     | 5801                                                                     | 9970                                                                     | 7990                                                                     | 10690                                                                    | 8389                                                                     | 14614                                                                    | 11355                                                                    |
| 16                                                                       | Lakshadweep                                                              | 162                                                                      | 98                                                                       | 139                                                                      | 34                                                                       | 465                                                                      | 285                                                                      | 467                                                                      | 346                                                                      | 589                                                                      | 419                                                                      |
| 17                                                                       | Madhya Pradesh                                                           | 19180                                                                    | 15530                                                                    | 22956                                                                    | 18490                                                                    | 32068                                                                    | 24620                                                                    | 35859                                                                    | 27754                                                                    | 50160                                                                    | 36467                                                                    |
| 18                                                                       | Maharashtra                                                              | 16559                                                                    | 13033                                                                    | 19606                                                                    | 15251                                                                    | 27322                                                                    | 21474                                                                    | 30397                                                                    | 22961                                                                    | 41123                                                                    | 30129                                                                    |
| 19                                                                       | Manipur                                                                  | 287                                                                      | 277                                                                      | 364                                                                      | 301                                                                      | 920                                                                      | 834                                                                      | 1109                                                                     | 903                                                                      | 2664                                                                     | 2057                                                                     |
| 20                                                                       | Meghalaya                                                                | 959                                                                      | 687                                                                      | 1649                                                                     | 868                                                                      | 2024                                                                     | 1480                                                                     | 2508                                                                     | 1580                                                                     | 3840                                                                     | 2779                                                                     |
| 21                                                                       | Mizoram                                                                  | 613                                                                      | 457                                                                      | 651                                                                      | 636                                                                      | 907                                                                      | 798                                                                      | 1055                                                                     | 1053                                                                     | 2324                                                                     | 1366                                                                     |
| 22                                                                       | Nagaland                                                                 | 199                                                                      | 118                                                                      | 338                                                                      | 272                                                                      | 396                                                                      | 395                                                                      | 603                                                                      | 332                                                                      | 669                                                                      | 484                                                                      |
| 23                                                                       | Odisha                                                                   | 15321                                                                    | 11574                                                                    | 16049                                                                    | 13978                                                                    | 20766                                                                    | 17486                                                                    | 22056                                                                    | 19544                                                                    | 30046                                                                    | 24998                                                                    |
| 24                                                                       | Pondicherry                                                              | 583                                                                      | 420                                                                      | 568                                                                      | 485                                                                      | 821                                                                      | 780                                                                      | 911                                                                      | 712                                                                      | 1251                                                                     | 880                                                                      |
| 25                                                                       | Punjab                                                                   | 7501                                                                     | 5489                                                                     | 9241                                                                     | 6972                                                                     | 10833                                                                    | 8243                                                                     | 12332                                                                    | 9398                                                                     | 17779                                                                    | 13274                                                                    |
| 26                                                                       | Rajasthan                                                                | 19904                                                                    | 12682                                                                    | 23160                                                                    | 19032                                                                    | 30404                                                                    | 25274                                                                    | 33293                                                                    | 26740                                                                    | 43116                                                                    | 32669                                                                    |
| 27                                                                       | Sikkim                                                                   | 202                                                                      | 134                                                                      | 203                                                                      | 146                                                                      | 411                                                                      | 299                                                                      | 439                                                                      | 335                                                                      | 1020                                                                     | 717                                                                      |
| 28                                                                       | Tamil Nadu                                                               | 15233                                                                    | 12517                                                                    | 17187                                                                    | 14796                                                                    | 26310                                                                    | 21110                                                                    | 29073                                                                    | 23835                                                                    | 36951                                                                    | 29561                                                                    |
| 29                                                                       | Telangana                                                                | 3703                                                                     | 2647                                                                     | 5413                                                                     | 5214                                                                     | 7195                                                                     | 6516                                                                     | 7647                                                                     | 6321                                                                     | 10804                                                                    | 8149                                                                     |
| 30                                                                       | Tripura                                                                  | 1893                                                                     | 836                                                                      | 2274                                                                     | 1781                                                                     | 2744                                                                     | 2237                                                                     | 3386                                                                     | 2653                                                                     | 4309                                                                     | 2765                                                                     |
| 31                                                                       | UT Ladakh                                                                | 408                                                                      | 328                                                                      | 535                                                                      | 384                                                                      | 624                                                                      | 355                                                                      | 585                                                                      | 462                                                                      | 965                                                                      | 686                                                                      |
| 32                                                                       | Uttar Pradesh                                                            | 41995                                                                    | 27673                                                                    | 52909                                                                    | 46948                                                                    | 55972                                                                    | 46109                                                                    | 60513                                                                    | 49873                                                                    | 81135                                                                    | 61939                                                                    |
|                                                                          | West Bengal                                                              | 5876                                                                     | 4591                                                                     | 9182                                                                     | 7073                                                                     | 12169                                                                    | 9605                                                                     | 14094                                                                    | 10709                                                                    | 19470                                                                    | 14864                                                                    |
| 34                                                                       |                                                                          |                                                                          |                                                                          |                                                                          |                                                                          |                                                                          |                                                                          |                                                                          |                                                                          |                                                                          |                                                                          |
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