Lok Sabha Question No. 583 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-11-28
Subject: Unemployment of Tribal Youths
Ministry: TRIBAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Shri Suresh Kumar Shetkar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 583

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 28.11.2024

## UNEMPLOYMENT OF TRIBAL YOUTHS

## 583. SHRI SURESH KUMAR SHETKAR:

Will the Minister of TRIBAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a)  whether the Government has chalked out any plan for training of unemployed tribal  youth having ITI degree or disciplines;

(b)  whether  any  door  to  door  survey  conducted  by  teachers  of  Government  Tribal  Residential Schools in various districts;

(c) whether lakhs of unemployed youth have been identified and out of some of them selected for soft skills training progress in some States and got training completion certificate job letters; and (d) if so, the details thereof, State-wise and funds sanctioned/spent thereon, scheme-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR TRIBAL AFFAIRS (SHRI DURGADAS UIKEY)

(a)  to  (d): Directorate  General  of  Training  (DGT)  under  Minister  of  Skill  Development  & Entrepreneurship (MSDE) conducts Instructor training Program under Crafts Instructor Training Scheme (CITS) for the progression of ITI certificate holders including Tribal youth to make them conversant with techniques for imparting hands on skills and training methodology. Under the CITS  scheme,  55  NSQF  compliant  courses  have  been  developed  to  imparts  training  through National Skill Training Institutes (NSTIs) and Institute of Training of Trainers (ITOTs) across the country. In the last five academic sessions, i.e., from 2019-20 to 2023-24, 5,28,866 candidates from Scheduled Tribes category have been trained in ITIs across the country. As per report of a tracer study of ITI pass outs, conducted by the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship through an Independent Agency and published in 2018, about 63.5 % of ITI Graduates (including tribal population) are employed out of which 6.7 % are self-employed.

Trainings are also imparted to the tribal youth who are associated as beneficiaries of Van Dhan Vikas Kendras (VDVKs) under Pradhan Mantri Janjatiya Vikas Mission (PMJVM) scheme of Ministry of Tribal Affairs. So far an amount of Rs. 58,736.50 lakhs has been sanctioned for establishment of 3,958 VDVKs under the scheme. State-wise details of VDVKs is enclosed as Annexure .

## Annexure referred to in reply to Part (a) to (d) of LSUQ No. 583 for 28.11.2024 State-wise details of VDVKs

| Sl. No.   | State                              |   No. of VDVKs Sanctioned | Amount Sanctioned (In Rs. Lakhs)   |   No. of Van Dhan beneficiaries |
|-----------|------------------------------------|---------------------------|------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh                     |                       415 | 6,162.90                           |                          123578 |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh                  |                       106 | 1,590.00                           |                           32897 |
| 3         | Assam                              |                       471 | 7,065.00                           |                          143309 |
| 4         | Chhattisgarh                       |                       139 | 2,085.00                           |                           41700 |
| 5         | Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu |                         1 | 15.00                              |                             302 |
| 6         | Goa                                |                        10 | 150.00                             |                            3000 |
| 7         | Gujarat                            |                       200 | 2,895.65                           |                           57968 |
| 8         | Himachal Pradesh                   |                         4 | 55.50                              |                            1110 |
| 9         | Jammu &Kashmir                     |                       100 | 1,457.00                           |                           29791 |
| 10        | Ladakh                             |                        10 | 150.00                             |                            3000 |
| 11        | Jharkhand                          |                       146 | 2,174.70                           |                           43701 |
| 12        | Karnataka                          |                       140 | 2,087.40                           |                           41748 |
| 13        | Kerala                             |                        44 | 597.25                             |                           12038 |
| 14        | Madhya Pradesh                     |                       126 | 1,890.00                           |                           37860 |
| 15        | Maharashtra                        |                       264 | 3,960.00                           |                           79350 |
| 16        | Manipur                            |                       200 | 2,996.80                           |                           60403 |
| 17        | Meghalaya                          |                       169 | 2,534.10                           |                           50835 |
| 18        | Mizoram                            |                       259 | 3,806.55                           |                           76168 |
| 19        | Nagaland                           |                       284 | 4,259.90                           |                           85198 |
| 20        | Odisha                             |                       170 | 2,479.25                           |                           50094 |
| 21        | Rajasthan                          |                       479 | 7,135.60                           |                          144803 |
| 22        | Sikkim                             |                        80 | 1,169.05                           |                           23381 |
| 23        | Tamil Nadu                         |                         8 | 120.00                             |                            2400 |
| 24        | Telangana                          |                        17 | 255.00                             |                            5100 |
| 25        | Tripura                            |                        57 | 776.00                             |                           16116 |
| 26        | Uttar Pradesh                      |                        25 | 359.55                             |                            7238 |
| 27        | Uttarakhand                        |                        12 | 179.95                             |                            3605 |
| 28        | West Bengal                        |                        22 | 329.35                             |                            6719 |
| TOTAL     | TOTAL                              |                      3958 | 58,736.50                          |                         1183412 |

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