Lok Sabha Question No. 99 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-07-22
Subject: Youth benefited from PMKVY
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: Shri Gyaneshwar Patil

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO - 99

ANSWERED ON - 22/07/2024

## YOUTH BENEFITED FROM PMKVY

- † 99 SHRI GYANESHWAR PATIL:

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

- (a) the  number  of  youth  benefited  from  the  Pradhan  Mantri  Kaushal  Vikas  Yojana (PMKVY) being implemented by the Government, State/UT-wise;
- (b) the number of beneficiaries awarded certificates under the PMKVY, State/UTwise; and
- (c) the  percentage  of  beneficiaries  got  jobs  or  employment  through  the  said scheme?

## ANSWER

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

(SHRI JAYANT CHAUDHARY)

- (a) & (b) Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) is implementing  its  flagship  scheme  Pradhan  Mantri  Kaushal  Vikas  Yojana  (PMKVY), since 2015, for imparting skill development training through Short-Term Training (STT) and  up-skilling  and  re-skilling  through  Recognition  of  Prior  Learning  (RPL)  to  youth across the country.

Under  PMKVY,  since  2015  till 30.06.2024, 1.48 crores and 1.15 crores candidates have been trained and certified respectively. The States/UTs wise details of number of candidates trained and certified under the scheme is given at Annexure I .

- (c) Placements  were  tracked  in  the  Short-Term  Training  (STT)  component  in the first  three versions of the Scheme which is PMKVY 1.0, PMKVY 2.0 and PMKVY 3.0  implemented  from  FY  2015-16  to  FY  2021-22.  Under  the  said  three  versions, 59.87  lakh  candidates  have  been  certified  and  24.40  lakh  candidates  have  been reported placed, which is around 41%.

Placement  is  delinked  from  PMKVY  4.0,  the  current  version  of  the  scheme under implementation from FY 2022-23 onwards

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  &  (b)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 99 TO BE ANSWERED ON 22.07.2024

The  States/UTs  wise  number  of  candidates  trained  and  certified  under  PMKVY, since 2015 till 30.06.2024.

| S.No.   | State/UT                                     | Candidates Trained   | Candidates Certified   |
|---------|----------------------------------------------|----------------------|------------------------|
| 1       | Andaman And Nicobar Islands                  | 4,763                | 3,104                  |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh                               | 503,423              | 406,629                |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh                            | 91,792               | 67,949                 |
| 4       | Assam                                        | 791,440              | 562,381                |
| 5       | Bihar                                        | 673,970              | 519,093                |
| 6       | Chandigarh                                   | 27,674               | 22,369                 |
| 7       | Chhattisgarh                                 | 193,795              | 137,824                |
| 8       | Delhi                                        | 515,901              | 408,054                |
| 9       | Goa                                          | 10,371               | 7,934                  |
| 10      | Gujarat                                      | 450,317              | 354,347                |
| 11      | Haryana                                      | 699,922              | 559,440                |
| 12      | Himachal Pradesh                             | 158,657              | 126,940                |
| 13      | Jammu And Kashmir                            | 376,553              | 293,080                |
| 14      | Jharkhand                                    | 293,936              | 231,174                |
| 15      | Karnataka                                    | 542,575              | 428,099                |
| 16      | Kerala                                       | 265,885              | 205,763                |
| 17      | Ladakh                                       | 3,958                | 2,596                  |
| 18      | Lakshadweep                                  | 270                  | 131                    |
| 19      | Madhya Pradesh                               | 981,539              | 751,914                |
| 20      | Maharashtra                                  | 1,272,695            | 995,925                |
| 21      | Manipur                                      | 98,292               | 76,234                 |
| 22      | Meghalaya                                    | 53,622               | 40,788                 |
| 23      | Mizoram                                      | 38,120               | 26,299                 |
| 24      | Nagaland                                     | 49,703               | 36,450                 |
| 25      | Odisha                                       | 585,560              | 449,406                |
| 26      | Puducherry                                   | 32,735               | 27,697                 |
| 27      | Punjab                                       | 480,266              | 375,287                |
| 28      | Rajasthan                                    | 1,199,930            | 1,001,789              |
| 29      | Sikkim                                       | 17,443               | 11,967                 |
| 30      | Tamil Nadu                                   | 824,589              | 656,831                |
| 31      | Telangana                                    | 444,530              | 362,459                |
| 32      | The Dadra And Nagar Haveli And Daman And Diu | 10,459               | 8,725                  |
| 33      | Tripura                                      | 153,799              | 109,554                |
| 34      | Uttar Pradesh                                | 2,116,689            | 1,666,496              |
| 35      | Uttarakhand                                  | 225,255              | 169,669                |
| 36      | West Bengal                                  | 621,078              | 483,957                |
|         | Grand Total                                  | 14,811,506           | 11,588,354             |

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