Lok Sabha Question No. 200 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-04
Subject: Vocational Training Centres in Assam
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: Badruddin Ajmal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  200

ANSWERED ON 04.12.2023

## VOCATIONAL TRAINING CENTRES IN ASSAM

200:    SHRI M. BADRUDDIN AJMAL

Will the Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship be pleased to state :

- (a) the  number  of  centres  engaged  for  providing  vocational  and  professional  training  to  the youths in the country including in the state of Assam, State-wise and district-wise;
- (b) the outcome of these centres and number of beneficiaries during the last five years, statewise; and
- (c)      the fund allocated and utilized for the purpose during the said period?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

(SHRI RAJEEV CHANDRASEKHAR)

- (a) Sir, Under the Govt of India Skill India Mission (SIM), the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) provides skilling, re-skilling and up-skilling to all young Indians through a comprehensive  network  of  Centres  /  Institutes  across  the  country  under  various  schemes  viz. Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY),  Scheme of Support to Jan Shikshan Santhans (JSS),  National  Apprenticeship  Promotion  Scheme  (NAPS),  and  Craftsmen  Training  Schems (CTS) through Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs).

At  present,  there  are  15,016  ITIs  established  in  the  country,  out  of  which  3,289  ITIs  are Government ITIs and 11,727 ITIs are Private ITIs. Under this scheme, skill training is imparted in 152 National Skill Qualification Framework (NSQF) aligned courses (trades). These courses are designed to provide basic and and knowledge in that trade, so as to prepare the trainees for wage employment and/ or self-employment. The course curriculum is updated regularly to incorporate the latest technological equipment and industry requirements for future job roles.

Craft  Instructor  Training  Scheme  (CITS)  implemented  through network of  National  Skill Training Institutes (NSTIs) and Institute of Training of Trainers (IToTs) across the country. In this scheme, comprehensive  training  is  provided  in  both  hands-on  skills  and  training  methodology  to  the instructor  trainees  to  make  them  conversant  with  techniques  of  transferring  hands-on  skills  and train  skilled  manpower for the industry. At present there are  33  National Skill Training Institutes (NSTIs)  (19  NSTI  (W)  &  14  NSTI  (G)  and  121  Institute  of  Training  of  Trainers  (IToTs)  running across the country.

Jan Shikshan Sansthan (JSS) is a Scheme under MSDE implemented through the agencies, to impart skill training to non-literates, neo-literates, persons with rudimentary level of education, and school dropouts up to 12th class in the age group of 15-45 years in rural areas and urban slums. At present, there are 288 JSSs functional across the country.

Pradhan  Mantri  Kaushal  Vikas  Yojana  (PMKVY)  is  the  flagship  scheme  of  the  MSDE  with  an objective  to  enable  Indian  youth  to  take  up  industry-relevant  skill  training  that  will  help  them  in securing  a  better  livelihood.  PMKVY  provides  Short  Term  Training  programs  (STT)  and  also Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) in industry relevant trades. Under PMKVY, at present there are 2295 STT centres and 345 Special Training centres.

Apprenticeship Training Scheme (ATS) is also implemented by MSDE. Under ATS, candidate is engaged  as  an  apprentice  by  an  industries  and  gains  classroom  learning  for  a  short  period followed  by  hands-on  training.  Further  MSDE  has  launched  National  Apprenticeship  Promotion Scheme,  with  an  aim  to  promote  apprenticeship  training  in  the  country  by  providing  stipend support to the apprentices. At present, 50,005 industries are registered under ATS.

State  wise  list  of  vocational  training  centres  functioning  under  above  mentioned  schemes  is attached at Annexure -1 .    District wise list of vocational training centres functioning under above mentioned schemes for Assam State is attached at Annexure - 2 .

- (b) These  centres  have  strengthened  skill  ecosystem  of  the  country  by  providing  skilling opportunities for the Indian youth. In the last five years, 1,98,92,158 candidates have been trained under above mentioned schemes. State wise enrollment under above mentioned scheme in ITIs, NSTIs and IToTs, PMKVY, and JSS for last five years is attached at Annexure -3.
- (c) For State of Assam, MSDE has released Rs 227.83, 12.1 and 23.49 crores under PMKVY, JSS and NAPS respectively in last five years, i.e., FY 2018-19 to FY 2022-23.

## Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question number 200 answered on 04.12.2023.

## State-wise number of vocational centres

| Sr. No.   | State / UTs                 | Number of ITIs   | Number of ITIs   | Number of ITIs   | Number of JSS Centres   | PMKVY 4.0 Centrally Sponsored Centrally Managed Centres   | PMKVY 4.0 Centrally Sponsored Centrally Managed Centres   | NSTIs & IToTs   | Apprenticeship Training Scheme Centres   |
|-----------|-----------------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------|------------------------------------------|
|           |                             | Government ITIs  | Private. ITIs    | Total ITIs       | Number of JSS Centres   | STT (Short Term Training)                                 | SPL (Special)                                             | NSTIs & IToTs   | Apprenticeship Training Scheme Centres   |
| 1         | Andaman And Nicobar Islands | 3                | 1                | 4                | 1                       | 3                                                         | 0                                                         | 0               | 10                                       |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh              | 85               | 435              | 520              | 6                       | 262                                                       | 6                                                         | 1               | 923                                      |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh           | 7                | 0                | 7                | 0                       | 17                                                        | 1                                                         | 0               | 16                                       |
| 4         | Assam                       | 31               | 14               | 45               | 5                       | 165                                                       | 11                                                        | 0               | 990                                      |
| 5         | Bihar                       | 150              | 1226             | 1376             | 21                      | 71                                                        | 9                                                         | 1               | 805                                      |
| 6         | Chandigarh                  | 2                | 0                | 2                | 1                       | 4                                                         | 1                                                         | 0               | 116                                      |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh                | 120              | 112              | 232              | 14                      | 55                                                        | 4                                                         | 2               | 301                                      |
| 8         | Delhi                       | 17               | 36               | 53               | 3                       | 64                                                        | 21                                                        | 0               | 5691                                     |
| 9         | Goa                         | 11               | 2                | 13               | 1                       | 3                                                         | 0                                                         | 1               | 409                                      |
| 10        | Gujarat                     | 274              | 229              | 503              | 9                       | 89                                                        | 7                                                         | 1               | 10940                                    |
| 11        | Haryana                     | 160              | 228              | 388              | 4                       | 93                                                        | 20                                                        | 6               | 5092                                     |
| 12        | Himachal Pradesh            | 128              | 142              | 270              | 12                      | 26                                                        | 5                                                         | 9               | 610                                      |
| 13        | Jammu And Kashmir           | 49               | 1                | 50               | 1                       | 80                                                        | 64                                                        | 5               | 425                                      |
| 14        | Jharkhand                   | 77               | 270              | 347              | 11                      | 43                                                        | 3                                                         | 5               | 330                                      |
| 15        | Karnataka                   | 275              | 1229             | 1504             | 12                      | 43                                                        | 10                                                        | 6               | 1666                                     |

| 16    | Kerala                                       | 149   | 315    | 464    |   9 | 68    |   2 |   2 | 1515   |
|-------|----------------------------------------------|-------|--------|--------|-----|-------|-----|-----|--------|
| 17    | Ladakh                                       | 3     | 0      | 3      |   2 | 2     |   2 |   0 | 9      |
| 18    | Lakshadweep                                  | 1     | 0      | 1      |   1 | 0     |   0 |   0 | 1      |
| 19    | Madhya Pradesh                               | 195   | 882    | 1077   |  27 | 116   |  13 |   3 | 885    |
| 20    | Maharashtra                                  | 422   | 619    | 1041   |  21 | 162   |  26 |  10 | 6958   |
| 21    | Manipur                                      | 10    | 0      | 10     |   4 | 21    |   3 |   0 | 17     |
| 22    | Meghalaya                                    | 7     | 1      | 8      |   1 | 9     |   0 |   1 | 27     |
| 23    | Mizoram                                      | 3     | 0      | 3      |   1 | 11    |   1 |   0 | 5      |
| 24    | Nagaland                                     | 9     | 0      | 9      |   2 | 28    |   0 |   0 | 18     |
| 25    | Odisha                                       | 75    | 450    | 525    |  28 | 95    |   9 |  18 | 609    |
| 26    | Puducherry                                   | 8     | 7      | 15     |   0 | 4     |   0 |   0 | 175    |
| 27    | Punjab                                       | 115   | 235    | 350    |   2 | 59    |  12 |  16 | 717    |
| 28    | Rajasthan                                    | 165   | 1455   | 1620   |   8 | 87    |  15 |  36 | 721    |
| 29    | Sikkim                                       | 4     | 0      | 4      |   0 | 8     |   1 |   0 | 41     |
| 30    | Tamil Nadu                                   | 87    | 411    | 498    |   8 | 85    |  37 |   2 | 2193   |
| 31    | Telangana                                    | 66    | 236    | 302    |   6 | 63    |   2 |   9 | 1054   |
| 32    | The Dadra And Nagar Haveli And Daman and Diu | 4     | 0      | 4      |   2 | 5     |   0 |   0 | 95     |
| 33    | Tripura                                      | 20    | 2      | 22     |   2 | 21    |   1 |   5 | 76     |
| 34    | Uttar Pradesh                                | 289   | 2968   | 3257   |  47 | 315   |  29 |  11 | 5144   |
| 35    | Uttarakhand                                  | 105   | 82     | 187    |   8 | 41    |   4 |   2 | 526    |
| 36    | West Bengal                                  | 163   | 139    | 302    |   8 | 77    |  26 |   2 | 895    |
| Total | Total                                        | 3,289 | 11,727 | 15,016 | 288 | 2,295 | 345 | 154 | 50,005 |

## Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question number 200 answered on 04.12.2023.

## District-wise number of vocational centers in Assam State

| Sr . N o   | District   | Numbers of ITIs   | Numbers of ITIs   | Numbers of ITIs   | Number s of JSS Centres   | PMKVY 4.0 Centrally Sponsored Centrally Managed Centres   | PMKVY 4.0 Centrally Sponsored Centrally Managed Centres   | NSTI s & IToTs   | Apprenticeshi p Training Scheme Centres   |
|------------|------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|---------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|            |            | Governmen t ITIs  | Privat e ITIs     | Tota l ITIs       | Number s of JSS Centres   | STT (Short Term Training )                                | SPL (Special )                                            | NSTI s & IToTs   | Apprenticeshi p Training Scheme Centres   |
| 1          | Baksa      | 0                 | 0                 | 0                 | 0                         | 2                                                         | 0                                                         | 0                | 46                                        |
| 2          | Barpeta    | 1                 | 0                 | 1                 | 0                         | 9                                                         | 0                                                         | 0                | 68                                        |
| 3          | Biswanatha | 0                 | 0                 | 0                 | 0                         | 2                                                         | 0                                                         | 0                | 7                                         |
| 4          | Bongaigaon | 1                 | 0                 | 1                 | 0                         | 5                                                         | 0                                                         | 0                | 19                                        |
| 5          | Cachar     | 2                 | 0                 | 2                 | 1                         | 3                                                         | 0                                                         | 0                | 41                                        |
| 6          | Charaideo  | 0                 | 0                 | 0                 | 0                         | 0                                                         | 0                                                         | 0                | 7                                         |
| 7          | Chirang    | 0                 | 0                 | 0                 | 0                         | 2                                                         | 0                                                         | 0                | 4                                         |
| 8          | Darrang    | 0                 | 1                 | 1                 | 1                         | 8                                                         | 1                                                         | 0                | 52                                        |
| 9          | Dhemaji    | 1                 | 0                 | 1                 | 0                         | 1                                                         | 0                                                         | 0                | 17                                        |
| 10         | Dhubri     | 1                 | 0                 | 1                 | 0                         | 5                                                         | 0                                                         | 0                | 57                                        |
| 11         | Dibrugarh  | 1                 | 0                 | 1                 | 0                         | 4                                                         | 0                                                         | 0                | 26                                        |
| 12         | Dima Hasao | 1                 | 0                 | 1                 | 0                         | 3                                                         | 0                                                         | 0                | 3                                         |
| 13         | Goalpara   | 1                 | 0                 | 1                 | 0                         | 6                                                         | 2                                                         | 0                | 16                                        |
| 14         | Golaghat   | 1                 | 0                 | 1                 | 0                         | 5                                                         | 0                                                         | 0                | 42                                        |
| 15         | Hailakandi | 1                 | 0                 | 1                 | 0                         | 4                                                         | 0                                                         | 0                | 22                                        |
| 16         | Hojai      | 0                 | 0                 | 0                 | 0                         | 1                                                         | 0                                                         | 0                | 4                                         |
| 17         | Jorhat     | 4                 | 3                 | 7                 | 1                         | 6                                                         | 0                                                         | 0                | 35                                        |
| 18         | Kamrup     | 2                 | 1                 | 3                 | 1                         | 27                                                        | 6                                                         | 0                | 173                                       |

| 19    | Kamrup Metro            |   1 |   0 |   1 |   0 |   12 |   2 |   0 |   58 |
|-------|-------------------------|-----|-----|-----|-----|------|-----|-----|------|
| 20    | Karbi Anglong           |   1 |   0 |   1 |   0 |    9 |   0 |   0 |    4 |
| 21    | Karimganj               |   1 |   0 |   1 |   0 |    2 |   0 |   0 |   15 |
| 22    | Kokrajhar               |   1 |   0 |   1 |   0 |    4 |   0 |   0 |    7 |
| 23    | Lakhimpur               |   1 |   0 |   1 |   0 |    5 |   0 |   0 |   23 |
| 24    | Maujali                 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |    1 |   0 |   0 |    4 |
| 25    | Marigaon                |   1 |   0 |   1 |   0 |    4 |   0 |   0 |   10 |
| 26    | Nagaon                  |   1 |   2 |   3 |   1 |    7 |   0 |   0 |   17 |
| 27    | Nalbari                 |   1 |   0 |   1 |   0 |   10 |   0 |   0 |   94 |
| 28    | Sivasagar               |   1 |   2 |   3 |   0 |    4 |   0 |   0 |   17 |
| 29    | Sonitpur                |   1 |   0 |   1 |   0 |    7 |   0 |   0 |   18 |
| 30    | South Salmara Mancachar |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |    1 |   0 |   0 |   17 |
| 31    | Tinsukia                |   2 |   5 |   7 |   0 |    3 |   0 |   0 |    1 |
| 32    | Udalguri                |   2 |   0 |   2 |   0 |    2 |   0 |   0 |   28 |
| 33    | West Karbi Anglong      |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |    1 |   0 |   0 |   38 |
| Total | Total                   |  31 |  14 |  45 |   5 |  165 |  11 |   0 |  990 |

## Annexure referred to in reply to part (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question number 200  answered on 04.12.2023.

## State-wise enrollment in vocational training centres under various schemes during last five years i.e., FY 2018-19 to 2022-23

|   Sr. No | State/UT                    | CTS      | JSS      | PMKVY     | CITS   | ATS      |
|----------|-----------------------------|----------|----------|-----------|--------|----------|
|        1 | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 2,426    | 3,300    | 3,720     | 0      | 52       |
|        2 | Andhra Pradesh              | 2,59,465 | 47,162   | 2,53,543  | 19     | 45751    |
|        3 | Arunachal Pradesh           | 2,960    | 726      | 81,787    | 0      | 59       |
|        4 | Assam                       | 16,050   | 37,785   | 6,44,494  | 0      | 29,734   |
|        5 | Bihar                       | 5,25,801 | 1,30,239 | 4,32,620  | 195    | 20,195   |
|        6 | Chandigarh                  | 4523     | 7,454    | 19,923    | 0      | 2196     |
|        7 | Chhattisgarh                | 1,06,376 | 81,582   | 1,18,910  | 123    | 16673    |
|        8 | Delhi                       | 49,641   | 23,345   | 3,05,041  | 0      | 47096    |
|        9 | Goa                         | 9,588    | 7,383    | 8,540     | 45     | 11677    |
|       10 | Gujarat                     | 4,12,891 | 74,311   | 3,29,144  | 566    | 2,89,359 |
|       11 | Haryana                     | 2,70,158 | 35,047   | 3,72,623  | 4,409  | 1,72,057 |
|       12 | Himachal Pradesh            | 1,04,705 | 44,981   | 1,08,793  | 711    | 17,459   |
|       13 | Jammu and Kashmir           | 30,905   | 7,622    | 2,45,732  | 115    | 2714     |
|       14 | Jharkhand                   | 154,393  | 50,063   | 2,11,577  | 222    | 29,645   |
|       15 | Karnataka                   | 3,49,108 | 79,822   | 3,59,987  | 1643   | 1,39,453 |
|       16 | Kerala                      | 1,75,478 | 68,431   | 1,64,214  | 783    | 34,676   |
|       17 | Ladakh                      | 841      | 600      | 3,244     | 0      | 52       |
|       18 | Lakshadweep                 | 1,445    | 1,931    | 270       | 0      | 31       |
|       19 | Madhya Pradesh              | 3,59,578 | 2,09,201 | 5,41,368  | 1143   | 59,832   |
|       20 | Maharashtra                 | 5,70,514 | 1,57,693 | 10,05,483 | 3082   | 4,69,846 |

| 21   | Manipur                                      | 1,055     | 26,308    | 75,502    | 0      | 186       |
|------|----------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|-----------|
| 22   | Meghalaya                                    | 2,955     | 2,260     | 41,536    | 165    | 455       |
| 23   | Mizoram                                      | 1,549     | 3,972     | 31,236    | 0      | 13        |
| 24   | Nagaland                                     | 1,071     | 6,631     | 39,172    | 0      | 68        |
| 25   | Odisha                                       | 2,61,480  | 1,70,340  | 4,21,650  | 1,157  | 29,472    |
| 26   | Puducherry                                   | 3,845     | 0         | 19,041    | 31     | 3,567     |
| 27   | Punjab                                       | 2,09,249  | 13,724    | 2,44,574  | 5,716  | 35,520    |
| 28   | Rajasthan                                    | 5,57,959  | 50,734    | 7,31,388  | 4,292  | 38,372    |
| 29   | Sikkim                                       | 1473      | 0         | 12,392    | 0      | 787       |
| 30   | Tamil Nadu                                   | 1,68,847  | 57,083    | 4,18,020  | 3452   | 1,68,346  |
| 31   | Telangana                                    | 1,52,121  | 45,743    | 2,20,939  | 2151   | 98,160    |
| 32   | The Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | 2,069     | 8,924     | 9,220     | 0      | 3,040     |
| 33   | Tripura                                      | 10,405    | 11,486    | 1,10,711  | 25     | 1,458     |
| 34   | Uttar Pradesh                                | 15,14,334 | 3,58,868  | 12,93,797 | 8782   | 1,44,618  |
| 35   | Uttarakhand                                  | 52,000    | 53,500    | 1,57,990  | 2483   | 35,125    |
| 36   | West Bengal                                  | 1,63,581  | 55,932    | 3,55,486  | 3526   | 60,889    |
|      | Total                                        | 65,10,839 | 19,34,183 | 93,93,667 | 44,836 | 20,08,633 |

CTS - Craftsmen Training Scheme implemented through ITIs. CITS - Craft Instructor Training Scheme is implemented through NSTIs and IToTs. PMKVY - Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana. JSS- Jan Shikshan Sansthan. ATS - Apprenticeship Training Scheme

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