Lok Sabha Question No. 2821 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-06
Subject: ITIs in the Country
Ministry: PLANNING
Asked by: Shri Prabhakar Reddy Vemireddy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PLANNING

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2821 TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.08.2025

## ITIs IN THE COUNTRY

## 2821.   SHRI PRABHAKAR REDDY VEMIREDDY:

Will the Minister of PLANNING be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of Central and State Government Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) in the country, State-wise;
- (b) whether NITI Aayog is working on a new framework for skilling and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether there is any proposal to handover all ITIs to industry chambers or companies and if so, the details and the reasons therefor;
- (d) whether it is true that the NITI Aayog is planning restructuring skilling framework and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) whether it is a significant shift from the current framework under which Government runs all ITIs and if so, the reasons for such a move?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION; MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF PLANNING AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF CULTURE

## (RAO INDERJIT SINGH)

- (a) The  Directorate  General  of  Training  (DGT),  under  the  aegis  of  Ministry  of  Skill Development  and  Entrepreneurship  (MSDE)  implements  the  Craftsmen  Training Scheme (CTS) through a country wide network of Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) for  the  youth  of  the  country.  At  present,  there  are  14,615  ITIs  established  across  the country, out of which, 3,316 are Government ITIs and 11,299 are Private ITIs, Statewise list is given in the table below:

|   S.No. | State/UTs                                    |   No. of State Govt. ITIs |
|---------|----------------------------------------------|---------------------------|
|       1 | Andaman and Nicobar Islands                  |                         3 |
|       2 | Andhra Pradesh                               |                        85 |
|       3 | Arunachal Pradesh                            |                         7 |
|       4 | Assam                                        |                        31 |
|       5 | Bihar                                        |                       150 |
|       6 | Chandigarh                                   |                         2 |
|       7 | Chhattisgarh                                 |                       120 |
|       8 | Delhi                                        |                        18 |
|       9 | Goa                                          |                        11 |
|      10 | Gujarat                                      |                       273 |
|      11 | Haryana                                      |                       159 |
|      12 | Himachal Pradesh                             |                       128 |
|      13 | Jammu and Kashmir                            |                        49 |
|      14 | Jharkhand                                    |                        77 |
|      15 | Karnataka                                    |                       274 |
|      16 | Kerala                                       |                       149 |
|      17 | Ladakh                                       |                         3 |
|      18 | Lakshadweep                                  |                         1 |
|      19 | Madhya Pradesh                               |                       195 |
|      20 | Maharashtra                                  |                       422 |
|      21 | Manipur                                      |                        10 |
|      22 | Meghalaya                                    |                         7 |
|      23 | Mizoram                                      |                         3 |
|      24 | Nagaland                                     |                         9 |
|      25 | Odisha                                       |                        73 |
|      26 | Puducherry                                   |                         8 |
|      27 | Punjab                                       |                       115 |
|      28 | Rajasthan                                    |                       182 |
|      29 | Sikkim                                       |                         4 |
|      30 | Tamil Nadu                                   |                        93 |
|      31 | Telangana                                    |                        66 |
|      32 | The Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu |                         4 |
|      33 | Tripura                                      |                        20 |

| 34          | Uttar Pradesh   | 294   |
|-------------|-----------------|-------|
| 35          | Uttarakhand     | 103   |
| 36          | West Bengal     | 168   |
| Grand Total | Grand Total     | 3,316 |

- (b), (d) & (e) NITI Aayog, as the apex public policy think tank of the Government of India, develops long-term policy frameworks and offers strategic and technical guidance to both central and state governments, including in the area of skill development. In January 2023, it published a report titled "Transforming Industrial Training Institutes (ITI)". This report provides recommendations to  transform  ITIs  through  a  seven-pronged  approach  pertaining  to  changes  in  governance  and administration,  infrastructure,  curriculum,  financing,  reporting  and  redressal,  partnerships  and student support services.
- (c) In May 2025, the Cabinet has approved a National Scheme for Upgradation of Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) and setting up of five National Centres of Excellence (NCoEs) to enhance the overall quality and relevance of vocational training in the country.

The key objectives of the scheme are:

- i. To improve the quality of training delivery in ITIs;
- ii. To modernize infrastructure and equipment as per industry standards;
- iii. To introduce industry-aligned long- and short-term courses, especially in new and emerging sectors;
- iv. To strengthen industry linkage for demand-driven skilling and better employment outcomes; and
- v. To enhance the capacity of National Skill Training Institutes (NSTIs) for training of trainers and leadership in vocational education.

Under the scheme, implementation will be through Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs) formed in partnership  with  Anchor  Industry  Partners  (AIPs)  to  ensure  relevance  and  outcome-based delivery.

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