Lok Sabha Question No. 1306 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-11
Subject: Skill Development Programme
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: Kanakmal Katara

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1306

ANSWERED ON 11.12.2023

## SKILL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

† 1306.   SHRI KANAKMAL KATARA:

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

- (a)        whether any targets have been set to impart training to the tribals in the country;
- (b)        if so, the details thereof;
- (c)        whether the Government has achieved the target of previous year and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (d)         whether  the  Government  has  chalked  out  any  action  plan  to  start  skill  development programme for Persons living in remote areas, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes as per their requirement?

## ANSWER

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

## (SHRI RAJEEV CHANDRASEKHAR)

- (a) to (d) Under the Govt of India's Skill India Mission (SIM),  the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) delivers skill,  re-skill  and up-skill training through  an  extensive network  of  skill  development  centres/colleges/institutes  etc.  under  various  schemes,  viz. Pradhan  Mantri  Kaushal  Vikas  Yojana  (PMKVY),  Jan  Sikhshan  Sansthan  (JSS),  National Apprenticeship  Promotion  Scheme  (NAPS)  and  Craftsman  Training  Scheme  (CTS)  through Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs). Benefits of these schemes are available to all the sections of society  including  tribals.   Further,  under  JSS,  priority  is  given  to  Women,  SC,  ST,  OBC  and Minorities in the rural areas and urban low-income areas.

All the skilling schemes of MSDE are purely demand-driven and joining such courses is a voluntary decision on the part of the potential trainee including tribal youth.  The total number of candidates trained and tribal candidates trained  during the last year viz. 2022-23 under the skill development schemes of MSDE viz. PMKVY, JSS, NAPS and CTS (ITIs) are as under:

| Name of Scheme   | Number of persons trained during last year viz. 2022-23   | Number of persons trained during last year viz. 2022-23   |
|------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|                  | Total                                                     | STs                                                       |
| PMKVY            | 2,11,170                                                  | 18,375 (8.70%)                                            |
| JSS              | 7,26,284                                                  | 1,03,760 (14.29%)                                         |
| NAPS             | 7,38,675                                                  | 30,582 (4.14%)                                            |
| CTS (ITIs)       | 12,50,641                                                 | 1,07,474 (8.59%)                                          |
| Total            | 29,26,770                                                 | 2,60,191 (8.9%)                                           |

In addition, skill development programmes are also implemented by State Governments and other Central Ministries.  These, interalia include Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojna (DDU-GKY) and Rural Self Employment Training Institutes (RSETIs) of Ministry of Rural Development, Deen Dayal Antyodaya Yojna - National Urban Livelihood Mission (DAY-NULM) by  Ministry  of  Housing  and  Urban  Affairs  (MoHUA)  and  Scheme  for  Capacity  Building  in Textile Sector (SAMARTH), Ministry of Textiles.

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