Lok Sabha Question No. 229 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-04
Subject: Pradhan Mantri Yuva Udyamita Vikas Abhiyan
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: Omprakash Bhupalsinh alias Pawan Rajenimbalkar, Vinayak Bhaurao Raut, Sanjay Haribhau Jadhav

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.229

ANSWERED ON 04.12.2023

## PRADHAN MANTRI YUVA UDYAMITA VIKAS ABHIYAN

† 229.   SHRI OMPRAKASH BHUPALSINH ALIAS PAWAN RAJENIMBALKAR: SHRI VINAYAK RAUT: SHRI SANJAY JADHAV:

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

- (a)          the  present  status  of Pradhan Mantri Yuva Udyamita Vikas Abhiyan (PM-YUVA) in the country, particularly in the aspirational districts;
- (b)       whether the Government has achieved the objectives of the PM-YUVA;
- (c)       if so, the details thereof;
- (d)       the challenges faced by the Government in implementing the scheme;
- (e)       the number of students who were provided entrepreneurship education and training in Maharashtra during each of the last five years and the current year, district-wise;
- (f)       the details of achievements of the scheme since its launch, State-wise, particularly in Maharashtra;
- (g)       whether the Government has also launched the second phase of PM-YUVA and if so, the fund allocated for this purpose; and
- (h)       whether the aspirational districts have also been covered in the scheme?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENERUSHIP (SHRI RAJEEV CHANDRASEKHAR)

(a),  (b),  (c)  &  (d)   The  Ministry  of  Skill  Development  and  Entrepreneurship  (MSDE)  in  association  with Wadhwani  Operating  Foundation  (WOF)  launched  the  Pradhan  Mantri  Yuva  Udyamita  Vikas  Abhiyan (PM-YUVA)  Yojana  on  9 th November,  2016  with  the  objective  to  create  an  enabling  ecosystem  for entrepreneurship development through entrepreneurship education and training across the country. This was  implemented  in  Institutes  of  Higher  Learning  (colleges,  universities,  polytechnics).  A  total  of  239 Institutes  of  Higher  Learning  were  empanelled  across  26  States/UTs.  However,  the  scheme  was restructured  in  June  2018  to  include  skill  training  institutes  under  MSDE,  namely,  Industrial  Training Institutes (ITIs), Jan Shikshan Sansthan (JSS), Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Kendra (PMKK), and Polytechnics. The  number  of  beneficiaries  reached  through  PM-YUVA  Phase-I  (State-wise)  is  given  in Annexure-I .

Based on the learning from PM-YUVA Phase-I,  MSDE implemented project on Entrepreneurship Development (PM-YUVA Phase-II) through NIESBUD, at an estimated cost of Rs.12 crore upto March, 2022,  in  around  300  Institutes  under  the  skill  ecosystem.  The  aim  of  the  pilot  project  was  to  promote entrepreneurship as an alternate career choice and to provide mentoring support to potential and earlystage  entrepreneurs  by  imparting  entrepreneurship  education  and  mentoring  support  to  trainees/ beneficiaries from skill ecosystem. The project was implemented through organizations having experience in entrepreneurship development, entrepreneurship training as well as mentoring and hand-holding in 10

States  and  02  Union  Territories  (viz.  Assam,  Bihar,  Kerala,  Maharashtra,  Meghalaya,  Tamil  Nadu, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Delhi and Puducherry).

The project envisaged creation of 600 new and 1,000 scaled up enterprises, against which 1,045 new enterprises were set-up and 968 existing enterprises were scaled up. Further, the details of activities undertaken under the pilot project are given in Annexure-II .

The  objectives  of  the  pilot  project  were  achieved  despite  various  challenges  faced  during  the implementation of the project especially due to outbreak of Covid-19. The details of the total number of beneficiaries covered under the project are given in Annexure-III .

(e)  &  (f)   The  details  of  the  total  number  of  beneficiaries  covered  under  the  project  in  the  State  of Maharashtra are given in Annexure-IV . The State-wise details of achievements of the project including the State of Maharashtra are at Annexure-V .

(g)       Refer part (a), (b), (c) & (d) above.

(h)       The  project  was  covered  in  09  aspirational  districts  which  are  Baksa  and  Darrang  in  Assam; Begusarai in Bihar; Chandauli ,Fatehpur and Siddharth Nagar in Uttar Pradesh; Udham Singh Nagar and Haridwar in Uttarakhand; and Birbhum in West Bengal.

## ANNEXURE-I  REFERRED  TO  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  229  REGARDING 'PRADHAN MANTRI YUVA UDYAMITA VIKAS ABHIYAN' TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.12.2023

## Details of the number of beneficiaries reached through PM-YUVA Phase-I (state-wise)

| Sl. No.   | State Name        | Number Students Enrolled   | of Student Attempted Final Assessment   | Student Passed Final Assessment   |
|-----------|-------------------|----------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    | 295                        | 124                                     | 116                               |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh | 36                         | 14                                      | 12                                |
| 3         | Assam             | 440                        | 150                                     | 91                                |
| 4         | Bihar             | 0                          | 0                                       | 0                                 |
| 5         | Delhi             | 1920                       | 829                                     | 655                               |
| 6         | Gujarat           | 9                          | 1                                       | 0                                 |
| 7         | Haryana           | 563                        | 473                                     | 382                               |
| 8         | Himachal Pradesh  | 285                        | 42                                      | 34                                |
| 9         | Jammu and Kashmir | 58                         | 0                                       | 0                                 |
| 10        | Jharkhand         | 35                         | 11                                      | 4                                 |
| 11        | Karnataka         | 636                        | 299                                     | 260                               |
| 12        | Kerala            | 2128                       | 1382                                    | 1232                              |
| 13        | Madhya Pradesh    | 1357                       | 1158                                    | 974                               |
| 14        | Maharashtra       | 1134                       | 527                                     | 329                               |
| 15        | Meghalaya         | 64                         | 26                                      | 18                                |
| 16        | Nagaland          | 37                         | 0                                       | 0                                 |
| 17        | Odisha            | 359                        | 79                                      | 72                                |
| 18        | Pondicherry       | 246                        | 173                                     | 154                               |
| 19        | Punjab            | 791                        | 490                                     | 412                               |
| 20        | Rajasthan         | 1050                       | 620                                     | 493                               |
| 21        | Tamil Nadu        | 2874                       | 1432                                    | 1084                              |
| 22        | Telangana         | 1345                       | 551                                     | 430                               |
| 23        | Uttar Pradesh     | 773                        | 275                                     | 200                               |
| 24        | Uttarakhand       | 0                          | 0                                       | 0                                 |
| 25        | West Bengal       | 974                        | 527                                     | 440                               |
|           | Total             | 17,409                     | 9,183                                   | 7,392                             |

## ANNEXURE-II  REFERRED  TO  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  229  REGARDING 'PRADHAN MANTRI YUVA UDYAMITA VIKAS ABHIYAN' TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.12.2023

## Entrepreneurship Awareness Program (EAP) & Community Awareness Program (CAP)

| Student Orientation   | Student Orientation   | Community Awareness   | Community Awareness   |
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
| No. of Sessions       | Participants          | No. of Sessions       | Participants          |
| 270                   | 34,760                | 59                    | 5,003                 |

Faculty Training (Training of Trainers (ToT)), Entrepreneurship Development Program (EDP) and Faculty Mentor training (FMT)

| TOT             | TOT          | EDP             | EDP                     | EDP                        | FMT             | FMT          |
|-----------------|--------------|-----------------|-------------------------|----------------------------|-----------------|--------------|
| No. of Sessions | Participants | No. of Sessions | Participants Registered | Participants Completed EDP | No. of Sessions | Participants |
| 17              | 443          | 215             | 17,856                  | 13,202                     | 9               | 227          |

## Number of enterprises setup/scaled up

| New Enterprises set up   |   Scaled up Enterprises |
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
| 1,045                    |                     968 |

## Details of participation in Mentoring Camps

| Mentoring Camp   | Mentoring Camp   |
|------------------|------------------|
| No. of Sessions  | Participants     |
| 108              | 3,951            |

## ANNEXURE-III  REFERRED  TO  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  229  REGARDING 'PRADHAN MANTRI YUVA UDYAMITA VIKAS ABHIYAN' TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.12.2023

Details of the total number of beneficiaries covered under the project are as under:

| SI No.   | Activity                                                   | Total Number Beneficiaries reached   |
|----------|------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
| 1        | Principals' Orientation                                    | 396                                  |
| 2        | Entrepreneurship Awareness Program (Students' Orientation) | 34,760                               |
| 3        | Community Awareness Program                                | 5,003                                |
| 4        | Entrepreneurship Development Program                       | 17,797                               |
| 5        | Training of Trainers (Faculty Facilitator Training)        | 443                                  |
| 6        | Faculty Mentor Training                                    | 227                                  |
| 7        | Mentoring Camp                                             | 3,951                                |
|          | Grand Total                                                | 62,577                               |

## ANNEXURE-IV  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  229 REGARDING  'PRADHAN  MANTRI  YUVA  UDYAMITA  VIKAS  ABHIYAN' TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON 04.12.2023

Details of the total number of beneficiaries covered under the project in the State of Maharashtra are as under:

| SI No.   | Activity                                                   | Number of Beneficiaries reached in the State of Maharashtra   |
|----------|------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1        | Principals' Orientation                                    | 51                                                            |
| 2        | Entrepreneurship Awareness Program (Students' Orientation) | 4,827                                                         |
| 3        | Community Awareness Program                                | 675                                                           |
| 4        | Entrepreneurship Development Program                       | 999                                                           |
| 5        | Training of Trainers (Faculty Facilitator Training)        | 47                                                            |
| 6        | Faculty Mentor Training                                    | 18                                                            |
| 7        | Mentoring Camp                                             | 500                                                           |
|          | Grand Total                                                | 7,117                                                         |

ANNEXURE-V  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  229 REGARDING  'PRADHAN  MANTRI  YUVA  UDYAMITA  VIKAS  ABHIYAN' TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON 04.12.2023

The State-wise details of achievements of the project, including the State of Maharashtra, are as under :

## A. Principals' Orientation

| State         | District                              |   Number of participants |
|---------------|---------------------------------------|--------------------------|
| Assam         | Kamrup Metropolitan (Guwahati/Dispur) |                       33 |
| Bihar         | Patna                                 |                       35 |
| Delhi         | Central Delhi                         |                       27 |
| Kerala        | Kozhikode                             |                       34 |
| Maharashtra   | Nagpur                                |                       51 |
| Tamil Nadu    | Chennai                               |                       39 |
| Telangana     | Hyderabad                             |                       63 |
| Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow                               |                       32 |
| Uttarakhand   | Dehradun                              |                       40 |
| West Bengal   | Kolkata                               |                       42 |
|               | Total                                 |                      396 |

## B. Entrepreneurship Awareness Program (Students' Orientation)

| State   | District                              |   Number of participants |
|---------|---------------------------------------|--------------------------|
| Assam   | Baksa                                 |                      145 |
|         | Darrang                               |                      211 |
|         | Kamrup                                |                      283 |
|         | Kamrup Metropolitan (Guwahati/Dispur) |                      288 |
|         | Morigaon                              |                      226 |
|         | Nagaon                                |                      253 |
|         | Sonitpur                              |                      220 |
|         | Total                                 |                     1626 |
| Bihar   | Arwal                                 |                      165 |
|         | Begusarai                             |                      150 |
|         | Bhagalpur                             |                      300 |
|         | Bhojpur                               |                      105 |
|         | Buxar                                 |                      315 |
|         | Patna                                 |                     1987 |
|         | Total                                 |                     3022 |
| Delhi   | Central Delhi                         |                     1725 |
|         | East Delhi                            |                      158 |
|         | Total                                 |                     1833 |
| Kerala  | Kozhikode                             |                     2550 |
|         | Malappuram                            |                     1482 |
|         | Thrissur                              |                      986 |

|               | Total               |   5018 |
|---------------|---------------------|--------|
| Maharashtra   | Gondia              |    464 |
|               | Mumbai City         |    225 |
|               | Nagpur              |   3922 |
|               | Pune                |    216 |
|               | Total               |   4827 |
| Tamil Nadu    | Chennai             |    459 |
|               | Coimbatore          |    321 |
|               | Kanyakumari         |    290 |
|               | Karur               |    280 |
|               | Nagapattinam        |    366 |
|               | Pudukkottai         |    315 |
|               | Thanjavur           |    410 |
|               | Tiruchirappalli     |    476 |
|               | Thoothukudi         |    270 |
|               | Total               |   3187 |
| Telangana     | Hyderabad           |   3920 |
|               | Ranga Reddy         |    298 |
|               | Sangareddy          |    325 |
|               | Warangal Urban      |    501 |
|               | Total               |   5044 |
| Uttar Pradesh | Chandauli           |     87 |
|               | Fatehpur            |    750 |
|               | Gautam Buddha Nagar |    551 |
|               | Ghaziabad           |    596 |
|               | Moradabad           |    108 |
|               | Muzaffarnagar       |    134 |
|               | Pilibhit            |    140 |
|               | Siddharth Nagar     |    406 |
|               | Varanasi            |    795 |
|               | Total               |   3567 |
| Uttarakhand   | Dehradun            |   1331 |
|               | Haridwar            |    222 |
|               | Pauri Garhwal       |    519 |
|               | Udham Singh Nagar   |    389 |
|               | Total               |   2461 |
| West Bengal   | 24 PARAGANAS SOUTH  |    375 |
|               | Bankura             |    596 |
|               | Birbhum             |    311 |
|               | Hooghly             |    201 |
|               | Howrah              |    186 |
|               | Jhargram            |    265 |
|               | Kolkata             |    834 |
|               | Nadia               |    515 |
|               | Purba Bardhaman     |    842 |
|               | Total               |   4125 |
|               | Grand Total         |  34760 |

## C. Community Awareness Program

| State         | District                              |   Number of participants |
|---------------|---------------------------------------|--------------------------|
| Assam         | Darrang                               |                      143 |
|               | Goalpara                              |                      204 |
|               | Kamrup Metropolitan (Guwahati/Dispur) |                       76 |
|               | Morigaon                              |                       57 |
|               | Total                                 |                      480 |
| Bihar         | Munger                                |                      102 |
|               | Patna                                 |                      132 |
|               | Total                                 |                      234 |
| Delhi         | Central Delhi                         |                      153 |
|               | New Delhi                             |                      220 |
|               | North West Delhi                      |                       28 |
|               | Total                                 |                      401 |
| Kerala        | Alappuzha                             |                      271 |
|               | Ernakulam                             |                      144 |
|               | Kannur                                |                       61 |
|               | Kozhikode                             |                      404 |
|               | Malappuram                            |                      123 |
|               | Thrissur                              |                      160 |
|               | Total                                 |                     1163 |
| Maharashtra   | Mumbai(Suburban)                      |                       50 |
|               | Nagpur                                |                      625 |
|               | Total                                 |                      675 |
| Tamil Nadu    | Tiruvannamalai                        |                       70 |
| Telangana     | Hyderabad                             |                      104 |
|               | Ranga Reddy                           |                      187 |
|               | Total                                 |                      291 |
| Uttar Pradesh | Amethi                                |                       80 |
|               | Barabanki                             |                      132 |
|               | Gautam Buddha Nagar                   |                      129 |
|               | Gorakhpur                             |                       98 |
|               | Lucknow                               |                      228 |
|               | Total                                 |                      667 |
| Uttarakhand   | Dehradun                              |                      415 |
|               | Haridwar                              |                       83 |
|               | Total                                 |                      498 |
| West Bengal   | 24 Paraganas South                    |                      110 |
|               | Howrah                                |                       74 |
|               | Kolkata                               |                      209 |
|               | Purba Bardhaman                       |                      131 |
|               | Total                                 |                      524 |
|               | Grand Total                           |                     5003 |

- D. Entrepreneurship Development Program

| State         | District                              | Number of participants   |
|---------------|---------------------------------------|--------------------------|
| Assam         | Kamrup Metropolitan (Guwahati/Dispur) | 460                      |
|               | Nagaon                                | 557                      |
|               | Nalbari                               | 340                      |
|               | Sonitpur                              | 174                      |
|               | Total                                 | 1531                     |
| Bihar         | Begusarai                             | 840                      |
|               | Patna                                 | 216                      |
|               | Total                                 | 1056                     |
| Delhi         | Central Delhi                         | 113                      |
|               | East Delhi                            | 45                       |
|               | New Delhi                             | 528                      |
|               | Total                                 | 686                      |
| Kerala        | Calicut                               | 1450                     |
|               | Thrissur                              | 157                      |
|               | Total                                 | 1607                     |
| Maharashtra   | Nagpur                                | 999                      |
|               | Total                                 | 999                      |
| Tamilnadu     | Chennai                               | 352                      |
|               | Karur                                 | 77                       |
|               | Nagapattinam                          | 54                       |
|               | Thanjavur                             | 30                       |
|               | Tiruchirappalli                       | 53                       |
|               | Total                                 | 566                      |
| Telangana     | Hyderabad                             | 1525                     |
|               | Warangal Urban                        | 393                      |
|               | Total                                 | 1918                     |
| Uttar Pradesh | Chandauli                             | 182                      |
|               | Fatehpur                              | 283                      |
|               | Gautam Buddha Nagar                   | 1270                     |
|               | Ghaziabad                             | 520                      |
|               | Varanasi                              | 58                       |
|               | Total                                 | 2313                     |
| Uttarakhand   | Dehradun                              | 656                      |
|               | Total                                 | 656                      |
| West Bengal   | Howrah                                | 475                      |
|               | Kolkata                               | 1395                     |
|               | Total                                 | 1,870                    |
|               | Grand Total                           | 13,202                   |

## E. Training of Trainers (Faculty Facilitator Training)

| State   | District   |   Number of participants |
|---------|------------|--------------------------|
| Assam   | Guwahati   |                       46 |
| Bihar   | Patna      |                       38 |
| Delhi   | New Delhi  |                       20 |

| Kerala        | Thiruvananthapuram   | 61   |
|---------------|----------------------|------|
| Maharashtra   | Nagpur               | 47   |
| Tamil nadu    | Chennai              | 73   |
| Telangana     | -                    | -    |
| Uttarakhand   | Dehradun             | 26   |
| Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow              | 59   |
| West Bengal   | Purba Bardhaman      | 73   |
|               | Total                | 443  |

- F. Faculty Mentor Training
- G. Mentoring Camp

| State         | District           | Number of participants   |
|---------------|--------------------|--------------------------|
| Assam         | -                  | -                        |
| Bihar         | Patna              | 28                       |
| Delhi         | New Delhi          | 20                       |
| Kerala        | Thiruvananthapuram | 25                       |
| Maharashtra   | Nagpur             | 18                       |
| Tamil nadu    | Chennai            | 23                       |
| Telangana     | Hyderabad          | 27                       |
| Uttarakhand   | Dehradun           | 21                       |
| Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow            | 42                       |
| West Bengal   | Purba Bardhaman    | 23                       |

| State   | District                              |   Number of participants |
|---------|---------------------------------------|--------------------------|
| Assam   | Barpeta                               |                      135 |
|         | Darrang                               |                       75 |
|         | Kamrup                                |                       90 |
|         | Kamrup Metropolitan (Guwahati/Dispur) |                       30 |
|         | Total                                 |                      330 |
| Bihar   | Begusarai                             |                       48 |
|         | Bhagalpur                             |                       26 |
|         | Darbhanga                             |                       33 |
|         | Munger                                |                       31 |
|         | Patna                                 |                       60 |
|         | Saran                                 |                       62 |
|         | Siwan                                 |                       30 |
|         | Total                                 |                      290 |
| Delhi   | Central Delhi                         |                      236 |
|         | Total                                 |                      236 |
| Kerala  | Alappuzha                             |                       85 |
|         | Ernakulam                             |                       79 |
|         | Kannur                                |                       36 |
|         | Kottayam                              |                       37 |
|         | Kozhikode                             |                       75 |

|               | Malappuram          | 111   |
|---------------|---------------------|-------|
|               | Thrissur            | 83    |
|               | Wayanad             | 66    |
|               | Total               | 572   |
| Maharashtra   | Aurangabad          | 85    |
|               | Gondia              | 40    |
|               | Mumbai City         | 154   |
|               | Nagpur              | 99    |
|               | Pune                | 81    |
|               | Thane               | 41    |
|               | Total               | 500   |
| Tamilnadu     | Chennai             | 210   |
|               | Madurai             | 393   |
|               | Theni               | 57    |
|               | Total               | 600   |
| Telangana     | Hyderabad           | 318   |
|               | Siddipet            | 41    |
|               | Total               | 359   |
| Uttar Pradesh | Gautam Buddha Nagar | 275   |
|               | Varanasi            | 106   |
|               | Total               | 381   |
| Uttarakhand   | Dehradun            | 194   |
|               | Pauri Garhwal       | 30    |
|               | Udham Singh Nagar   | 90    |
|               | Total               | 314   |
| West Bengal   | Kalimpong           | 150   |
|               | Kolkata             | 159   |
|               | Total               | 309   |
| Total         | Total               | 3,951 |

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