Lok Sabha Question No. 250 (STARRED), answered on 2025-12-17
Subject: Rail Kaushal Vikas Yojana
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Shri Imran Masood

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 250

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 17.12.2025

## RAIL KAUSHAL VIKAS YOJANA

†*250. SHRI IMRAN MASOOD:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the number of training centers in Uttar Pradesh under  the  Rail  Kaushal  Vikas  Yojana  launched  by  the  Union Government;
- (b) the number  of youth in Saharanpur  made  self-reliant by providing them technical training under the above yojana; and
- (c) the  details  of  the  locations  wherein  All  India  level  short  term training  programmes  for  youth  in  Uttar  Pradesh  have  been organised under the  Rail Kaushal Vikas Yojana?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, INFORMATION & BROADCASTING AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

(SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

(a) to (c): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House. *****

STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (c) OF LOK SABHA  STARRED  QUESTION  NO.  250  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON 17.12.2025

(a)  to  (c):  Indian  Railways  has  developed  a  comprehensive training ecosystem that is primarily designed for its own employees, offering structured training interventions at various stages of their career for effective skilling, re-skilling, and up-skilling. To support this, Indian Railways has established an extensive network of training centres across all Zonal Railways and Production Units. Within a Zone also, these  training  centres  are  spread  out  across  different  locations  of Divisions or Workshops.

At  the  same  time,  with  the  aim  of  enhancing  employability  and promoting entrepreneurship among the youth, the Railways launched the Rail Kaushal Vikas Yojana, a pan-India entry-level skill development programme covering 16 technical trades. The scheme was  launched  in  September  2021,  with  an  objective  to  empower trained candidates to pursue wage employment or self-employment.

The training under Rail Kaushal Vikas Yojana is provided free of cost to the Trainees, at 98 training centres of  Zonal  Railways  & Production  Units,  spread  across  the  country.  The  candidates  from any  part  of  the  country  can  join  this  training.  14  of  these  training centres are located in Uttar Pradesh as per the following details:

|   S.N. | City    | Name of the Training Centre                            |
|--------|---------|--------------------------------------------------------|
|      1 | Lucknow | Supervisors Training Centre, Mechanical Loco Workshop. |

|   2 | Varanasi   | Technical Training Centre, Banaras Locomotive Works.   |
|-----|------------|--------------------------------------------------------|
|   3 | Izzatnagar | Divisional Training Centre/Carriage & Wagon Workshop.  |
|   4 | Gorakhpur  | Electrical Training Centre.                            |
|   5 | Jhansi     | Basic Training Centre, Wagon Workshop.                 |
|   6 | Bareilly   | Basic Training Centre, Mechanical Workshop.            |
|   7 | Varanasi   | Multi Disciplinary Divisional Training Institute.      |
|   8 | Ghaziabad  | Carriage And Wagon Training Centre.                    |
|   9 | Jhansi     | Supervisors Training Centre, Jhansi.                   |
|  10 | Gorakhpur  | Workshop Training Centre/ Mechanical Workshop.         |
|  11 | Lucknow    | Divisional Training Centre/Carriage & Wagon Workshop.  |
|  12 | Lalganj    | Technical Training Centre, Modern Coach Factory.       |
|  13 | Ghaziabad  | Signal & Telecom Training Centre.                      |
|  14 | Chandauli  | Electric Traction Training Centre.                     |

Since  inception,  31,839  youths  from  all  across  the  country  have been  provided  short-term  technical  skill  training  at  designated Railway Training Centres under scheme Rail Kaushal Vikas Yojana. 5862  of  these  belong  to  Uttar  Pradesh,  out  of  which  64  are  from Saharanpur district.

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