Lok Sabha Question No. 139 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-04
Subject: Jan Shikshan Sansthan in Bihar
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: Kaushalendra Kumar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 139

ANSWERED ON 04.12.2023

## JAN SHIKSHAN SANSTHAN IN BIHAR

## 139. SHRI KAUSHALENDRA KUMAR:

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

- (a) the number of Jan Shikshan Sansthans (JSS) established in Bihar;
- (b) the details of the number of trained employees and other staff on the said centres, centrewise; and
- (c) the details of the contributions made by the Jan Shikshan Sansthans to the states.

## ANSWER

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

(SHRI RAJEEV CHANDRASEKHAR)

- (a) The Jan Shikshan Sansthan (JSS) Scheme, initially launched as Shramik Vidyapeeth (SVP)  in  1967,  aims  to  provide skill  training in  a  non-formal  mode  at  the  doorsteps  of  the beneficiary through  registered  Societies  (NGOs) with  100%  grant  from  the  Government  of India.  The  target  beneficiaries  of  the  scheme  are  non-literates,  neo-literates  and  persons having rudimentary level of education, school dropouts up to class 12 th  in the age group of 1545 years. At present, there are 21 JSSs in the State of Bihar. The list of these JSSs is given at Annexure-I.
- (b) The details of the number of employees and other staff(s) in JSSs in Bihar are given at Annexure-II.
- (c) The JSS Scheme provide skill training in  a  non-formal mode  at  the  doorsteps  of  the beneficiary  to  women,  Scheduled  Castes  (SC),  Scheduled  Tribes  (ST),  Other  Backward Classes  (OBCs),  minorities  and  any  other  disadvantaged  groups  of  society.  The  target beneficiaries  of  the  scheme  are  non-literates,  neo-literates  and  persons  having  rudimentary level  of  education,  school  dropouts  up  to  class  12 th   in  the  age  group  of  15-45  years.  The scheme aims to increase the household income by promoting self/wage employment through skill development training. In addition, the Livelihood Cells are also setup under the JSSs for the promotion of livelihood opportunities and formation of Self Help Groups (SHGs) to promote entrepreneurship.

Further,  the  JSSs  also  contribute  by  conducting  activities  to  create  awareness  in  the community  on  important  issues  such  as  social,  economic,  health,  financial  literacy  and environment  etc.  JSSs  actively  participate  in  celebrating  multiple  events  like  Yoga  Day, Independence Day, Swachhata Pakhwada, World Environment Day etc.

Since 2018 till 15th October,2023, a total of 1,36,192 beneficiaries have been trained in Bihar under  this  scheme.  The  year  wise,  gender  wise  and  category  wise  details  of  the  trained beneficiaries are given at Annexure-III.

## ANNEXURE REFERRING TO REPLY TO LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 139 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.12.2023

List of JSSs functional in the State of Bihar:

|   Sl. No. | Name of JSS        |
|-----------|--------------------|
|         1 | Araria             |
|         2 | Arwal              |
|         3 | Aurangabad         |
|         4 | Banka              |
|         5 | Begusarai          |
|         6 | Buxar              |
|         7 | Gaya               |
|         8 | Jamui              |
|         9 | Kishanganj         |
|        10 | Madhubani          |
|        11 | Muzaffarpur        |
|        12 | Nalanda            |
|        13 | Nawada             |
|        14 | Pashchim Champaran |
|        15 | Patna              |
|        16 | Purbi Champaran    |
|        17 | Samastipur         |
|        18 | Saran              |
|        19 | Sitamarhi          |
|        20 | Vaishali           |
|        21 | Gopalganj          |

## ANNEXURE REFERRING TO REPLY TO LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 139 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.12.2023

The details of the number of trained employees and other staff in the JSSs of Bihar:

|         | State : Bihar       | State : Bihar       | State : Bihar              |
|---------|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------------|
| Sl. No. | JSS Name            | Number of employees | Number of Resource Persons |
| 1       | JSS Araria          | 10                  | 19                         |
| 2       | JSS Arwal           | 10                  | 48                         |
| 3       | JSS Aurangabad      | 8                   | 43                         |
| 4       | JSS Banka           | 9                   | 55                         |
| 5       | JSS Begusarai       | 10                  | 42                         |
| 6       | JSS Buxar           | 9                   | 98                         |
| 7       | JSS East Champaran  | 11                  | 90                         |
| 8       | JSS Gaya            | 7                   | 43                         |
| 9       | JSS Gopalgunj       | 10                  | 86                         |
| 10      | JSS Jamui           | 11                  | 46                         |
| 11      | JSS Kishanganj      | 7                   | 41                         |
| 12      | JSS Madhubani       | 11                  | 70                         |
| 13      | JSS Muzaffarpur     | 9                   | 112                        |
| 14      | JSS Nalanda         | 10                  | 49                         |
| 15      | JSS Nawada          | 11                  | 21                         |
| 16      | JSS Patna           | 6                   | 116                        |
| 17      | JSS Samastipur      | 8                   | 26                         |
| 18      | JSS Saran (Sonepur) | 10                  | 31                         |
| 19      | JSS Sitamarhi       | 9                   | 132                        |
| 20      | JSS Vaishali        | 10                  | 76                         |
| 21      | JSS West Champaran  | 10                  | 46                         |

## ANNEXURE REFERRING TO REPLY TO LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 139 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.12.2023

Details of the contributions made by the Jan Shikshan Sansthans to the state:

| State/UT   | Financial Year   |   Enrolled |   Trained |   Assessed |   Certified |
|------------|------------------|------------|-----------|------------|-------------|
| Bihar      | 2018-19          |       9567 |      9567 |       8594 |        8552 |
| Bihar      | 2019-20          |      22708 |     22708 |      21317 |       21175 |
| Bihar      | 2020-21          |      16314 |     16314 |      16300 |       16222 |
| Bihar      | 2021-22          |      28769 |     28769 |      27796 |       27709 |
| Bihar      | 2022-23          |      56595 |     56594 |      55835 |       55821 |
| Bihar      | 2023-24*         |      12600 |      2240 |       1000 |         460 |
| Bihar      | Grand Total*     |     146553 |    136192 |     130842 |      129939 |

The Gender wise bifurcation of the trained beneficiaries in the state of Bihar (Financial Year wise)  is provided in the table below:

| State/UT   | Financial Year   | Male     |   Female |   Transgender | Total   |
|------------|------------------|----------|----------|---------------|---------|
| Bihar      | 2018-19          | 854 8710 |        3 |          9567 |         |
| Bihar      | 2019-20          | 2510     |    20192 |             6 | 22708   |
| Bihar      | 2020-21          | 2802     |    13506 |             6 | 16314   |
| Bihar      | 2021-22          | 5024     |    23741 |             4 | 28769   |
| Bihar      | 2022-23          | 11441    |    45138 |            15 | 56594   |
| Bihar      | 2023-24          | 244      |     1996 |             0 | 2240    |
| Bihar      | Grand Total      | 22875    |   113283 |            34 | 136192  |

The Category wise bifurcation of the trained beneficiaries in the state of Bihar (Financial Year wise)  is provided in the table below:

| State/UT   | Financial Year   |    SC |   ST |   OBC | Minority   | Other   |   Total Trained |
|------------|------------------|-------|------|-------|------------|---------|-----------------|
| Bihar      | 2018-19          |  2518 |  294 |  4004 | 1630 1121  |         |            9567 |
| Bihar      | 2019-20          |  5970 |  502 |  9595 | 4463       | 2178    |           22708 |
| Bihar      | 2020-21          |  4710 |  503 |  6412 | 3145       | 1544    |           16314 |
| Bihar      | 2021-22          |  8010 | 1344 | 13217 | 3604       | 2594    |           28769 |
| Bihar      | 2022-23          | 14626 | 1960 | 27688 | 7096       | 5224    |           56594 |
| Bihar      | 2023-24          |   642 |   51 |   878 | 462        | 207     |            2240 |
| Bihar      | Grand Total      | 36476 | 4654 | 61794 | 20400      | 12862   |          136192 |

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