Lok Sabha Question No. 291 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-02-02
Subject: Allocation of Funds under PMKVY
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: Shri Anto Antony

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO - 291

ANSWERED ON  02.02.2026

## ALLOCATION OF FUNDS UNDER PMKVY

## 291.  SHRI ANTO ANTONY:

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

- (a) whether the Government has any statistics regarding the funds allocated under Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY);
- (b) if  so,  the  details of the funds provided since the introduction of the scheme, State/UT and year-wise;
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  noticed  that  the  cases  of  mismanagement  or irregularities of funds under the scheme has been reported by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG), if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) whether the Government has taken any steps to enquire into the scam including the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  recover  the  money  from  the  scamsters  or fraudsters and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) IN THE MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

(SHRI JAYANT CHAUDHARY)

(a) and  (b) Ministry of Skill  Development  and  Entrepreneurship  (MSDE)  is implementing its flagship scheme Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY), since 2015, for imparting skill development training through Short-Term Training (STT) and up-skilling and re-skilling through Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) to youth across  the  country  with  aim  to  enhance  the  employability  of  the  youth  to  access employment opportunities by equipping them with industry relevant skills.

Since inception, MSDE  has  disbursed  a  total fund of ₹12,384.22 crore for implementation of PMKVY, out of which ₹11,578.98 crore has been utilized till date to train  1.64  Crore  candidates  across  the  country.  FY-wise  and  State-wise  details  of funds utilized across States since inception of PMKVY till 31.12.2025 is at AnnexureA.

(c)  and (d)  The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) conducted a Performance Audit of PMKVY covering its initial phases up to 2022 and flagged certain deficiencies in legacy systems relating to data validation, beneficiary details, assessor information, eligibility verification, and monitoring processes, largely attributable to limitations in IT controls and decentralized implementation prevalent at that time.

Taking  cognizance  of  these  observations,  the  Government  has  since  undertaken comprehensive corrective measures under PMKVY 4.0, including Aadhaar-based eKYC, face authentication and geo-tagged attendance, QR-coded digital certificates, real-time dashboards on the Skill India Digital Hub, strengthened assessor and training centre accreditation through NCVET, independent monitoring via Kaushal Samiksha Kendra,  revised  monitoring  guidelines  with  clear  KPIs,  and  a  robust  penalty  and recovery framework.

Disciplinary actions, including suspension, blacklisting, recovery of funds, and drastic steps have been taken wherever non-compliance was established, thereby institutionalising stronger accountability, verification, and oversight mechanisms under the scheme.

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a,b)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 291 ANSWERED ON 02.02.2026

State -wise and FY-wise details of fund utilized under  PMKVY Scheme from FY 201516 to FY 2020-21  is as under

## Amount in crores

| Sl. No   | State/UT name                          | 2015-16   | 2016-17         | 2017-18   | 2018-19   | 2019-20   | 2020-21   |
|----------|----------------------------------------|-----------|-----------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1        | Andaman & Nicobar Islands              | 0.02      | -               | -         | -         | 0.88      | 2.34      |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh                         | 92.55     | 3.21            | 68.00     | 59.19     | 56.92     | 48.32     |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh                      | 0.36      | -               | 0.26      | 5.83      | 16.52     | 16.33     |
| 4        | Assam                                  | 2.18      | 2.47            | 36.60     | 25.54     | 85.75     | 80.46     |
| 5        | Bihar                                  | 51.59     | 7.32            | 101.28    | 80.34     | 94.31     | 62.68     |
| 6        | Chandigarh                             | 3.35      | -               | 2.96      | 3.46      | 5.17      | 3.66      |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh                           | 22.75     | 0.49            | 36.47     | 36.78     | 27.90     | 15.29     |
| 8        | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu | 0.30      | -               | 0.72      | 1.53      | 3.52      | 0.89      |
| 9        | Delhi                                  | 49.18     | 6.63            | 107.97    | 52.02     | 45.47     | 57.44     |
| 10       | Goa                                    | 0.24      | 0.07            | 0.83      | 0.16      | 1.31      | 1.29      |
| 11       | Gujarat                                | 25.99     | 2.18            | 37.30     | 40.47     | 73.10     | 35.22     |
| 12       | Haryana                                | 52.63     | 8.39            | 197.24    | 103.34    | 67.87     | 39.25     |
| 13       | Himachal Pradesh                       | 15.61     | 0.29            | 19.70     | 23.37     | 37.23     | 14.58     |
| 14       | Jammu and Kashmir                      | 10.63     | 2.99            | 55.60     | 32.20     | 55.31     | 45.31     |
| 15       | Jharkhand                              | 17.35     | 0.71            | 27.70     | 28.76     | 35.72     | 12.33     |
| 16       | Karnataka                              | 48.24     | 1.97            | 49.60     | 55.83     | 60.36     | 53.11     |
| 17       | Kerala                                 | 9.88      | 1.36            | 32.82     | 19.44     | 27.19     | 19.36     |
| 18       | Ladakh                                 | -         | -               | -         | -         | -         | 0.12      |
| 19       | Lakshadweep                            | -         | -               | -         | -         | -         | 0.50      |
| 20       | Madhya Pradesh                         | 104.87    | 6.78            | 200.32    | 132.09    | 121.71    | 71.08     |
| 21       | Maharashtra                            | 56.10     | 17.06           | 60.93     | 107.57    | 196.40    | 140.76    |
| 22       | Manipur                                | 0.92      | 0.71            | 4.97      | 8.00      | 29.68     | 26.62     |
| 23       | Meghalaya                              | 0.01      | 0.05            | 3.67      | 3.08      | 16.40     | 10.77     |
| 24       | Mizoram                                | 0.02      | -               | 0.05      | 3.29      | 14.15     | 13.07     |
| 25       | Nagaland                               | 0.68      | 0.30            | 1.89      | 3.03      | 17.40     | 12.16     |
| 26       | Odisha                                 | 33.81     | 2.17            | 59.37     | 47.19     | 80.93     | 45.17     |
| 27       | Puducherry                             | 5.48      | 0.25            | 3.46      | 2.39      | 8.09      | 6.10      |
| 28       | Punjab                                 | 48.48     | 4.49            | 116.32    | 71.61     | 82.45     | 44.13     |
| 29       | Rajasthan                              | 79.31     | 13.27           | 217.05    | 96.75     | 111.64    | 70.77     |
| 30       | Sikkim                                 | 0.36      | 0.05            | 0.88      | 1.24      | 5.08      | 5.93      |
| 31       | Tamil Nadu                             | 105.55    | 5.31            | 131.96    | 80.40     | 59.20     | 37.70     |
| 32       | Telangana                              | 72.11     | 5.31            | 101.08    | 62.87     | 41.36     | 24.13     |
| 33       | Tripura                                | 8.77      | 0.31            | 8.54      | 8.15      | 14.15     | 28.23     |
| 34       | Uttar Pradesh                          | 173.71    | 20.39           | 350.54    | 203.53    | 250.94    | 146.84    |
| 35       | Uttarakhand                            | 8.65      | 1.82            | 36.43     | 42.04     | 50.73     | 27.74     |
| 36       | West Bengal                            | 72.81     | 7.42            | 89.93     | 65.65     | 82.96     | 35.32     |
|          | Total                                  | 1,174.48  | 123.77 2,162.43 |           | 1,507.18  | 1,877.80  | 1,255.01  |

Further, State -wise and FY-wise details of fund utilized under PMKVY Scheme from FY 2021-22 to FY 2025-26 till 31.12.2025  is as under

## Amount in crores

| Sl. No.   | State/UT name                          | 2021-22   | 2022-23   | 2023-24   | 2024-25   | 2025-26   | Total (FY 2015-16 to FY 2025-26)   |
|-----------|----------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------------------------------|
| 1         | Andaman & Nicobar Islands              | 0.59      | 0.08      | 0.02      | 0.84      | -         | 4.77                               |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh                         | 17.73     | 3.16      | 37.37     | 15.95     | 13.51     | 415.91                             |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh                      | 11.29     | 10.56     | 13.91     | 6.53      | 1.04      | 82.64                              |
| 4         | Assam                                  | 55.97     | 25.61     | 43.67     | 42.21     | 16.07     | 416.54                             |
| 5         | Bihar                                  | 57.04     | 18.16     | 31.92     | 62.33     | 1.13      | 568.11                             |
| 6         | Chandigarh                             | 0.89      | 0.90      | 0.62      | 0.57      | -         | 21.58                              |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh                           | 3.98      | 2.49      | 13.00     | 8.37      | 5.10      | 172.61                             |
| 8         | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu | 0.36      | 0.04      | 0.26      | 0.90      | -         | 8.53                               |
| 9         | Delhi                                  | 13.89     | 4.27      | 12.63     | 19.51     | 0.80      | 369.81                             |
| 10        | Goa                                    | 0.38      | 0.63      | 0.25      | 0.07      | -         | 5.23                               |
| 11        | Gujarat                                | 11.98     | 9.02      | 24.05     | 18.79     | 0.47      | 278.56                             |
| 12        | Haryana                                | 10.05     | 5.89      | 26.89     | 58.24     | 4.81      | 574.60                             |
| 13        | Himachal Pradesh                       | 11.24     | 4.52      | 10.41     | 14.46     | 4.38      | 155.79                             |
| 14        | Jammu and Kashmir                      | 16.52     | 20.07     | 42.39     | 69.30     | 3.38      | 353.70                             |
| 15        | Jharkhand                              | 20.43     | 15.30     | 13.44     | 19.71     | 0.86      | 192.31                             |
| 16        | Karnataka                              | 16.65     | 6.78      | 27.38     | 34.30     | 1.54      | 355.76                             |
| 17        | Kerala                                 | 12.06     | 10.74     | 11.20     | 4.36      | 0.61      | 149.01                             |
| 18        | Ladakh                                 | 0.26      | 0.34      | 1.01      | 0.59      | -         | 2.32                               |
| 19        | Lakshadweep                            | -         | -         | -         | 0.34      | -         | 0.84                               |
| 20        | Madhya Pradesh                         | 46.78     | 19.24     | 56.34     | 207.58    | 21.98     | 988.77                             |
| 21        | Maharashtra                            | 57.95     | 12.89     | 65.14     | 50.39     | 4.61      | 769.81                             |
| 22        | Manipur                                | 13.23     | 6.12      | 7.19      | 10.08     | 19.79     | 127.30                             |
| 23        | Meghalaya                              | 14.23     | 0.46      | 11.76     | 4.36      | - 1.25    | 63.56                              |
| 24        | Mizoram                                | 5.33      | 2.99      | 6.62      | 3.01      | 3.89      | 52.41                              |
| 25        | Nagaland                               | 8.86      | 5.94      | 10.58     | 4.27      | 1.41      | 66.53                              |
| 26        | Odisha                                 | 16.57     | 6.77      | 20.19     | 14.31     | 1.97      | 328.45                             |
| 27        | Puducherry                             | 2.45      | 0.69      | 2.67      | 1.25      | -         | 32.83                              |
| 28        | Punjab                                 | 26.94     | 10.83     | 41.06     | 105.31    | 2.77      | 554.41                             |
| 29        | Rajasthan                              | 41.53     | 11.19     | 68.52     | 292.42    | 6.21      | 1,008.67                           |
| 30        | Sikkim                                 | 2.15      | 1.35      | 3.15      | 1.26      | 0.09      | 21.56                              |
| 31        | Tamil Nadu                             | 19.18     | 13.76     | 43.37     | 63.08     | 1.39      | 560.89                             |
| 32        | Telangana                              | 9.39      | 6.24      | 24.44     | 11.07     | 2.26      | 360.25                             |
| 33        | Tripura                                | 12.57     | 6.25      | 5.82      | 8.94      | 1.80      | 103.53                             |
| 34        | Uttar Pradesh                          | 75.55     | 39.29     | 119.24    | 352.64    | 13.25     | 1,745.91                           |
| 35        | Uttarakhand                            | 9.88      | 13.18     | 14.90     | 26.37     | 1.82      | 233.56                             |
| 36        | West Bengal                            | 19.84     | 9.73      | 27.27     | 16.33     | 4.66      | 431.92                             |
|           | Total                                  | 643.77    | 305.48    | 838.68    | 1,550.01  | 140.35    | 11,578.98                          |

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