Lok Sabha Question No. 1724 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-09
Subject: Skill India Mission in NER
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: NINONG ERING

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1724 TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.12.2015

## SKILL INDIA MISSION IN NER

## QUESTION

## 1724. SHRI NINONG ERING:

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

- (a) the present status of implementation of Skill India Programme in the States of the North Eastern Region (NER) particularly in Arunachal Pradesh;
- (b) the details of fund availability and utilisation under the programme during the last three years and the current year;
- (c) whether the Government has reviewed the programme; and
- (d) if so, the outcome thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) IN THE MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP (SHRI RAJIV PRATAP RUDY)

(a) to (d) There are various schemes for skill development implemented in North Eastern Region as per the details given below:-

## (i)  Vocational  Training  Improvement  Project  (VTIP)  assisted  with World Bank assistance

The  Vocational  Training  Improvement  Project  (VTIP), interalia ,  envisages upgradation  of  400  ITIs.  34  State  Governments/UTs  including  NE  States  are participating under the project.

A total of 15 ITIs are covered in North-Eastern region including Arunachal Pradesh for  upgradation  under  the  Project.  Cost  sharing  between  Center  and  NE State is 90:10. Under the Project, Rs. 339 lakhs has been released to the State of Arunachal Pradesh against which the State has utilisedRs. 296 lakhs.

The State-wise details of NE region is tabulated below:

(Amount  in Rs. lakhs)

| S. N.   | States/UTs        | Total no of ITIs covered under   | Allocation including State share *   | Central releases   | Central releases   | Central releases   | Total funds released during Project period (FY 07- 08 to FY 15-16 till date)   | Expenditure till September 2015 (includes State share*)   |
|---------|-------------------|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|
| S. N.   |                   | VTIP                             | Allocation including State share *   | FY 2012-13         | FY 2013-14         | FY 2014-15         |                                                                                |                                                           |
| 1       | Arunachal Pradesh | 1                                | 376.55                               | 24.03              | 114.71             | -                  | 339.54                                                                         | 296.43                                                    |
| 2       | Assam             | 7                                | 2529.13                              | 344.61             |                    | 145.37             | 2373.98                                                                        | 2343.53                                                   |
| 3       | Manipur           | 2                                | 411.59                               | 16.99              |                    |                    | 334.01                                                                         | 332.48                                                    |
| 4       | Meghalaya         | 1                                | 409.09                               |                    | 72.00              | 44.59              | 353.28                                                                         | 207.68                                                    |
| 5       | Mizoram           | 1                                | 412.68                               |                    | 143.50             |                    | 356.57                                                                         | 396.37                                                    |
| 6       | Nagaland          | 1                                | 369.33                               | 6.93               | 70.84              | 20.61              | 368.05                                                                         | 291.39                                                    |
| 7       | Sikkim            | 1                                | 331.42                               |                    | 72.00              | 14.04              | 324.91                                                                         | 304.78                                                    |
| 8       | Tripura           | 1                                | 522.83                               | 1.15               | 113.76             | 28.19              | 516.24                                                                         | 516.58                                                    |
|         | Total             | 15                               | 5362.62                              | 393.71             | 586.81             | 252.80             | 4966.58                                                                        | 4689.24                                                   |

## (ii) Upgradation of 1396 Government ITIs through PPP

The Scheme of 'Upgradation of 1396 Government ITIs through PPP' was operationalized  throughout  the  country  during  the  XI  five  year  Plan  (2007-2012)  for  the purpose  of  modernization/upgradation  of  existing  Government  ITIs.  In  the  NE  States  of Arunachal  Pradesh,  Assam,  Meghalaya,  Mizoram,  Nagaland  and  Tripura  a  total  of  38 Government ITIs have been covered and Rs. 95 Crore released to these States. In the State of Arunachal Pradesh, 4 Government ITIs had been covered and Rs 10.00 Crore has been released.

The state-wise details of ITIs covered and fund released in the North Eastern Region (NER) are as below:

| S.No   | Name of the State   |   No. of ITIs covered |   Fund released Rs. In Crore |
|--------|---------------------|-----------------------|------------------------------|
| 1.     | Arunachal Pradesh   |                     4 |                         10   |
| 2.     | Assam               |                    17 |                         42.5 |
| 3.     | Meghalaya           |                     1 |                          2.5 |
| 4.     | Mizoram             |                     2 |                          5   |
| 5.     | Nagaland            |                     7 |                         17.5 |
| 6.     | Tripura             |                     7 |                         17.5 |
| Total  | Total               |                    38 |                         95   |

Besides, Government has introduced Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) in March, 2015 which is a reward based, demand driven scheme aiming to enable and mobilise a large number of Indian youth to take up skill training, become employable and earn their livelihood. The scheme targets to benefit 24 lakh persons with  training  of  14  lakh  fresh  entrants  and  certification  of  10  lakh  persons  under Recognition  of  Prior  Learning  (RPL).  As  on  23.11.2015,  in  North  Eastern  region including  Arunachal  Pradesh,    20,618  persons  have  been  enrolled  and  16,  287 persons trained and certified under PMKVY.

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