Lok Sabha Question No. 163 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-12-01
Subject: Youth Skill Development Initiatives in Bardhaman-Durgapur
Ministry: YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS
Asked by: Shri Azad Kirti Jha

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF YOUTH AFFAIRS & SPORTS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 163 TO BE ANSWERED ON 01.12.2025

Youth Skill Development Initiatives in Bardhaman-Durgapur

163. Shri Azad Kirti Jha:

Will the Minister of YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of functional district-level Nehru Yuva Kendras (NYKs) in Bardhaman-Durgapur, including sanctioned and filled staff posts;
- (b)  the  details and impact of youth engagement activities such as Youth Parliament and Yuva Utsav conducted from 2022 to 2025, with particular emphasis on the participation from tribal and marginalized youth;
- (c) whether new coverage expansions for NYKs in underserved periurban and rural blocks of Bardhaman Durgapur are planned and if so, the expected timelines; and
- (d) the status of skill development missions in Bardhaman-Durgapur including the flagship State scheme 'Utkarsh Bangla' and Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY 4.0), particularly the numbers of training centres, candidates  trained, placement  rates and employer linkages?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF YOUTH AFFAIRS & SPORTS (DR. MANSUKH MANDAVIYA)

- (a) There  are  two  functional  district-level  MY  Bharat  Kendras (erstwhile Nehru Yuva Kendras) in Bardhaman-Durgapur viz. Purba Bardhaman  and  Paschim  Bardhaman-Durgapur and  the  details  of sanctioned and filled posts in these two Kendras is as under:

| S. N.   | Name of MY Bharat District Kendra   | Designation                            |   No of posts sanctioned |   No. of posts filled as on 25.11.2025 |
|---------|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|--------------------------|----------------------------------------|
| 1.      | Purba Bardhaman                     | District Youth Officer (DYO)           |                       01 |                                     01 |
|         |                                     | Accounts and Programme Assistant (APA) |                       01 |                                     00 |
|         |                                     | Multi-Tasking Staff (MTS)              |                       01 |                                     01 |
| 2.      | Paschim Bardhaman                   | District Youth Officer (DYO)           |                       01 |                                     01 |
|         | - Durgapur                          | Accounts and Programme Assistant (APA) |                       01 |                                     00 |
|         |                                     | Multi-Tasking Staff (MTS)              |                       01 |                                     01 |
|         |                                     | Total                                  |                       06 |                                     04 |

(b) MY Bharat has undertaken various youth engagement initiativessuch as Neighbourhood Youth Parliament, National Youth Parliament Festival/Viksit Bharat Youth Parliament, and Yuva Utsav-to empower young people and promote their active participation in nation-building activities.  Youth  from  all  sections  of  society,  including  tribal  and marginalized communities, have participated in these programmes.

Neighbourhood Youth  Parliament  aims  to  provide  an  institutional platform for youth to articulate their views on issues affecting their lives,  engage in discussions on socio-economic and developmental matters,  and  share  ideas  on  community  development  and  social welfare.

National  Youth  Parliament  Festival  (NYPF)/Viksit Bharat  Youth Parliament: From 2024 -25 onwards, NYPF has been reimagined as the Viksit  Bharat  Youth  Parliament,  aligning  with  the  vision  of  Viksit Bharat@2047. The program seeks to encourage youth to engage with public issues, develop  informed opinions, express  themselves effectively, and  participate  in  democratic  deliberations  at  the district, state, and national levels.

Yuva Utsav aims to promote the values of India's freedom struggle and celebrate the nation's spiritual and cultural heritage. It includes five components-Painting, Poem Writing, Photography, Declamation, and Cultural Festival-organized with focus on the Panch Pran.

The details of the youth engagement activities conducted from 2022 to 2025 is placed at Annexure-A.

- (c) At  present,  there is  no  proposal for  expansion of  MY  Bharat Kendras in  underserved peri-urban  or  rural  blocks of  Bardhaman -Durgapur.
- (d) PMKVY 4.0 is the latest version of the PMKVY  Scheme under implementation  since  FY  22-23.  It  is  imparting  skill  development training  through Short-Term Training (STT)  and up-skilling  and reskilling through Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) to youth across the  country  including  West  Bengal  with aim to  enhance  the employability of the youth to access employment opportunities by equipping them  with industry relevant skills. The  details of candidates trained/ oriented alongwith empanelled Training Centres in  Purba Bardhaman and Paschim Bardhaman (covering Durgapur) under PMKVY 4.0 as on 31.10.2025 is as under:

| District          |   Number of Training Centers No. of candidates trained / Oriented | Number of Training Centers No. of candidates trained / Oriented   |
|-------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Paschim Bardhaman |                                                                10 | 1,218                                                             |
| Purba Bardhaman   |                                                                19 | 4,291                                                             |

Under the PMKVY  scheme, placements were tracked in the ShortTerm  Training (STT)  component in  the  first  three  versions of  the PMKVY  Scheme which is  PMKVY  1.0,  PMKVY  2.0 and PMKVY  3.0 implemented from FY 2015-16 to FY 2021-22. Under PMKVY 4.0, the focus was to empower our trained candidates to choose their varied career path and they are suitably oriented for the same. Moreover OnJob-Training is an integral part of all skilling programs under PMKVY which  helps  candidates to  get  trained  in  real  industry  setup and subsequently choose their career pathways.

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ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  PART  (b)  OF  REPLY  TO  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED Q.  NO.  163  FOR  01.12.2025  ASKED  BY  SHRI  AZAD  KIRTI  JHA REGARDING YOUTH  SKILL  DEVELOPMENT  INITIATIVES IN  BARDHAMANDURGAPUR

Details  of the youth engagement activities  such as  Neighbourhood Youth Parliament, National Youth Parliament and Yuva Utsav conducted from 2022 to 2025:

## a) Neighbourhood Youth Parliament:

|        | District   | Purba Bardhaman   | Purba Bardhaman     | Paschim Bardhaman - Durgapur   | Paschim Bardhaman - Durgapur   |
|--------|------------|-------------------|---------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| S. No. | F.Y.       | No. of programmes | No. of participants | No. of programmes              | No. of participants            |
| 1      | 2022-23    | 1                 | 1890                | 1                              | 646                            |
| 2      | 2023-24    | 1                 | 1964                | 1                              | 644                            |
| 3      | 2024-25    | Nil               | Nil                 | Nil                            | Nil                            |

## b) Viksit Bharat Youth Parliament/ National Youth Parliament Festival (NYPF):

|        | District   | Purba Bardhaman   | Purba Bardhaman     | Paschim Bardhaman - Durgapur   | Paschim Bardhaman - Durgapur   |
|--------|------------|-------------------|---------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| S. No. | F.Y.       | No. of programmes | No. of participants | No. of programmes              | No. of participants            |
| 1      | 2022-23    | *                 | 11                  | *                              | 12                             |
| 2      | 2023-24    | *                 | 10                  | *                              | 10                             |
| 3      | 2024-25    | 1                 | 106                 | 1                              | 133                            |

## c) Yuva Utsav:

|        | District   | Purba Bardhaman   | Purba Bardhaman     | Paschim Bardhaman - Durgapur   | Paschim Bardhaman - Durgapur   |
|--------|------------|-------------------|---------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| S. No. | F.Y.       | No. of programmes | No. of participants | No. of programmes              | No. of participants            |
| 1      | 2022-23    | 1                 | 307                 | 1                              | 303                            |
| 2      | 2023-24    | 1                 | 202                 | 1                              | 296                            |
| 3      | 2024-25    | 1                 | 307                 | 1                              | 518                            |