Lok Sabha Question No. 5938 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-03-30
Subject: Youth Trained/Employed under PMKVY in Rajasthan
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: Shri Amra Ram

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5938

ANSWERED ON - 30.03.2026

## YOUTH TRAINED / EMPLOYED UNDER PMKVY IN RAJASTHAN

† 5938.  SHRI AMRA RAM:

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

- (a) the number of youth trained and received employment in Rajasthan under the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana, district-wise;
- (b) the details of Skill Development Programmes being run by the Government for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in Rajasthan along with the number of youth participated in them;
- (c) the details of budget allocated for Skill Development in Sikar Parliamentary Constituency; and
- (d) the details of programmes being run by the Government to provide training and assistance to MSMEs in Sikar Parliamentary Constituency?

## ANSWER

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

(SHRI JAYANT CHAUDHARY)

- (a) The  district-wise  details  of  the  number  of  youth  trained/oriented  and  reported  placed  in Rajasthan under the first three versions of Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) are given at Annexure I.

Under Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY), placements were tracked in the Short-Term Training (STT) component in the first three versions of the Scheme - 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 is to empower trained candidates to choose their varied career path, either self-employment or wage-employment, and they are suitably oriented for the same through On-Job Training (OJT) embedded industry relevant skill courses. District-wise details of the number of youth trained/oriented under the PMKVY 4.0 given at Annexure II.

(b)  to  (d) Under  the  Government  of  India's  Skill  India  Mission  (SIM),  the  Ministry  of  Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) delivers skill, re-skill and up-skill training through an extensive network of skill development centres / institutes etc. under various schemes to all the sections  of  the  society  across  the  country  including  Rajasthan  and  Sikar  Parliamentary Constituency. The  SIM  aims  at  enabling  youth  of  India  to  get  future  ready  and  equipped  with industry relevant skills. The brief of these schemes is as under:

Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY): MSDE is implementing its flagship Scheme PMKVY since 2015. Under PMKVY, skill training is imparted through Short Term Training (STT) and Re-skilling and Up-skilling through Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) to youth across the country.

In  order  to  support  industries  and  MSMEs  by  providing  skilled  workforce,  STT  is  provided  to candidates  looking  for  fresh  skilling,  out-of-education  candidates,  school/college  dropouts  or unemployed youth. Under the RPL component, candidates with prior learning experience or skills are certified with due assessment, enabling youths to obtain industry relevant skill certification.

The Government is committed to align training content with real-time job market demands and improve  employability  linkages  under  PMKVY  by  fostering  demand-driven  skilling  and  close collaboration with the industries, MSME clusters, business associations, private sector employers, and State/UT skill missions.

Funds under PMKVY are released to implementing agencies for meeting the training cost as per prescribed norms. As on 31.12.2025, an amount of Rs. 210.72 crore has been disbursed in the Sikar Parliamentary Constituency.

National  Apprenticeship  Promotion  Scheme  (NAPS): The  Government  of  India  launched 'National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme' (NAPS) in August, 2016 with the objective to promote apprenticeship  training  and  to  increase  the  engagement  of  apprentices.  Since  2022-23,  the scheme  continues  as  NAPS-2  and  is  being implemented  throughout  the  country,  including Rajasthan. NAPS-2 aims to promote apprenticeship training in the country, by providing partial stipend support to the apprentices engaged under the Apprentice Act, 1961, undertaking capacity building of the apprenticeship ecosystem, and providing advocacy assistance to the stakeholders. Accordingly, the scheme facilitates a partial stipend support limited to 25% of stipend paid, up to a maximum of Rs.1,500 per month, per apprentice during the training period. The stipend support by the Government of India is being paid through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) to the bank account of apprentice.

A total of 35,79,798 number of apprentices engaged across the country, of which 79,772 number of apprentices engaged in the state of Rajasthan and 25,646 apprentices engaged in the Sikar Parliamentary constituency (Jaipur and Sikar districts) under NAPS-2 from FY 2022-23 to FY 202526 (Upto December 2025). Under apprenticeship training, as per the provision of the Apprentices Act, 1961, it is not obligatory on the part of the employer to hire apprentices on completion of the training.

The  scheme  encourages  enrolment  of  apprentices  in  Micro,  Small  and  Medium  Enterprises (MSMEs),  including  Sikar  parliamentary  constituency,  Rajasthan.  Apprenticeship  training  is conducted using the available facilities with the establishment. As per the Apprentices Act, 1961 and Rules there under, establishments/employers having four or more workers shall be eligible to engage apprentices and provide apprenticeship training under the scheme.

|   S No. | District                                                                 |   No. of establishments (MSMEs) engaging apprentices under NAPS-2 from FY 2022-23 to FY 2025-26 (Upto Dec 2025) | Apprentices engaged through MSMEs under NAPS-2 from FY 2022-23 to FY 2025-26 (Upto Dec 2025)   |
|---------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|       1 | Rajasthan (All districts)                                                |                                                                                                             650 | 29,304                                                                                         |
|       2 | Sikar Parliamentary constituency, Rajasthan (Sikar and Jaipur districts) |                                                                                                             336 | 10,851                                                                                         |

Jan Shikshan Sansthan (JSS): The Jan Shikshan Sansthan (JSS) Scheme under the Skill India Programme aims to provide skill training in a non-formal mode at the doorsteps of the beneficiary with 100% grant from the Government of India. The objective of the scheme is to increase the household income by promoting self/wage employment through skill development training. The target beneficiaries of the scheme are non-literates, persons having rudimentary level of education and school dropouts up to class 12th in the age group of 15-45 years. The priority groups are women  (83%),  SCs,  STs,  OBCs  and  minorities  in  the  rural  areas  and  urban  low-income areas. Currently there is one JSS active in the District of Sikar in the state of Rajasthan. Under the Jan Shikshan Sansthan scheme a total of 13,474 beneficiaries have been trained and a total of Rs. 3,76,08,822/- has been released to JSS Sikar from 2018-19 till 31st December 2025.

Craftsmen Training Scheme (CTS): Directorate General of Training (DGT), under the Ministry of Skill  Development  and  Entrepreneurship  (MSDE),  implements  the  Craftsmen Training  Scheme (CTS) through a network of Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) for skilling the youth of the country including Rajasthan. In ITIs, craftsmen training is provided in 169 NSQF aligned trades. Each trade has  a  dedicated  course  curriculum.  The  duration  of  training  is six  months,  one  year  and  two years. The training courses under CTS are designed to impart basic skills and knowledge in the respective trades so as to prepare trainees for wage employment and self-employment.

At present, there are 14,688 ITIs established in the country, out of which 1,543 ITIs are functional in Rajasthan.

PM Vishwakarma: PM Vishwakarma scheme was launched on 17.09.2023, to provide end-to-end holistic support to artisans and craftspeople of 18 traditional trades who work with their hands and tools.  The  scheme  is  conjointly  being  implemented  by  Ministry  of  Micro,  Small  and  Medium Enterprises (MSME), Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) and Department of Financial Services (DFS).

As of 27.03.2026, 2.17 lakh PM Vishwakarma beneficiaries have been provided basic skill training in the state of Rajasthan and 5,582 beneficiaries in Sikar district.

Additionally, Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) is implementing the Central Sector Scheme, namely, Tool Rooms & Technical Institutions (TRs & TIs). Under this scheme, Ministry of MSME has set up 18 Tool Rooms & Technical Institutions from 1967 to 1999 across the country to provide consultancy services and technological support to MSMEs/industries in various relevant  sectors  such  as  General  Engineering,  Forging  &  Foundry,  Electronics,  Electrical Measuring  Instruments,  Fragrance  &Flavour,  Glass,  Footwear,  and  Sports  Goods  through  the design and manufacture of tools, precision components, moulds, dies, jig & fixture, etc. These TRs & TIs are commonly called as Technology Centres (TCs). In addition to technological support, the TCs also impart skill training including high-end skilling in emerging technologies, to youth to create industry-ready  manpower,  and  undertake  re-skilling  of  the  existing  industry  workforce  as  per Industry demand.

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (A) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5938 ANSWERED ON 30.03.2026 REGARDING 'YOUTH TRAINED / EMPLOYED UNDER PMKVY IN RAJASTHAN'

The district-wise details of the number of candidates trained/oriented and reported placed under PMKVY 1.0, 2.0 and 3.0 in Rajasthan are given below:

| Sl. No.   | Districts      | Trained / Oriented   | Reported Placed   |
|-----------|----------------|----------------------|-------------------|
| 1.        | Ajmer          | 37,918               | 5,337             |
| 2.        | Alwar          | 77,448               | 12,721            |
| 3.        | Banswara       | 16,559               | 2,074             |
| 4.        | Baran          | 8,255                | 2,295             |
| 5.        | Barmer         | 22,221               | 1,997             |
| 6.        | Bharatpur      | 44,721               | 8,497             |
| 7.        | Bhilwara       | 54,738               | 4,899             |
| 8.        | Bikaner        | 17,786               | 2,804             |
| 9.        | Bundi          | 12,691               | 2,125             |
| 10.       | Chittorgarh    | 28,877               | 4,551             |
| 11.       | Churu          | 40,021               | 9,410             |
| 12.       | Dausa          | 36,536               | 5,063             |
| 13.       | Dholpur        | 13,454               | 2,987             |
| 14.       | Dungarpur      | 9,726                | 3,312             |
| 15.       | Ganganagar     | 53,632               | 9,139             |
| 16.       | Hanumangarh    | 45,491               | 13,544            |
| 17.       | Jaipur         | 1,99,033             | 23,822            |
| 18.       | Jaisalmer      | 8,997                | 2,136             |
| 19.       | Jalore         | 7,243                | 1,969             |
| 20.       | Jhalawar       | 17,358               | 1,905             |
| 21.       | Jhunjhunu      | 82,242               | 22,753            |
| 22.       | Jodhpur        | 36,814               | 2,952             |
| 23.       | Karauli        | 9,705                | 1,952             |
| 24.       | Kota           | 25,600               | 3,798             |
| 25.       | Nagaur         | 24,695               | 6,804             |
| 26.       | Pali           | 17,656               | 1,871             |
| 27.       | Pratapgarh     | 3,598                | 995               |
| 28.       | Rajsamand      | 13,725               | 1,882             |
| 29.       | Sawai Madhopur | 24,377               | 1,181             |
| 30.       | Sikar          | 46,438               | 10,344            |
| 31.       | Sirohi         | 9,330                | 1,816             |
| 32.       | Tonk           | 23,717               | 4,021             |
| 33.       | Udaipur        | 23,566               | 5,062             |
|           | Total          | 10,94,168            | 1,86,018          |

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (A) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5938 ANSWERED ON 30.03.2026 REGARDING 'YOUTH TRAINED / EMPLOYED UNDER PMKVY IN RAJASTHAN'

The  district-wise  details  of  the  number  of  candidates  trained/oriented  under  PMKVY  4.0  in Rajasthan are given below:

| Sl. No.   | Districts      | Trained / Oriented   |
|-----------|----------------|----------------------|
| 1.        | Ajmer          | 5,552                |
| 2.        | Alwar          | 21,906               |
| 3.        | Banswara       | 3,120                |
| 4.        | Baran          | 5,016                |
| 5.        | Barmer         | 9,929                |
| 6.        | Bharatpur      | 20,377               |
| 7.        | Bhilwara       | 6,380                |
| 8.        | Bikaner        | 6,498                |
| 9.        | Bundi          | 4,374                |
| 10.       | Chittorgarh    | 4,235                |
| 11.       | Churu          | 12,068               |
| 12.       | Dausa          | 10,426               |
| 13.       | Dholpur        | 8,408                |
| 14.       | Dungarpur      | 762                  |
| 15.       | Ganganagar     | 10,019               |
| 16.       | Hanumangarh    | 14,664               |
| 17.       | Jaipur         | 54,703               |
| 18.       | Jaisalmer      | 2,157                |
| 19.       | Jalore         | 802                  |
| 20.       | Jhalawar       | 3,918                |
| 21.       | Jhunjhunu      | 22,589               |
| 22.       | Jodhpur        | 8,374                |
| 23.       | Karauli        | 6,174                |
| 24.       | Kota           | 7,076                |
| 25.       | Nagaur         | 12,829               |
| 26.       | Pali           | 2,694                |
| 27.       | Pratapgarh     | 580                  |
| 28.       | Rajsamand      | 1,426                |
| 29.       | Sawai Madhopur | 3,473                |
| 30.       | Sikar          | 26,474               |
| 31.       | Sirohi         | 2,922                |
| 32.       | Tonk           | 8,970                |
| 33.       | Udaipur        | 5,349                |
|           | Total          | 3,14,244             |

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