Lok Sabha Question No. 226 (STARRED), answered on 2015-08-05
Subject: Skill Development of Women
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: RAKSHA NIKHIL KHADSE, CHANDRA PRAKASH JOSHI

**GOVERNMENT OF INDIA**

**MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP**

**LOK SABHA**

**STARRED   QUESTION   No. 226**

**TO BE ANSWERED ON 5** **th** **AUGUST, 2015**

**SKILL DEVELOPMENT OF WOMEN**

**QUESTION**

***226 : SHRIMATI  RAKSHATAI KHADSE:**

**SHRI  CHANDRA PRAKASH JOSHI:**

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

(a) 	the details of the schemes/programmes implemented by the Government to provide skill training and employment to unemployed women along with the number of women enrolled under the programmes during each of the last three years and the current year, State-wise, sector-wise and programme-wise;

(b) 	the details of skill development centres/institutes set up across the country specially for women;

(c) 	the targets set by the Government for the purpose during the 12th Plan Period

and the achievements made so far, State/ UT-wise; and

(d) 	the number of women give placement or those who have attained economic independence after pursuing skill training during the above period, State/ UT-wise?

**ANSWER**

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

**(SHRI RAJIV PRATAP RUDY)**

1. To (d)   A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

**STATEMENT TO BE LAID ON THE TABLE OF THE HOUSE IN RESPECT OF PART (a) TO (d) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 226 ADMITTED FOR REPLY ON 5.8.2015 REGARDING "SKILL DEVELOPMENT OF WOMEN”**

(a) to (d)	In pursuance of the 12 th Five Year Plan directives on economic empowerment of women, the Government has been implementing a number of Skill Development Schemes for enhancing the employability of women.  Some of the important initiatives in this regard include exclusive training of women through ***National Vocational Training Institute for Women (NVTI), Noida (U.P.) and ten Regional Vocational Training Institutes (RVTIs) located at Panipat, Jaipur, Tura, Kolkata, Bengaluru, Trivandrum, Indore, Vadodara, Allahabad and Mumbai.*** Approximately, 9000 women are trained annually in long term and short term courses in NVTI and RVTIs so as to enable them to secure self and wage employment.  Since inception, NVTI/RVTIs have trained around 1,17,884 women till October, 2014 in various training courses.

Government has approved to establish 08 additional RVTIs under Central Sector in the states of ***Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Bihar, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Tripura, Goa and Jammu & Kashmir*** .  Training would commence w.e.f. August, 2015 in five new institutes which are functioning from temporary accommodations provided by the State Governments of Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Bihar and Tripura.

In State Sector, training is being imparted through 402 Women ITIs and 1134 Women wings in ITIs.  Every year 1, 41,907 women trainees are being trained in ITIs throughout the country.

Training is also provided through Skill Development Initiative Schemes (SDIs) through 10,000 Training Providers across the country under which 12.6 lakh women have availed the benefit since its inception. Similarly under the flagship skill development scheme launched by Government this year namely “Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) there is a significant participation of women for skill training. A total of 94,227 women have been enrolled for skill training out of a total enrolment of 2, 12,000 during April-July 2015.

Besides, Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) have been implementing Entrepreneurship Development Programmes (EDP), Management Development Programmes (MDP) and Industrial Motivational Campaign (IMC) for women.  Approximately 24,888 women have benefitted under these schemes during last three years.

Similarly, Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) being implemented by Ministry of Rural Development, provides for placement – linked Skill Development Programmes under which there is a mandatory coverage of 33% women candidates in each Skill Development projects.  DDU-GKY has a target of skilling 3.4 lakh women during 12 th Five Year Plan period against which 1.7 lakh women candidates have been imparted skill training and 1.32 lakh women candidates have been placed in jobs as of June, 2015.

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