Lok Sabha Question No. 1317 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-12-08
Subject: PMKK for Marginalised Communities
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: Smt. Manju Sharma

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO - 1317

ANSWERED ON -08/12/2025

## PMKK FOR MARGINALISED COMMUNITIES

† 1317 SMT. MANJU SHARMA:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  dedicated  Pradhan  Mantri  Kaushal  Kendras  (PMKK)  for special groups such as persons with disabilities, women-centric programmes and marginalised communities;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the total number of said centres operating in the country, State and district-wise; and
- (d) the  total  number  of  women,  persons  with  disabilities  and  persons  from  marginalized communities secured employment after getting training during the last five years and the current year?

## ANSWER

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

(SHRI JAYANT CHAUDHARY)

- (a) to (c)     The Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Kendras (PMKKs) have been set up as a model training center, for imparting skill training in Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode to all section of the society including Persons with Disabilities, Women, marginalized communities etc. Besides, one PMKK named 'Mentor Skills' was exclusively established for training Persons with Disabilities in the Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar district of Punjab. Currently, 597 PMKKs are operational in the country. The State/UT wise and district wise number of PMKK operational across the country is given at Annexure I .
- (d) Placements were tracked under Short Term Training (STT) component of PMKVY in the first three versions of the scheme which is PMKVY 1.0, PMKVY 2.0 and PMKVY 3.0 implemented from FY 2015-16 to FY 2021-22. The number of women, Persons with Disabilities (PwD), and candidates from marginalized communities such as Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST), and Other Backward Classes (OBC), reported placed in the PMKKs during the Financial Year 2020-21 to 2022-23 under PMKVY is given at Annexure II .

Under PMKVY 4.0, placement component has been delinked from skilling to lay emphasis on empowering trained candidates to choose their varied career path through skilling in various, Onthe-job training (OJT) embedded, industry relevant courses.

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) to (c) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1317 ANSWERED ON 08.12.2025

The State/UT wise and district wise number of PMKK operational across the country.

| State/UT                 | District                 |   No. of PMKK |
|--------------------------|--------------------------|---------------|
| Andaman & Nicobar Island | North and Middle Andaman |             1 |
|                          | South Andaman            |             1 |
|                          | Anantapur                |             1 |
|                          | Chittoor                 |             2 |
|                          | East Godavari            |             3 |
|                          | Guntur                   |             2 |
|                          | Kadapa                   |             1 |
|                          | Krishna                  |             2 |
| Andhra Pradesh           | Kurnool                  |             1 |
|                          | Nellore                  |             1 |
|                          | Prakasam                 |             2 |
|                          | Srikakulam               |             2 |
|                          | Visakhapatanam           |             2 |
|                          | Vizianagaram             |             1 |
|                          | West Godavari            |             2 |
| Arunachal Pradesh        | East Kameng              |             1 |
| Arunachal Pradesh        | East Siang               |             1 |
| Arunachal Pradesh        | Lower Siang              |             1 |
| Arunachal Pradesh        | Lower Subansiri          |             1 |
| Arunachal Pradesh        | Tirap                    |             1 |
|                          | Baksa                    |             1 |
|                          | Barpeta                  |             1 |
|                          | Biswanath                |             1 |
|                          | Bongaigaon               |             1 |
|                          | Cachar                   |             1 |
|                          | Chirang                  |             1 |
|                          | Darrang                  |             1 |
|                          | Dhubri                   |             1 |
|                          | Dima Hasao               |             1 |
|                          | Goalpara                 |             1 |
| Assam                    | Golaghat                 |             1 |
|                          | Hailakandi               |             1 |
|                          | Hojai                    |             1 |
|                          | Jorhat                   |             1 |
|                          | Kamrup                   |             1 |
|                          | Kamrup Metro             |             1 |
|                          | Karbi Anglong            |             1 |
|                          | Karimganj                |             1 |
|                          | Kokrajhar                |             1 |
|                          | Lakhimpur                |             1 |
|                          | Majuli                   |             1 |

|              | Marigaon                |   1 |
|--------------|-------------------------|-----|
|              | Nagaon                  |   1 |
|              | Nalbari                 |   1 |
|              | Sonitpur                |   1 |
|              | South Salmara Mancachar |   1 |
|              | Udalguri                |   1 |
|              | West Karbi Anglong      |   1 |
|              | Araria                  |   1 |
|              | Arwal                   |   1 |
|              | Aurangabad              |   1 |
|              | Banka                   |   1 |
|              | Begusarai               |   1 |
|              | Bhojpur                 |   1 |
|              | Buxar                   |   1 |
|              | Darbhanga               |   1 |
|              | Gaya                    |   1 |
|              | Gopalganj               |   1 |
|              | Jamui                   |   1 |
|              | Jehanabad               |   1 |
|              | Kaimur (Bhabua)         |   1 |
|              | Katihar                 |   1 |
|              | Khagaria                |   1 |
|              | Kishanganj              |   1 |
|              | Madhepura               |   1 |
| Bihar        | Madhubani               |   2 |
|              | Munger                  |   1 |
|              | Muzaffarpur             |   2 |
|              | Nalanda                 |   1 |
|              | Nawada                  |   1 |
|              | Pashchim Champaran      |   1 |
|              | Patna                   |   2 |
|              | Purbi Champaran         |   1 |
|              | Purnia                  |   1 |
|              | Rohtas                  |   2 |
|              | Saharsa                 |   1 |
|              | Samastipur              |   1 |
|              | Saran                   |   5 |
|              | Sheikhpura              |   1 |
|              | Sheohar                 |   1 |
|              | Sitamarhi               |   1 |
|              | Siwan                   |   2 |
|              | Supaul                  |   1 |
|              | Vaishali                |   1 |
| Chandigarh   | Chandigarh              |   1 |
|              | Baloda Bazar            |   1 |
|              | Balrampur               |   1 |
| Chhattisgarh | Bijapur                 |   1 |
|              | Bilaspur                |   1 |

|                                   | Durg                         |   1 |
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------|-----|
|                                   | Gariyaband                   |   1 |
|                                   | Janjgir-Champa               |   1 |
|                                   | Jashpur                      |   1 |
|                                   | Kabirdham                    |   1 |
|                                   | Kondagaon                    |   1 |
|                                   | Korba                        |   1 |
|                                   | Korea                        |   1 |
|                                   | Mahasamund                   |   1 |
|                                   | Narayanpur                   |   1 |
|                                   | Raigarh                      |   1 |
|                                   | Raipur                       |   1 |
|                                   | Rajnandgaon                  |   1 |
|                                   | Surajpur                     |   1 |
|                                   | Surguja                      |   1 |
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu | Dadra & Nagar Haveli         |   1 |
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu | Daman                        |   1 |
| Delhi                             | East Delhi                   |   1 |
|                                   | North East Delhi             |   1 |
|                                   | South Delhi (Okhla)          |   1 |
|                                   | South East Delhi             |   1 |
|                                   | South West Delhi (Najafgarh) |   1 |
|                                   | South Goa                    |   1 |
|                                   | Ahmedabad                    |   1 |
|                                   | Amreli                       |   1 |
|                                   | Anand                        |   1 |
|                                   | Bharuch                      |   1 |
|                                   | Bhavnagar                    |   1 |
|                                   | Botad                        |   1 |
|                                   | Chottaudaipur                |   1 |
|                                   | Dahod                        |   1 |
|                                   | Gandhinagar                  |   1 |
|                                   | Jamnagar                     |   1 |
|                                   | Junagadh                     |   1 |
|                                   | Kachchh                      |   1 |
|                                   | Kheda                        |   1 |
|                                   | Mahisagar                    |   1 |
|                                   | Morbi                        |   1 |
|                                   | Narmada                      |   1 |
|                                   | Navsari                      |   1 |
|                                   | Panchmahal                   |   1 |
|                                   | Porbandar                    |   1 |
|                                   | Surat                        |   1 |
|                                   | Surendranagar                |   1 |
|                                   | Tapi                         |   1 |
|                                   | The Dangs                    |   1 |
|                                   | Vadodara                     |   1 |
|                                   | Valsad                       |   1 |

| Haryana          | Ambala       | 1   |
|------------------|--------------|-----|
| Haryana          | Bhiwani      | 1   |
| Haryana          | Faridabad    | 2   |
| Haryana          | Gurugram     | 1   |
| Haryana          | Jhajjar      | 1   |
| Haryana          | Karnal       | 1   |
| Haryana          | Kurukshetra  | 1   |
| Haryana          | Mahendragarh | 1   |
| Haryana          | Mewat        | 1   |
| Haryana          | Palwal       | 1   |
| Haryana          | Panchkula    | 1   |
| Haryana          | Panipat      | 1   |
| Haryana          | Rewari       | 1   |
| Haryana          | Rohtak       | 1   |
| Haryana          | Sonipat      | 1   |
| Haryana          | Yamunanagar  | 1   |
| Himachal Pradesh | Bilaspur     | 1   |
| Himachal Pradesh | Hamirpur     | 1   |
| Himachal Pradesh | Kinnaur      | 1   |
| Himachal Pradesh | Kullu        | 1   |
| Himachal Pradesh | Shimla       | 1   |
| Himachal Pradesh | Sirmaur      | 1   |
| Himachal Pradesh | Solan        | 1   |
|                  | Anantnag     | 1   |
|                  | Bandipora    | 1   |
|                  | Baramulla    | 1   |
|                  | Budgam       | 2   |
|                  | Ganderbal    | 1   |
|                  | Jammu        | 1   |
|                  | Kathua       | 1   |
|                  | Kishtwar     | 1   |
|                  | Kulgam       | 1   |
|                  | Kupwara      | 1   |
|                  | Poonch       | 1   |
|                  | Pulwama      | 1   |
|                  | Ramban       | 1   |
|                  | Reasi        | 1   |
|                  | Samba        | 1   |
|                  | Srinagar     | 1   |
|                  | Udhampur     | 1   |
| Jharkhand        | Chatra       | 1   |
| Jharkhand        | Dhanbad      | 1   |
| Jharkhand        | Dumka Garhwa | 1 1 |
| Jharkhand        | Gumla        | 1   |
| Jharkhand        | Hazaribagh   | 1   |
| Jharkhand        | Jamtara      |     |
| Jharkhand        |              | 1   |
| Jharkhand        | Khunti       | 1   |

|                | Koderma             |   1 |
|----------------|---------------------|-----|
|                | Latehar             |   1 |
|                | Lohardaga           |   1 |
|                | Pakur               |   1 |
|                | Palamu              |   1 |
|                | Pashchimi Singhbhum |   1 |
|                | Purbi Singhbhum     |   1 |
|                | Ranchi              |   1 |
|                | Sahibganj           |   1 |
|                | Seraikela-Kharsawan |   1 |
|                | Simdega             |   1 |
|                | Bagalkot            |   1 |
|                | Bangalore Rural     |   1 |
|                | Bangalore Urban     |   3 |
|                | Belgaum             |   1 |
|                | Bijapur             |   1 |
|                | Chikkaballapur      |   1 |
|                | Chikmagalur         |   1 |
|                | Chitradurga         |   1 |
|                | Davangere           |   1 |
|                | Dharwad             |   1 |
|                | Gadag               |   1 |
|                | Hassan              |   1 |
|                | Haveri              |   1 |
|                | Kolar               |   1 |
|                | Koppal              |   1 |
|                | Ramanagara          |   1 |
|                | Shimoga             |   1 |
|                | Tumkur              |   1 |
|                | Udupi               |   1 |
|                | Uttara Kannada      |   1 |
| Kerala         | Alapuza             |   1 |
| Kerala         | Kannur              |   2 |
| Kerala         | Kasargod            |   1 |
| Kerala         | Kollam              |   1 |
| Kerala         | Kozhikode           |   1 |
| Kerala         | Pattanamthitta      |   1 |
| Kerala         | Thiruvananthpuram   |   1 |
| Kerala         | Wayanad             |   1 |
|                | Kargil              |   1 |
| Ladakh         | Leh                 |   1 |
|                | Agar Malwa          |   1 |
| Madhya Pradesh | Alirajpur           |   1 |
|                | Anuppur             |   1 |
|                | Ashok Nagar         |   1 |
|                | Balaghat            |   1 |
|                | Barwani             |   1 |
|                | Betul               |   1 |

|             | Bhopal                |   1 |
|-------------|-----------------------|-----|
|             | Burhanpur             |   1 |
|             | Chhindwara            |   1 |
|             | Datia                 |   1 |
|             | Dewas                 |   1 |
|             | Dindori               |   1 |
|             | Guna                  |   1 |
|             | Gwalior               |   1 |
|             | Harda                 |   1 |
|             | Hoshangabad           |   1 |
|             | Indore                |   1 |
|             | Jabalpur              |   1 |
|             | Jhabua                |   1 |
|             | Katni                 |   1 |
|             | Mandla                |   1 |
|             | Mandsaur              |   1 |
|             | Morena                |   1 |
|             | Narsinghpur           |   1 |
|             | Neemuch               |   1 |
|             | Raisen                |   1 |
|             | Rajgarh               |   1 |
|             | Ratlam                |   1 |
|             | Rewa                  |   1 |
|             | Satna                 |   1 |
|             | Sehore                |   1 |
|             | Seoni                 |   1 |
|             | Shahdol               |   1 |
|             | Shajapur              |   1 |
|             | Sheopur               |   1 |
|             | Shivpuri              |   1 |
|             | Sidhi                 |   1 |
|             | Singrauli             |   1 |
|             | Ujjain                |   1 |
|             | Umaria                |   1 |
|             | Vidisha               |   1 |
|             | West Nimar (Khargone) |   1 |
| Maharashtra | Ahmednagar            |   2 |
|             | Akola                 |   1 |
|             | Amravati              |   1 |
|             | Aurangabad            |   1 |
|             | Beed                  |   1 |
|             | Buldhana              |   1 |
|             | Hingoli               |   1 |
|             | Jalgaon               |   1 |
|             | Jalna                 |   1 |
|             | Kolhapur              |   1 |
|             | Mumbai City           |   1 |
|             | Mumbai Suburban       |   2 |

|           | Nagpur             |   1 |
|-----------|--------------------|-----|
|           | Nashik             |   1 |
|           | Osmanabad          |   1 |
|           | Parbhani           |   1 |
|           | Pune               |   2 |
|           | Raigad             |   2 |
|           | Sangli             |   1 |
|           | Satara             |   1 |
|           | Solapur            |   2 |
|           | Thane              |   2 |
|           | Wardha             |   1 |
|           | Washim             |   1 |
|           | Yavatmal           |   1 |
| Manipur   | Bishnupur          |   1 |
| Manipur   | Chandel            |   1 |
| Manipur   | Churcahndpur       |   1 |
| Manipur   | Imphal West        |   1 |
| Manipur   | Jiribam            |   1 |
| Manipur   | Kamjong            |   1 |
| Manipur   | Noney              |   1 |
| Manipur   | Pherzwal           |   1 |
| Manipur   | Tengnoupal         |   1 |
| Manipur   | Thoubal            |   1 |
| Manipur   | Ukhrul             |   1 |
| Meghalaya | East Jaintia Hills |   1 |
| Meghalaya | East Khasi Hills   |   1 |
| Meghalaya | Ri Bhoi            |   1 |
| Meghalaya | West Garo Hills    |   1 |
| Meghalaya | West Jaintia Hills |   1 |
| Meghalaya | West Khasi Hills   |   1 |
|           | Aizwal             |   1 |
| Mizoram   | Champhai           |   1 |
| Mizoram   | Kolasib            |   1 |
| Nagaland  | Dimapur            |   1 |
|           | Mokokchung         |   1 |
|           | Peren              |   1 |
| Odisha    | Balangir           |   1 |
|           | Balasore           |   1 |
|           | Bargarh            |   1 |
|           | Baudh              |   1 |
|           | Cuttack            |   1 |
|           | Dhenkanal          |   1 |
|           | Gajapati           |   1 |
|           | Ganjam             |   2 |
|           | Jagatsinghapur     |   1 |
|           | Kandhamal          |   1 |
|           | Kendrapara         |   1 |
|           | Khordha            |   1 |

|            | Koraput                    |   1 |
|------------|----------------------------|-----|
|            | Malkangiri                 |   1 |
|            | Nabarangapur               |   1 |
|            | Nayagarh                   |   1 |
|            | Nuapada                    |   1 |
|            | Puri                       |   1 |
|            | Rayagada                   |   1 |
|            | Subarnapur (Sonepur)       |   1 |
|            | Sundargarh                 |   1 |
| Puducherry | Karaikal                   |   1 |
| Puducherry | Mahe                       |   1 |
| Puducherry | Yanam                      |   1 |
|            | Amritsar                   |   1 |
|            | Bathinda                   |   1 |
|            | Faridkot                   |   1 |
|            | Fatehgarh Sahib            |   1 |
|            | Fazilka                    |   1 |
|            | Firozpur                   |   1 |
|            | Hoshiarpur                 |   1 |
|            | Jalandhar                  |   1 |
|            | Kapurthala                 |   1 |
|            | Ludhiana                   |   1 |
|            | Mansa                      |   1 |
|            | Moga                       |   1 |
|            | Pathankot                  |   1 |
|            | Patiala                    |   1 |
|            | Rupnagar / Ropar           |   1 |
|            | Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar |   2 |
|            | Sangrur                    |   1 |
|            | Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar  |   1 |
|            | Shri Muktsar Sahib         |   1 |
|            | Tarn Taran                 |   1 |
| Rajasthan  | Ajmer                      |   1 |
| Rajasthan  | Alwar                      |   1 |
| Rajasthan  | Banswara                   |   1 |
| Rajasthan  | Baran                      |   1 |
| Rajasthan  | Barmer                     |   1 |
| Rajasthan  | Bharatpur                  |   1 |
| Rajasthan  | Bhilwara                   |   1 |
| Rajasthan  | Bikaner                    |   1 |
| Rajasthan  | Bundi                      |   1 |
| Rajasthan  | Chittorgarh                |   1 |
| Rajasthan  | Churu                      |   1 |
| Rajasthan  | Dausa                      |   1 |
| Rajasthan  | Dungarpur                  |   1 |
| Rajasthan  | Ganganagar                 |   1 |
| Rajasthan  | Hanumangarh                |   1 |
| Rajasthan  | Jaipur                     |   3 |

|           | Jaisalmer                |   1 |
|-----------|--------------------------|-----|
|           | Jalore                   |   1 |
|           | Jhalawar                 |   1 |
|           | Jhunjhunun               |   1 |
|           | Jodhpur                  |   1 |
|           | Kota                     |   1 |
|           | Nagaur                   |   1 |
|           | Pali                     |   1 |
|           | Pratapgarh               |   1 |
|           | Rajsamand                |   1 |
|           | Sikar                    |   1 |
|           | Sirohi                   |   1 |
|           | Tonk                     |   1 |
|           | Udaipur                  |   1 |
|           | Sikkim East              |   1 |
|           | South Sikkim             |   1 |
|           | West Sikkim              |   1 |
|           | Ariyalur                 |   1 |
|           | Chennai                  |   3 |
|           | Coimbatore               |   1 |
|           | Cuddalore                |   1 |
|           | Dharmapuri               |   1 |
|           | Erode                    |   1 |
|           | Kanchipuram              |   1 |
|           | Karur                    |   1 |
|           | Krishnagiri              |   1 |
|           | Nagapattinam             |   2 |
|           | Namakkal                 |   1 |
|           | Nilgiris                 |   1 |
|           | Perambalur               |   1 |
|           | Thanjavur                |   1 |
|           | Thiruvallur              |   2 |
|           | Thiruvarur               |   1 |
|           | Tiruchirappalli          |   1 |
|           | Vellore                  |   1 |
|           | Viluppuram               |   1 |
|           | Adilabad                 |   1 |
| Telangana | Bhadradri Kothagudem     |   1 |
| Telangana | Hyderabad                |   2 |
| Telangana | Jagtial                  |   1 |
| Telangana | Jangaon                  |   1 |
| Telangana | Jayashankar Bhupalapally |   1 |
| Telangana | Jogulamba Gadwal         |   1 |
| Telangana | Kamareddy                |   1 |
| Telangana | Karimnagar               |   1 |
| Telangana | Khammam                  |   1 |
| Telangana | Komaram Bheem            |   1 |
| Telangana | Mahbubnagar              |   1 |

|         | Mancherial                   |   1 |
|---------|------------------------------|-----|
|         | Medchal-Malkajgiri           |   1 |
|         | Nagarkurnool                 |   1 |
|         | Nalgonda                     |   1 |
|         | Nirmal                       |   1 |
|         | Nizamabad                    |   1 |
|         | Peddapalli                   |   1 |
|         | Rajanna Siricilla            |   1 |
|         | Rangareddy                   |   1 |
|         | Sangareddy                   |   1 |
|         | Siddipet                     |   1 |
|         | Suryapet                     |   1 |
|         | Vikarabad                    |   1 |
|         | Wanaparthy                   |   1 |
|         | Warangal Rural               |   1 |
|         | Yadadri Bhuvanagiri          |   1 |
| Tripura | Dhalai                       |   1 |
| Tripura | Gomati                       |   1 |
| Tripura | North Tripura                |   1 |
| Tripura | South Tripura                |   1 |
| Tripura | West Tripura                 |   1 |
|         | Agra                         |   1 |
|         | Aligarh                      |   1 |
|         | Allahabad                    |   2 |
|         | Amroha / Jyotiba Phule Nagar |   1 |
|         | Auraiya                      |   1 |
|         | Azamgarh                     |   2 |
|         | Badaun                       |   1 |
|         | Bahraich                     |   2 |
|         | Ballia                       |   1 |
|         | Bareilly                     |   1 |
|         | Basti                        |   1 |
|         | Deoria                       |   2 |
|         | Etah                         |   1 |
|         | Etawah                       |   1 |
|         | Farrukhabad                  |   1 |
|         | Firozabad                    |   1 |
|         | Gautam Buddha Nagar          |   1 |
|         | Ghaziabad                    |   1 |
|         | Ghazipur                     |   1 |
|         | Gorakhpur                    |   1 |
|         | Hardoi                       |   1 |
|         | Hathras                      |   1 |
|         | Jaunpur                      |   2 |
|         | Jhansi                       |   1 |
|         | Kannauj                      |   1 |
|         | Kanpur Dehat                 |   1 |
|         | Kanpur Nagar                 |   2 |

|             | Kasganj (Kashiram Nagar)   |   1 |
|-------------|----------------------------|-----|
|             | Kaushambi                  |   1 |
|             | Kheri/Lakhimpur Kheri      |   1 |
|             | Kushinagar                 |   1 |
|             | Lalitpur                   |   1 |
|             | Lucknow                    |   2 |
|             | Maharajganj                |   1 |
|             | Mainpuri                   |   1 |
|             | Mau                        |   1 |
|             | Meerut                     |   1 |
|             | Mirzapur                   |   1 |
|             | Pilibhit                   |   1 |
|             | Pratapgarh                 |   1 |
|             | Rampur                     |   1 |
|             | Sambhal                    |   1 |
|             | Sant Ravidas Nagar         |   1 |
|             | Shahjahanpur               |   1 |
|             | Shravasti                  |   1 |
|             | Sitapur                    |   1 |
|             | Sonbhadra                  |   1 |
|             | Sultanpur                  |   1 |
|             | Unnao                      |   1 |
|             | Varanasi                   |   1 |
|             | Almora                     |   1 |
|             | Bageshwar                  |   1 |
|             | Chamoli                    |   1 |
|             | Champawat                  |   1 |
|             | Dehradun                   |   1 |
|             | Haridwar                   |   1 |
|             | Nainital                   |   1 |
|             | Pauri Garhwal              |   1 |
|             | Pithoragarh                |   1 |
|             | Rudraprayag                |   1 |
|             | Tehri Garhwal              |   1 |
|             | Udham Singh Nagar          |   1 |
|             | Uttarkashi                 |   1 |
| West Bengal | Alipurduar                 |   1 |
|             | Bankura                    |   1 |
|             | Bardhaman Paschim          |   2 |
|             | Bardhaman Purba            |   1 |
|             | Birbhum                    |   2 |
|             | Cooch Behar                |   1 |
|             | Dakshin Dinajpur           |   1 |
|             | Darjeeling                 |   1 |
|             | Hooghly                    |   4 |
|             | Howrah                     |   2 |
|             | Jalpaiguri                 |   1 |
|             | Kolkata                    |   2 |

| Malda             | 2         |
|-------------------|-----------|
| Midnapore East    | 2         |
| Midnapore West    | 3         |
| Murshidabad       | 2         |
| Nadia             | 3         |
| North 24 Parganas | 7         |
| Purulia           | 1         |
| South 24 Parganas | 3         |
| Uttar Dinajpur    | 1         |
| Total 597         | Total 597 |

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Annexure II

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (d)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1317 ANSWERED ON 08.12.2025

The number of women, Persons with Disabilities (PwD), and candidates from marginalized communities such as Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST), and Other Backward Classes (OBC), reported placed in the PMKKs during the Financial Year 2020-21 to 202223 under PMKVY.

| FY         | Women Reported Placed   | PwD Reported Placed   | SC Reported Placed   | ST Reported Placed   | OBC Reported Placed   |
|------------|-------------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
| FY-20-21   | 46,605                  | 7                     | 16,404               | 7,204                | 40,623                |
| FY-21-22   | 31,885                  | 14                    | 10,667               | 5,153                | 28,763                |
| *FY-22- 23 | 1,900                   | -                     | 735                  | 286                  | 1,351                 |

* D ata pertains to PMKVY 3.0.