Lok Sabha Question No. 503 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-04-27
Subject: Skill Development Centres
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: ANTO  ANTONY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 503 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.04.2016

## SKILL DEVELOPMENT CENTRES

## 503. SHRI ANTO ANTONY:

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

- (a) the details and the salient features of Skill Development Centres (SDCs) along with  the  amount earmarked for setting up of these centres during each of the last three years and the current year, State-wise;
- (b)  whether  the  Government  has  any  intention  to  involve  Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs), Voluntary Organisations  and Educational  Institutions  to  set up SDCs in the country; and
- (c)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  including  the  assistance  given  to  such  organisations during the above period?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) to (c) National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) under Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE)  provides financial assistance to Training Partners. Loan is one of the mode of such assistance. NSDC has disbursed soft loan to 157 training partners during last three years as under:-

| Number of Training Partners   | Purpose    |   2013-14 (Rs. in crore) |   2014-15 (Rs. in crore) |   2015-16 (Rs. in crore) |
|-------------------------------|------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
| 148                           | Training   |                   232.83 |                   125.38 |                   118.86 |
| 9                             | Innovation |                     3.93 |                    10.4  |                     3.71 |
| Total                         |            |                   236.76 |                   135.78 |                   122.57 |

A state/union territory wise list of NSDC's Operational Training Centres is given at Annexure.  NSDC  has  been  mandated  to  set  up  Model  Training  Centers  in  each district  of  States/UTs  to  run  industry  driven  courses  of  high  quality  with  focus  on employability  all  across  India.  Entities  having  experience  in  skill  development  and vocational  training  either  as  a  single  entity  or  as  a  consortium  are  eligible  to participate  under  the  scheme.  An  amount  of  Rs.  75  crore  has  been  sanctioned during 2015-16 for setting up of Model Training Centres.

Annexure List list of NSDC's Operational Training Centres, (state/union territory wise) as

## on 31 st January, 2016 .

| State                  |    | Fixed centres Mobile   | centres   |   Grand Total |
|------------------------|----|------------------------|-----------|---------------|
| Andhra Pradesh         | s  | 63                     | 6         |            69 |
| Assam                  |    | 59                     | 1         |            60 |
| Bihar                  |    | 123                    | 5         |           128 |
| Chandigarh             |    | 6                      | 1         |             7 |
| Chhattisgarh           |    | 599                    | 2         |           601 |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli |    | 1                      |           |             1 |
| Delhi                  |    | 92                     | 22        |           114 |
| Goa                    |    | 5                      |           |             5 |
| Gujarat                |    | 126                    | 5         |           131 |
| Haryana                |    | 246                    | 9         |           255 |
| Himachal Pradesh       |    | 213                    | 5         |           218 |
| Jammu and Kashmir      |    | 13                     | 5         |            18 |
| Jharkhand              |    | 39                     | 7         |            46 |
| Karnataka              |    | 222                    | 31        |           253 |
| Kerala                 |    | 141                    | 71        |           212 |
| Lakshadweep            |    |                        | 1         |             1 |
| Madhya Pradesh         |    | 471                    | 8         |           479 |
| Maharashtra            |    | 312                    | 26        |           338 |
| Manipur                |    | 4                      |           |             4 |
| Meghalaya              |    | 7                      |           |             7 |
| Mizoram                |    | 4                      |           |             4 |
| Nagaland               |    | 11                     |           |            11 |
| Odisha                 |    | 113                    | 94        |           207 |
| Puducherry             |    | 3                      |           |             3 |
| Punjab                 |    | 220                    | 4         |           224 |
| Rajasthan              |    | 189                    | 21        |           210 |
| Sikkim                 |    | 19                     |           |            19 |
| Tamil Nadu             |    | 109                    | 28        |           137 |
| Telangana              |    | 70                     | 6         |            76 |
| Tripura                |    | 9                      |           |             9 |
| Uttar Pradesh          |    | 288                    | 20        |           308 |
| Uttarakhand            |    | 15                     | 3         |            18 |
| West Bengal            |    | 229                    | 13        |           242 |

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