Lok Sabha Question No. 3944 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-10
Subject: Fairs to Promote Skill Development
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: PRAHLAD SINGH PATEL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3944 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.08.2016

## FAIRS TO PROMOTE SKILL DEVELOPMENT

## QUESTION

## †3944. SHRI PRAHLAD SINGH PATEL:

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

- (a) whether the Government organises melas/special camps and other programmes to promote skill development;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise including Madhya Pradesh during each of the last three years and the current year;
- (c) whether  melas  are  likely  to  be  organised  in  the  near  future  at  various locations; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof along with the name of locations?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b) The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship has Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) which is flagship skill development Scheme of  the  Government  of  India.  This  scheme  is  being  implemented  by  National  Skill Development  Corporation  (NSDC)  to  the  training  providers  affiliated  with  NSDC. NSDC affiliated training partners organized 'Kaushal Melas' in order to promote the PMKVY. The key feature of organizing such camps was to disseminate information about  various  skill  training  options,  outline  possible  career  paths  and  income generation potential once the training is imparted. List of Kaushal Melas organized under PMKVY 2015-16 state-wise including Madhya Pradesh are at Annexure-I .

- (c) & (d) Under  PMKVY (2016-2020),  Training  Partners/Training  Centres  have been mandated to conduct one Kaushal Mela/camp once every 6 months. Locations where  the  Kaushal  Melas/camps  are  scheduled  to  be  organised  shortly  are  at Annexure-II .

State-wise list of Kaushal Melas organized under PMKVY 2015-16.

| States/Union Territories    |   Kaushal Melas |
|-----------------------------|-----------------|
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands |               0 |
| Andhra Pradesh              |              14 |
| Arunachal Pradesh           |               1 |
| Assam                       |              11 |
| Bihar                       |              41 |
| Chandigarh                  |               1 |
| Chhattisgarh                |               7 |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli      |               0 |
| Daman and Diu               |               0 |
| Delhi                       |              19 |
| Goa                         |               2 |
| Gujarat                     |               8 |
| Haryana                     |              16 |
| Himachal Pradesh            |              12 |
| Jammu and Kashmir           |               5 |
| Jharkhand                   |              24 |
| Karnataka                   |              12 |
| Kerala                      |               9 |
| Madhya Pradesh              |              32 |
| Maharashtra                 |              27 |
| Manipur                     |               2 |
| Meghalaya                   |               7 |
| Mizoram                     |               0 |
| Nagaland                    |               2 |
| Odisha                      |               6 |
| Puducherry                  |               2 |
| Punjab                      |               7 |
| Rajasthan                   |              19 |
| Sikkim                      |               1 |
| Tamil Nadu                  |              19 |
| Telangana                   |              12 |
| Tripura                     |               3 |
| Uttar Pradesh               |              57 |
| Uttarakhand                 |               6 |
| West Bengal                 |              26 |
| Total                       |             410 |

| Training Centre State   | Training Centre District   |
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
| Assam                   | Darrang                    |
| Assam                   | Golaghat                   |
| Assam                   | Kamrup                     |
| Assam                   | Sivasagar                  |
| Assam                   | Tinsukhia                  |
| Manipur                 | Imphal                     |
| Jammu and Kashmir       | Jammu                      |
| Jammu and Kashmir       | Kathua                     |
| Jammu and Kashmir       | Samba                      |
| Bihar                   | Nalanda                    |
| Bihar                   | Patna                      |
| Bihar                   | Saran                      |
| Bihar                   | Vaishali                   |
| Delhi                   | Delhi                      |
| Delhi                   | South Delhi                |
| Delhi                   | West Delhi                 |
| Goa                     | North Goa                  |
| Gujarat                 | Gandhinagar                |
| Karnataka               | Bangalore                  |
| Karnataka               | Belgaum                    |
| Kerala                  | Ernakulam                  |
| Kerala                  | Thiruvananthapuram         |
| Madhya Pradesh          | Chhindwara                 |
| Madhya Pradesh          | Indore                     |
| Maharashtra             | Pune                       |
| Tamil Nadu              | Namakkal                   |
| Tamil Nadu              | Sivaganga                  |
| Uttar Pradesh           | Gautam Budh Nagar          |
| Uttar Pradesh           | Varanasi                   |
| West Bengal             | Parganas North             |

Annexure- II

List of states where Kaushal Melas/camps are scheduled to be organised

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