Lok Sabha Question No. 2536 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-08-05
Subject: Skill Development Centres
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: KIRTI (JHA) AZAD

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION

LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †2536

TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.08.2015

**Skill Development Centres**

**†2536. SHRI  KIRTI AZAD:**

Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

(a) whether the University Grants Commission has taken any decision to open skill development centres in universities and educational institutions in the country;

(b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise; and

(c) the time by which these centres are likely to be set up?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

(SMT. SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

(a) &  (b):  Yes, Madam. The University Grants Commission (UGC) has informed that it is implementing three schemes on Skill Development namely ; Community Colleges, B.Voc Degree Programme and Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay KAUSHAL Kendras in the Universities and Colleges in the country.

As on date, there are 248 Community Colleges and 187 B.Voc Degree institutions approved by the UGC for offering skill based vocational courses. Further, a total number of 65 institutions have been approved under the scheme of Deen Dayal Upadhyay KAUSHAL Kendra. The State-wise list of these institutions is at Annexure.

(c): The UGC has been implementing the schemes of Community Colleges and B.Voc Programme from 2014-15 onwards. The selections under Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay KAUSHAL Kendras have been completed and the Centres are scheduled to start from the academic session 2015-16.

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**ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) & (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.** † **2536 FOR 05.08.2015 ASKED BY SHRI  KIRTI AZAD, HON’BLE MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT REGARDING SKILL DEVELOPMENT CENTRES**

| **S.**  **No.**   | **State / UT**          | **Community Colleges**   | **B.Voc Degree institutions approved by the UGC**   | **Institutions approved under the scheme of Deen Dayal Upadhyay KAUSHAL Kendra**   |
|-------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                   | **Andhra Pradesh**      | **9**                    | **5**                                               | **2**                                                                              |
|                   | **Arunachal Pradesh**   | **2**                    |                                                     |                                                                                    |
|                   | **Assam**               | **31**                   | **14**                                              | **2**                                                                              |
|                   | **Bihar**               | **11**                   | **2**                                               |                                                                                    |
|                   | **Chandigarh**          | **1**                    | **1**                                               | **1**                                                                              |
|                   | **Chhatisgarh**         | **1**                    | **2**                                               | **1**                                                                              |
|                   | **Delhi**               | **2**                    | **3**                                               | **2**                                                                              |
|                   | **Gujarat**             | **4**                    | **7**                                               | **3**                                                                              |
|                   | **Haryana**             | **11**                   | **6**                                               | **5**                                                                              |
|                   | **Himachal Pradesh**    | **2**                    | **1**                                               | **1**                                                                              |
|                   | **Jammu & Kashmir** | **3**                    | **3**                                               | **1**                                                                              |
|                   | **Jharkhand**           | **5**                    | **1**                                               | **1**                                                                              |
|                   | **Karnataka**           | **17**                   | **10**                                              | **4**                                                                              |
|                   | **Kerala**              | **21**                   | **17**                                              | **4**                                                                              |
|                   | **Madhya Pradesh**      | **6**                    | **3**                                               | **3**                                                                              |
|                   | **Maharashtra**         | **38**                   | **41**                                              | **6**                                                                              |
|                   | **Manipur**             | **7**                    | **9**                                               | **2**                                                                              |
|                   | **Mizoram**             | **1**                    | **1**                                               |                                                                                    |
|                   | **Nagaland**            | **6**                    | **2**                                               | **1**                                                                              |
|                   | **Odisha**              | **8**                    |                                                     | **1**                                                                              |
|                   | **Puducherry**          | **3**                    | **1**                                               |                                                                                    |
|                   | **Punjab**              | **17**                   | **19**                                              | **3**                                                                              |
|                   | **Rajasthan**           | **2**                    | **3**                                               | **2**                                                                              |
|                   | **Telangana**           | **2**                    | **2**                                               |                                                                                    |
|                   | **Tamil Nadu**          | **19**                   | **13**                                              | **11**                                                                             |
|                   | **Uttar Pradesh**       | **9**                    | **13**                                              | **7**                                                                              |
|                   | **Uttarakhand**         | **2**                    | **2**                                               | **1**                                                                              |
| 28.               | **West Bengal**         | **8**                    | **5**                                               | **1**                                                                              |
| 29.               | **Tripura**             |                          | **1**                                               |                                                                                    |
|                   | **Total**               | **248**                  | **187**                                             | **65**                                                                             |