Lok Sabha Question No. 1813 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-05-04
Subject: Schemes for Skill Development of Women
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: SANJAY SHAMRAO DHOTRE, BHARTRUHARI MAHTAB

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA UN-STARRED QUESTION NO.1813 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.05.2016

## SCHEMES FOR SKILL DEVELOPMENT OF WOMEN

1813:  SHRI SANJAY DHOTRE:

## SHRI BHARTRUHARI MAHTAB

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

- (a) The details of the schemes/programmes being implemented by the Government for skill development of women to increase their employability in the country;
- (b) Whether the said schemes/programmes have achieved the desired results;
- (c) If so, the number of women who availed the benefits of the said schemes/programmes  during  each  of  the  last  three  years  and  the  current  year, State/UT-wise and scheme/programme-wise;
- (d) whether the cases of irregularities/corruption in implementation of the said schemes in the country have come to the notice of the Government during the said period;
- (e) if so, the details thereof, scheme/programme-wise along with the action taken/being taken by the Government in such cases so far; and
- (f) the steps taken/being taken by the Government for effective implementation of the said scheme/programmes and to increase their coverage in the country?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) Women's Training Division under Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship conducts  training  under  Craftsmen  Training  Scheme  and  Craft  Instructors  Training Scheme  through  a  network  of  National  and  Regional  Vocational  Training  Institutes exclusively for women. One National Vocational Training Institute is located in Noida and ten Regional  Vocational Training Institutes  are  located  at  Mumbai  (Maharashtra), Bengaluru (Karnataka), Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala), Panipat (Haryana), Kolkata (West Bengal),  Tura  (Meghalaya),    Allahabad  (Uttar  Pradesh),  Indore  (Madhya  Pradesh), Vadodara (Gujarat) and Jaipur (Rajasthan).
- (b) Yes Madam.

(c) The number of women who availed the benefits of the said schemes/programmes during each of the last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise and scheme/programme-wise is given below:

| S.   |                | TRAINEES TRAINED   | TRAINEES TRAINED   | TRAINEES TRAINED   | TRAINEES TRAINED   | TRAINEES TRAINED   | TRAINEES TRAINED   | On Roll   | On Roll   |
|------|----------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|-----------|-----------|
| No   | State/UT-      | 2013-14            | 2013-14            | 2014-15            | 2014-15            | 2015-16            | 2015-16            | 2016-17   | 2016-17   |
|      | Wise           | CTS                | CITS               | CTS                | CITS               | CTS                | CITS               | CTS       | CITS      |
| 1.   | Uttar Pradesh  | 433                | 2189               | 347                | 1571               | 477                | 330                | 549       | 336       |
| 2.   | Haryana        | 212                | 643                | 165                | 470                | 177                | 126                | 239       | 92        |
| 3.   | Rajasthan      | 195                | 573                | 166                | 452                | 197                | 69                 | 253       | 102       |
| 4.   | Meghalaya      | 144                | 54                 | 100                | 0                  | 124                | 41                 | 116       | 0         |
| 5.   | West Bengal    | 177                | 220                | 125                | 117                | 139                | 48                 | 162       | 77        |
| 6.   | Karnataka      | 196                | 270                | 191                | 240                | 164                | 45                 | 153       | 45        |
| 7.   | Kerala         | 162                | 265                | 167                | 117                | 168                | 34                 | 203       | 47        |
| 8.   | Madhya Pradesh | 124                | 121                | 112                | 203                | 137                | 7                  | 196       | 28        |
| 9.   | Gujarat        | 120                | 316                | 147                | 140                | 145                | 30                 | 216       | 60        |
| 10.  | Maharashtra    | 176                | 366                | 182                | 156                | 180                | 36                 | 197       | 48        |

(d) No Madam. (e) Does not arise

(f) For effective implementation and to increase the coverage of these schemes/programmes, three more new institutes for women are being set up in the states of Telangana, Goa, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Tripura, Tamil Nadu and Jammu & Kashmir.

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