Lok Sabha Question No. 106 (STARRED), answered on 2025-12-08
Subject: Restructured Skill India Programme
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: Shri K Sudhakaran

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *106

ANSWERED ON -08/12/2025

## RESTRUCTURED SKILL INDIA PROGRAMME

- *106.  SHRI K SUDHAKARAN:

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

- (a) whether an outlay of Rs. 8,800 crore has been approved by the Government for the restructured Skill India Programme (SIP) in February 2025, if so, the details of the distribution of outlay among Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) 4.0, Pradhan Mantri National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (PM-NAPS), and Jan Shikshan Sansthans (JSS);
- (b) the  total  number  of  new  demand-driven  and  technology-enabled  courses,  such  as  in Artificial Intelligence, 5G technologies, cybersecurity, green hydrogen, and drone operations, introduced  under  PMKVY  4.0,  along  with  the  number  of  candidates  enrolled  in  these programmes so far, and
- (c) the steps being taken by the Government to ensure that the benefits of the restructured programme  reach  to  the  marginalised  communities,  including  women,  rural  youth,  and underserved  regions  in  light  of  the  integration  of  the  JSS  scheme  within  the  Skill  India Programme?

## ANSWER

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

(SHRI JAYANT CHAUDHARY)

- (a) to (c): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (c) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION  NO.  *106  ANSWERED  ON  08.12.2025  ASKED  BY  SHRI  K  SUDHAKARAN REGARDING RESTRUCTURED SKILL INDIA PROGRAMME

(a) The  Union  Cabinet,  on  7 th   February  2025,  approved  the  continuation  of  the  Central Sector Scheme of Skill India Programme (SIP) for the period FY 2022-23 to 2025-26 with an outlay  of ₹ 8,800  crore.  The  SIP  comprises  three  components  namely  (i)  Pradhan  Mantri Kaushal  Vikas  Yojana 4.0  (PMKVY  4.0), (ii) Pradhan  Mantri National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (PM -NAPS) and (iii) Jan Shikshan Sansthan (JSS). The component-wise distribution of outlay is as under:

( ₹ in crore)

|   Sl. No. | Components of SIP   |   Outlay |
|-----------|---------------------|----------|
|         1 | PMKVY 4.0           |     6000 |
|         2 | PM - NAPS           |     1942 |
|         3 | JSS                 |      858 |

(b) Till  date,  more  than  600  futuristic  and  new  age  courses  aligned  to  emerging  sectors including Artificial Intelligence, 5G  technologies, cybersecurity, green hydrogen, drone operations,  amongst  others  have  been  approved  by  the  National  Council  for  Vocational Education and Training (NCVET).

Under PMKVY 4.0, as on 31 st  October 2025, a total of 5,60,936 candidates have been enrolled across 123 job roles in these sectors. The details of enrolment in these futuristic and new age job roles are given at Annexure -I .

- (c) The Government is taking multiple steps to ensure that the benefits of the restructured Skill  India  Programme  comprising  Pradhan  Mantri  Kaushal  Vikas  Yojana  4.0  (PMKVY  4.0), Pradhan Mantri National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (PM -NAPS) and Jan Shikshan Sansthan (JSS) reach marginalised communities such as women, rural youth and underserved regions. These include:
- I. Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana 4.0 (PMKVY 4.0) - The Scheme has a provision of Special Projects which are targeted towards ensuring coverage of under-represented social  groups  -  SC/  ST/  Women/  PwDs  and  geographic  areas  such  as  Aspirational Districts,  LWE,  Tribal  districts,  etc.  Special  attention  has  been  given  to  women,  tribal communities, and other marginalized groups in rural areas to promote their participation in the skill development programs.

In order to improve inclusivity by ensuring that SC, ST, women, and other marginalized communities  can  undertake  skill  training  and  eventually  access  gainful  wage  and  selfemployment, Boarding and Lodging (B&L) and transport facilities are provided to special groups (Women and PwD) and Special Areas, as defined in Common Norms, for training within  and  outside  Special  Areas.  Conveyance  facility  is  also  permissible  for  special groups  in  case  of  non-residential  training  as  per  Common  Norms.  The  details  are  as under:

| Particulars                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              | Amount                                                               |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Boarding and Lodging and transport facilities to special groups (Women and PwD) and Special Areas, as defined in Common Norms, for training within and outside Special Areas. However, the same may also be extended for trainings in Aspirational, Border, Tribal dominated and LWE affected districts. | Up to a maximum of ₹ 375 per trainee per day, as per Common Norms    |
| Conveyance Cost / Transportation Cost for women and PwDs in non-residential training                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | Up to a maximum of ₹ 1500 per trainee per month, as per Common Norms |
| Additional support to PwD candidates                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | ₹ 5,000/- towards assistive devices, aid, and appliances             |

Additionally, over and above the Base Cost, an additional amount equal to 10% of the Base  Cost  is  permitted  for  Skill  Development  programmes  conducted  in  the  North Eastern States, Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Andaman & Nicobar Island, Lakshadweep and districts affected by Left Wing Extremism (LWE) as identified by the M/o Home Affairs.

- II. Pradhan Mantri National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (PM -NAPS) - It aims to promote apprenticeship training in the country, by providing partial stipend support to the apprentices engaged under the Apprentice Act, 1961, undertaking capacity building of the  apprenticeship  ecosystem,  and  providing  advocacy  assistance  to  the  stakeholders. Accordingly, the scheme facilitates a partial stipend support limited to 25% of the stipend paid, up to a maximum of Rs. 1500 per month, per apprentices during the training period. The  stipend  support  by  GoI  is  paid  through  Direct  Benefit  Transfer  (DBT)  to  the  bank account of apprentice. The key objective of the scheme is to develop skilled workforce for the economy  by  promotion  of  on-the  job  experiential  training  and  to  encourage establishments to enroll apprentices by sharing partial stipend support to the apprentice and  to  encourage  enrolment  of  apprentices  in  small  establishments  especially  Micro, Small  and  Medium  Enterprises  and  those  located  in  underserved  areas  such  as aspirational districts and North-East Region.

A  new  'Pilot  initiative  for  special  intervention  for  promotion  of  Apprenticeship  in  North Eastern  Region'  has  been  launched.  This  initiative  provides  an  additional  stipend  of ₹1,500 per month, over and above the existing stipend, to candidates from the NER who are pursuing apprenticeship training in any other state within the North Eastern Region or outside of it. The intervention is contributing to the skilling of high population concentration of Scheduled Tribes in the region.

- III. Jan Shikshan Sansthan (JSS) -   The  Jan  Shikshan  Sansthan  (JSS)  Scheme,  initially launched as Shramik Vidyapeeth (SVP) in 1967, aims to provide skill training in a nonformal mode at the doorsteps of the beneficiary through registered Societies (NGOs) with 100% grant from the Government of India. The objective of the scheme is to increase the household  income  by  promoting  self/wage  employment  through  skill  development training. The main target of the JSS is to impart vocational skills to the non-literates, neoliterates and persons having rudimentary level of education and school dropouts upto 12 th standard in the age group of 15-45 years.

Currently, there are 293 functional JSSs across 26 states and 7 UTs. Since the transfer of the scheme from Ministry of Education (Erstwhile MHRD) to MSDE in July 2018 to 31 st October 2025, a total of 32.53 lakh beneficiaries has been trained under the JSS scheme throughout the country. The trained beneficiaries consist of educationally disadvantaged and socio-economically backward groups in rural and urban slums. Aligned with the core objectives  of  the  scheme,  women  constitute  the  majority  of  trained  beneficiaries, accounting for approximately 83%.

Under the Dharti Aaba -Janjatiya Gram Utkarsh Abhiyan (DA-JGUA), the Ministry of Skill Development  &  Entrepreneurship  (MSDE)  has  launched  a  initiative  through  the  Jan Shikshan Sansthan (JSS) Scheme to enhance last-mile skilling in tribal-dominated areas. As part of this effort, 30 Tribal Skilling Centres (TSCs) have been set up across 30 tribal districts in 15 States and Union Territories.

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (b)  OF  LOK  SABHA  STARRED QUESTION NO. *106 ANSWERED ON 08.12.2025

The  details  of  enrolment  in  the  futuristic  and  new  age  job  roles  under  PMKVY  4.0,  as  on 31.10.2025, are given below:

|   Sl. No. | Job Role Name                                                            | Enrolle d   |
|-----------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------|
|         1 | Kisan Drone Operator                                                     | 4,652       |
|         2 | Solar Pump Technician                                                    | 34,326      |
|         3 | Automotive Additive Manufacturing Operator                               | 260         |
|         4 | Automotive Additive Manufacturing Technician                             | 210         |
|         5 | Automotive Automation and Robotics Engineer                              | 429         |
|         6 | Automotive IIOT Application Engineer                                     | 80          |
|         7 | Automotive IIOT Application Technician                                   | 347         |
|         8 | Electric Vehicle Assembly Operator                                       | 502         |
|         9 | Electric Vehicle Assembly Technician                                     | 794         |
|        10 | Electric Vehicle Maintenance Technician                                  | 832         |
|        11 | Electric Vehicle Product Design Engineer                                 | 190         |
|        12 | Electric Vehicle Quality Control Inspector                               | 313         |
|        13 | Electric Vehicle Service Lead Technician                                 | 90          |
|        14 | Electric Vehicle Service Technician                                      | 64,470      |
|        15 | Electric Vehicle Test Engineer                                           | 352         |
|        16 | Battery System Assembly Operator                                         | 22          |
|        17 | Battery System Repair Technician                                         | 77          |
|        18 | Cloud Application Developer                                              | 292         |
|        19 | Drone Manufacturing and Assembly Technician                              | 30          |
|        20 | Drone Service Technician                                                 | 353         |
|        21 | Electric Vehicle Assembly Operator                                       | 30          |
|        22 | Electric Vehicle Service Technician                                      | 120         |
|        23 | Electronic Hardware Assembly Operator                                    | 29          |
|        24 | Solar LED Technician                                                     | 308         |
|        25 | Solar Lighting Assembler (Elective: Home Lighting System/ Street Lights) | 30          |
|        26 | Solar Pump Technician                                                    | 60          |
|        27 | Solar PV Installer - Civil                                               | 30          |
|        28 | Solar PV Installer - Electrical                                          | 247         |
|        29 | Solar PV Installer (Suryamitra)                                          | 2,711       |
|        30 | Solar PV Maintenance Technician - Electrical (Ground Mount)              | 30          |
|        31 | Solar PV Project Helper                                                  | 40          |
|        32 | Battery System Assembly Operator                                         | 1,785       |
|        33 | Battery System Design Engineer                                           | 596         |
|        34 | Battery System Repair Technician                                         | 16,043      |
|        35 | Building Management System Project Manager                               | 3,130       |
|        36 | Drone Manufacturing and Assembly Technician                              | 10,585      |
|        37 | Drone Service Technician                                                 | 16,189      |
|        38 | Electronic Hardware Assembly Operator                                    | 12,550      |
|        39 | Electronics Machine Maintenance Executive                                | 28,078      |
|        40 | Embedded Full-Stack IoT Analyst                                          | 424         |
|        41 | Embedded Product Design Engineer-Technical Lead                          | 115         |
|        42 | Embedded Software Engineer                                               | 2,206       |

| 43    | IoT Hardware Analyst                                                                          | 4,919     |
|-------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|
| 44    | Mechanical Engineering and Plumbing General Manager                                           | 18,402    |
| 45    | Mechatronics Designer and System Integrator                                                   | 77        |
| 46    | Mechatronics Maintenance Specialist                                                           | 195       |
| 47    | Motor & Controller Repairing Technician                                                       | 858       |
| 48    | Motor and Controller Design Engineer                                                          | 779       |
| 49    | Solar LED Technician                                                                          | 47,290    |
| 50    | VLSI Design Engineer                                                                          | 8,463     |
| 51    | O&M Electrical & Instrumentation Technician- Wind Power Plant                                 | 300       |
| 52    | Rooftop Solar Grid Engineer                                                                   | 1,141     |
| 53    | Small Hydro Power Plant Technician-(Jal Urja Mitra)                                           | 150       |
| 54    | Solar Lighting Assembler (Elective: Home Lighting System/ Street Lights)                      | 6,249     |
| 55    | Solar Photovoltaic Entrepreneur                                                               | 2,695     |
| 56    | Solar Proposal Evaluation Specialist                                                          | 360       |
| 57    | Solar PV Business Development Executive                                                       | 633       |
| 58    | Solar PV Designer                                                                             | 3,402     |
| 59    | Solar PV Engineer (Option: Solar Water Pumping System)                                        | 52        |
| 60    | Solar PV Installation Helper                                                                  | 262       |
| 61    | Solar PV Installer - Civil                                                                    | 529       |
| 62    | Solar PV Installer - Electrical                                                               | 5,584     |
| 63    | Solar PV Installer (Suryamitra)                                                               | 26,718    |
| 64    | Solar PV Maintenance Technician - Electrical (Ground Mount) Solar PV Manufacturing Technician | 2,163     |
| 65 66 | Solar PV Project Helper                                                                       | 359 2,068 |
| 67    | Solar PV Project Manager (E&C)                                                                | 223       |
| 68    | Additive Manufacturing (3D Printing)                                                          | 7,869     |
| 69    | AI - Business Intelligence Analyst                                                            | 3,215     |
| 70    | AI - Data Architect                                                                           | 2,820     |
| 71    | AI - Data Engineer                                                                            | 1,524     |
| 72    | AI - Data Quality Analyst                                                                     | 15,469    |
| 73    | AI - Data Scientist                                                                           | 4,683     |
| 74    | AI - Database Administrator                                                                   | 7,059     |
| 75    | AI - DevOps Engineer                                                                          | 4,962     |
| 76    | AI - Machine Learning Engineer                                                                | 8,986     |
| 77    | AI - Solution Architect                                                                       | 337       |
| 78    | Analyst Application Security                                                                  | 30        |
| 79    | Analyst End Point Security - Cybersecurity                                                    | 779       |
| 80    | Analyst Security Operations Centre                                                            | 1,161     |
| 81    | Application Architect - Web & Mobile                                                          | 465       |
| 82    | Application Developer - Web & Mobile                                                          | 33,139    |
| 83    | AR/VR Architect                                                                               | 30        |
| 84    | AR/VR Consultant                                                                              | 240       |
| 85    | AR/VR Infrastructure Engineer                                                                 | 30        |
| 86    | AR/VR Support Analyst                                                                         | 650       |
| 87    | Cloud Administrator                                                                           | 850       |
| 88    | Cloud Application Developer                                                                   | 6,962     |
| 89    | Cloud Consultant                                                                              | 249       |
| 90    | Cloud Infrastructure Analyst                                                                  | 213       |
| 91    | Cloud Security Analyst                                                                        | 430       |
| 92    | Consultant Network Security                                                                   | 80        |
| 94    | IoT - Network Specialist                                                                      | 267       |

| 95   | IoT - Product Manager                                                 | 392      |
|------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|----------|
| 96   | IoT - Security Specialist                                             | 174      |
| 97   | IoT - Software Analyst                                                | 5,754    |
| 98   | IoT - Solution Architect                                              | 9,599    |
| 99   | IoT - Test Analyst                                                    | 241      |
| 100  | Mobile Device Management Analyst                                      | 345      |
| 101  | Product Manager - Web & Mobile                                        | 941      |
| 102  | Security Analyst                                                      | 716      |
| 103  | Security Infrastructure Specialist                                    | 1,011    |
| 104  | Software Vulnerability/Penetration Tester                             | 1,052    |
| 105  | User Experience Designer                                              | 981      |
| 106  | Bioinformatics Associate/ Analyst                                     | 2,971    |
| 107  | Bioinformatics Scientist                                              | 11,433   |
| 108  | Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Engineer - 5G Networks | 190      |
| 109  | Infrastructure Technician - 5G Networks                               | 1,306    |
| 110  | Project Engineer - 5G Networks                                        | 3,631    |
| 111  | Technician 5G - Active Network Installation                           | 26,190   |
| 112  | Telecom E-Waste Handler                                               | 2,445    |
| 113  | Telecom Rigger - 5G and Legacy Networks                               | 3,166    |
| 114  | Telecom Technician - IoT Devices/Systems                              | 40,556   |
| 115  | Green Hydrogen Plant Entrepreneur                                     | 964      |
| 116  | Green Hydrogen Plant Junior Technician - Power Sources                | 1,308    |
| 117  | Green Hydrogen Plant Junior Technician (Desalination)                 | 465      |
| 118  | Green Hydrogen Plant Junior Technician- Storage                       | 975      |
| 119  | Green Hydrogen Plant Junior Technician-Electrolyzer                   | 1,251    |
| 120  | Green Hydrogen Plant Technician                                       | 1,367    |
| 121  | Advance Course on Green Hydrogen                                      | 562      |
| 122  | Concepts of Green Hydrogen                                            | 254      |
| 123  | Green Hydrogen Plant Supervisor                                       | 79       |
|      | Total                                                                 | 5,60,936 |

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