Lok Sabha Question No. 508 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-07-20
Subject: Employment to BPL Youth
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: SUNIL KUMAR SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 508 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20.07.2016

## EMPLOYMENT TO BPL YOUTH †508. SHRI SUNIL KUMAR SINGH:

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

- (a) whether the Government has prepared any action-plan for making the youth living below poverty line skilled and preparing them in accordance with the demand of the labour market;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  thereof,  scheme-wise  and  the  total  number  of  youth  in  the country living below poverty line who are unemployed, State-wise;
- (c) whether the Government has conducted any survey in this regard and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the number of institutions providing training in skill development functioning in various  States  including  Jharkhand  and  the  fields  in  which  the  said  institute  are providing training, State-wise details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (d) The Government of India has over 40 skill development Schemes/programmes being implemented by various Ministries/Department. These Schemes have provisions to promote participation in skill development by all socioeconomic  group  particularly  economically  weaker  sections  including  those  living below poverty line. The Ministry of Rural Development has been implementing two schemes  viz;  (i)  Rural  Self  Employment  and  Training  Institutes  (RSETI),  which provides entrepreneurship development and enables the trainee to take bank credit and start  his/her  own  Micro-enterprise  for  training  rural  poor  youth  under  National Rural  Livelihoods  Mission  (NRLM)  and  (ii)  Deen  Dayal  Upadhyaya  Grameen Kaushalya  Yojana  (DDU-GKY)  which  is  a  placement  linked  skill  development program.  Details  about  RSETIs  established  State/UT-wise  is  given  at Annexure-I while those pertaining to DDU-GKY ongoing projects along with their sectors is given in Annexure II .    Information  pertaining  to  unemployed  BPL  youth  is  not  available. However,  the National  Sample  Survey Office (NSSO)  has  been  conducting quinquennial employment-unemployment surveys to measure employmentunemployment related indicators. Based on these surveys, NSSO  inter-alia estimates number of unemployed persons. Last survey on employmentunemployment was conducted during NSS 68th round (July, 2011 - June, 2012). A statement  as  per  this  Survey  showing  State-wise  number  of  unemployed  persons according to usual status is given at Annexure-III .

## Number of RSETIs set up in various states

| S.N.   | STATE / UNION TERRITORY     |   No. OF RSETIs ESTABLISHED |
|--------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
| 1      | Andhra Pradesh              |                          15 |
| 2      | Arunachal Pradesh           |                           1 |
| 3      | Assam                       |                          22 |
| 4      | Bihar                       |                          39 |
| 5      | Chhattisgarh                |                          18 |
| 6      | Goa                         |                           1 |
| 7      | Gujarat                     |                          28 |
| 8      | Haryana                     |                          21 |
| 9      | Himachal Pradesh            |                          10 |
| 10     | Jammu and Kashmir           |                          21 |
| 11     | Jharkhand                   |                          25 |
| 12     | Karnataka                   |                          33 |
| 13     | Kerala                      |                          14 |
| 14     | Madhya Pradesh              |                          51 |
| 15     | Maharashtra                 |                          35 |
| 16     | Manipur                     |                           1 |
| 17     | Meghalaya                   |                           4 |
| 18     | Mizoram                     |                           1 |
| 19     | Nagaland                    |                           1 |
| 20     | Odisha                      |                          30 |
| 21     | Punjab                      |                          19 |
| 22     | Rajasthan                   |                          34 |
| 23     | Sikkim                      |                           1 |
| 24     | Tamil Nadu                  |                          32 |
| 25     | Telangana                   |                          10 |
| 26     | Tripura                     |                           5 |
| 27     | Andaman and Nicobar Islands |                           1 |
| 28     | Dadra & Nagar Haveli        |                           1 |
| 29     | Lakshadweep                 |                           1 |
| 30     | Puducherry                  |                           1 |
| 31     | Uttar Pradesh               |                          75 |
| 32     | Uttarakhand                 |                          13 |
| 33     | West Bengal                 |                          19 |
| Total  | Total                       |                         583 |

## Annexure-I

Annexure-II Number of ongoing DDU-GKY projects in States with their sectors

|   Sl No. | State Name        |   No. of Projects | Sector in which training provided                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
|----------|-------------------|-------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | ANDHRA PRADESH    |                 4 | Apparel, Banking, Financial services and Insurance (BFSI), Construction, IT-ITES, Production And Manufacturing, Retail, Tourism & Hospitality                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
|        2 | ASSAM             |                21 | Apparel, Automotive, Banking, Financial services and Insurance (BFSI), Beauty & Wellness, Business & Commerce, Capital Goods, Construction, Electrical, Electronics, Healthcare, IT-ITES, Logistics & Supply Change Management, Production And Manufacturing, Retail, Security, Telecom, Textiles, Tourism & Hospitality                                             |
|        3 | BIHAR             |                34 | Agriculture, Apparel, Automotive, Banking, Financial services and Insurance (BFSI), Beauty & Wellness, Business & Commerce, Construction, Electrical, Electronics, Healthcare, IT-ITES, Logistics & Supply Change Management, Media & Entertainment, Power & Energy, Retail, Security, Telecom, Textiles, Tourism & Hospitality                                      |
|        4 | GUJARAT           |                18 | Apparel, Automotive, Banking, Financial services and Insurance (BFSI), Beauty & Wellness, Capital Goods, Chemical, Construction, Electrical, Electronics, Healthcare, IT-ITES, Production And Manufacturing, Retail, Security, Telecom, Tourism & Hospitality                                                                                                        |
|        5 | HARYANA           |                11 | Apparel, Automotive, Banking, Financial services and Insurance (BFSI), Business & Commerce, Construction, Electrical, Electronics, Healthcare, IT-ITES, Retail, Security, Telecom, Tourism & Hospitality                                                                                                                                                             |
|        6 | JAMMU AND KASHMIR |                15 | Apparel, Beauty & Wellness, Construction, Electrical, Electronics, Healthcare, IT-ITES, Logistics & Supply Change Management, Plastic Processing, Retail, Telecom, Tourism & Hospitality                                                                                                                                                                             |
|        7 | KARNATAKA         |                24 | Apparel, Automotive, Banking, Financial services and Insurance (BFSI), Construction, Domestic Worker, Electrical, Electronics, Healthcare, IT-ITES, Logistics & Supply Change Management, Production And Manufacturing, Retail, Security, Telecom, Tourism & Hospitality                                                                                             |
|        8 | KERALA            |                34 | Agriculture, Apparel, Automotive, Banking, Financial services and Insurance (BFSI), Beauty & Wellness, Capital Goods, Construction, Electrical, Electronics, Food Processing & Preservation, Healthcare, IT-ITES, Logistics & Supply Change Management, Media & Entertainment, Paint, Production And Manufacturing, Retail, Security, Telecom, Tourism & Hospitality |
|        9 | MADHYA PRADESH    |                13 | Apparel, Automotive, Banking, Financial services and Insurance (BFSI), Beauty & Wellness, Construction, Electrical, Electronics, Healthcare, Hospitality, IT-ITES, Logistics & Supply Change Management, Retail, Security, Telecom, Textiles, Tourism & Hospitality                                                                                                  |

|   Sl No. | State Name    |   No. of Projects | Sector in which training provided                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
|----------|---------------|-------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|       10 | MAHARASHTRA   |                29 | Apparel, Automotive, Banking, Financial services and Insurance (BFSI), Business & Commerce, Capital Goods, Construction, Electrical, Electronics, Healthcare, IT-ITES, Logistics & Supply Change Management, Renewable Energy, Retail, Security, Tourism & Hospitality                                                                                                                            |
|       11 | ODISHA        |                80 | Agriculture, Apparel, Automotive, Banking, Financial services and Insurance (BFSI), Beauty & Wellness, Capital Goods, Construction, Electrical, Electronics, Fire And Safety Engineering, Healthcare, IT-ITES, Leather, Logistics & Supply Change Management, Paint, Plastic Processing, Plumbing, Power & Energy, Production And Manufacturing, Retail, Security, Telecom, Tourism & Hospitality |
|       12 | RAJASTHAN     |                38 | Apparel, Automotive, Banking, Financial services and Insurance (BFSI), Beauty & Wellness, Construction, Electrical, Electronics, Food Processing & Preservation, Healthcare, IT-ITES, Logistics & Supply Change Management, Renewable Energy, Retail, Security, Telecom, Textiles, Tourism & Hospitality                                                                                          |
|       13 | TRIPURA       |                 6 | Beauty & Wellness, Construction, Electrical, Garment Making, Healthcare, Hospitality, Information And Communication Technology, IT-ITES, Retail, Security, Spa & Wellness, Telecom, Tourism & Hospitality                                                                                                                                                                                         |
|       14 | UTTAR PRADESH |                24 | Apparel, Automotive, Banking, Financial services and Insurance (BFSI), Construction, Electrical, Electronics, Fabrication, Garment Making, Healthcare, Hospitality, Industrial Electrical, Information And Communication Technology, IT-ITES, Leather, Logistics & Supply Change Management, Power & Energy, Retail, Security, Telecom, Tourism & Hospitality                                     |
|       15 | WEST BENGAL   |                 4 | Apparel, Banking, Financial services and Insurance (BFSI), Construction, Electronics, IT-ITES, Paint, Retail, Tourism & Hospitality                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
|       16 | CHHATTISGARH  |                14 | Apparel, Automotive, Banking, Financial services and Insurance (BFSI), Beauty & Wellness, Construction, Electrical, Electronics, Healthcare, IT-ITES, Logistics & Supply Change Management, Plumbing, Printing, Retail, Security, Telecom, Textiles, Tourism & Hospitality                                                                                                                        |
|       17 | JHARKHAND     |                16 | Apparel, Automotive, Banking, Financial services and Insurance (BFSI), Beauty & Wellness, Capital Goods, Construction, Electrical, Electronics, Healthcare, IT-ITES, Logistics & Supply Change Management, Retail, Security, Telecom, Tourism & Hospitality                                                                                                                                       |
|       18 | TELANGANA     |                10 | Apparel, Automotive, Banking, Financial services and Insurance (BFSI), Beauty & Wellness, Business & Commerce, Construction, Electrical, Electronics, Healthcare, IT-ITES, Media & Entertainment, Paint, Renewable Energy, Retail, Security, Tourism & Hospitality                                                                                                                                |

| State/UT                                                                                                                                           | Number unemployed persons                                                                                                                          | State/UT                                                                                                                                           | Number unemployed persons                                                                                                                          |                                                                                                                                                    |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| (1)                                                                                                                                                | (2)                                                                                                                                                | (3)                                                                                                                                                | (4)                                                                                                                                                |                                                                                                                                                    |
| Andhra Pradesh                                                                                                                                     | 759900                                                                                                                                             | Mizoram                                                                                                                                            | 12600                                                                                                                                              |                                                                                                                                                    |
| Arunachal Pradesh                                                                                                                                  | 8500                                                                                                                                               | Nagaland                                                                                                                                           | 87500                                                                                                                                              |                                                                                                                                                    |
| Assam                                                                                                                                              | 438300                                                                                                                                             | Odisha                                                                                                                                             | 382900                                                                                                                                             |                                                                                                                                                    |
| Bihar                                                                                                                                              | 873800                                                                                                                                             | Punjab                                                                                                                                             | 229400                                                                                                                                             |                                                                                                                                                    |
| Chhattisgarh                                                                                                                                       | 150300                                                                                                                                             | Rajasthan                                                                                                                                          | 280000                                                                                                                                             |                                                                                                                                                    |
| Delhi                                                                                                                                              | 173300                                                                                                                                             | Sikkim                                                                                                                                             | 3200                                                                                                                                               |                                                                                                                                                    |
| Goa                                                                                                                                                | 24400                                                                                                                                              | Tamil Nadu                                                                                                                                         | 698100                                                                                                                                             |                                                                                                                                                    |
| Gujarat                                                                                                                                            | 116300                                                                                                                                             | Tripura                                                                                                                                            | 192500                                                                                                                                             |                                                                                                                                                    |
| Haryana                                                                                                                                            | 249600                                                                                                                                             | Uttarakhand                                                                                                                                        | 108300                                                                                                                                             |                                                                                                                                                    |
| Himachal Pradesh                                                                                                                                   | 41600                                                                                                                                              | Uttar Pradesh                                                                                                                                      | 976900                                                                                                                                             |                                                                                                                                                    |
| Jammu & Kashmir                                                                                                                                    | 133100                                                                                                                                             | West Bengal                                                                                                                                        | 1113200                                                                                                                                            |                                                                                                                                                    |
| Jharkhand                                                                                                                                          | 252100                                                                                                                                             | A & N Islands                                                                                                                                      | 9600                                                                                                                                               |                                                                                                                                                    |
| Karnataka                                                                                                                                          | 372000                                                                                                                                             | Chandigarh                                                                                                                                         | 22200                                                                                                                                              |                                                                                                                                                    |
| Kerala                                                                                                                                             | 832200                                                                                                                                             | Dadra & Nagar Haveli                                                                                                                               | @                                                                                                                                                  |                                                                                                                                                    |
| Madhya Pradesh                                                                                                                                     | 225400                                                                                                                                             | Daman & Diu                                                                                                                                        | 100                                                                                                                                                |                                                                                                                                                    |
| Maharashtra                                                                                                                                        | 588200                                                                                                                                             | Lakshadweep                                                                                                                                        | 2700                                                                                                                                               |                                                                                                                                                    |
| Manipur                                                                                                                                            | 32000                                                                                                                                              | Puducherry                                                                                                                                         | 9200                                                                                                                                               |                                                                                                                                                    |
| Meghalaya                                                                                                                                          | 8600                                                                                                                                               | All-India                                                                                                                                          | 9408000                                                                                                                                            |                                                                                                                                                    |
| ***** Note:- Telangana was not a State during the NSSO survey during the period July 2011-June 2012. Hence, its separate estimate is not available | ***** Note:- Telangana was not a State during the NSSO survey during the period July 2011-June 2012. Hence, its separate estimate is not available | ***** Note:- Telangana was not a State during the NSSO survey during the period July 2011-June 2012. Hence, its separate estimate is not available | ***** Note:- Telangana was not a State during the NSSO survey during the period July 2011-June 2012. Hence, its separate estimate is not available | ***** Note:- Telangana was not a State during the NSSO survey during the period July 2011-June 2012. Hence, its separate estimate is not available |

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