Status of Skilled Youths in India

The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) is implementing its flagship demand-driven Centrally Sponsored Scheme, Pradhan Mantri Kaushal VikasYojana (PMKVY), for imparting short duration skill development training through Short-Term Training (STT) and Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) to youth across all States/ Union Territories (UTs). Details of persons trained and placed under PMKVY year-wise and State/UT-wise during last five years is at Annexure-I.

Other important schemes being implemented by MSDE which are not linked to placement are given below:

(i) Jan ShikshanSansthan (JSS) Scheme: This Scheme aims at providing vocational skills to non-literates, neo-literates as well as school dropouts by identifying skills that have a market in the region of their establishment. Details of persons trained State/UT-wise during last five years is at Annexure-II.

(ii) National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (NAPS): This Scheme is for promoting apprenticeship training and increasing the engagement of apprentices by providing financial support to industrial establishments undertaking apprenticeship programme under The Apprentices Act, 1961. Training consists of Basic Training and On-the-Job Training / Practical Training at workplace in the industry. Details of persons trained State/UT-wise during last five years is at Annexure-III.

(iii) Craftsmen Training Scheme (CTS): Long term training programme in 137 trades are provided through 14,788 ITIs in the country. Details of persons trained State/UT-wise during last five years is at Annexure-IV.

This information was given by the Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Raj Kumar Singh in a written reply in Rajya Sabha.

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Annexure I

Annexure referred to in reply to RSUSQ No. 1439 to be answered on 12.02.2021 regarding ‘STATUS OF SKILLED YOUTHS IN INDIA’

State/UT-wise and year-wise details of candidates trained and placed under PMKVY

Sl.No.	State / UT	2015-16		2016-17		2017-18		2018-19		2019-20		2020-21 (as on 19.01.2021)
Sl.No.	State / UT	Trained	Reported Placed	Trained	Reported Placed	Trained	Reported Placed	Trained	Reported Placed	Trained	Reported Placed	Trained	Reported Placed
1	Andaman And Nicobar Islands	194	–	0	0	0	0	74	0	1,259	124	1,129	0
2	Andhra Pradesh	135,920	18,589	9,900	0	57,484	21,410	62,848	31,127	102,628	25,486	55,510	4,190
3	Arunachal Pradesh	1,017	88	0	0	1,022	0	4,545	276	15,701	2,943	46,571	1,171
4	Assam	33,378	3,686	5,256	59	37,582	7,430	49,945	9,866	193,296	19,374	335,851	4,509
5	Bihar	92,018	12,015	17,562	10	90,988	15,817	84,576	34,456	208,064	35,336	51,729	5,618
6	Chandigarh	5,032	396	42	0	1,923	498	5,240	1,480	8,625	1,661	2,367	1,229
7	Chhattisgarh	37,302	1,340	163	0	22,990	3,395	42,746	11,167	40,134	9,724	4,400	778
8	Delhi	105,682	5,222	5,441	0	86,321	18,342	81,504	31,418	141,386	11,881	43,625	4,750
9	Goa	569	213	180	0	846	411	1,751	219	3,431	198	637	7
10	Gujarat	43,999	3,117	6,591	0	31,661	7,627	85,218	11,981	163,803	32,230	41,083	7,567
11	Haryana	86,884	8,441	8,861	0	183,565	39,529	115,406	68,165	172,356	30,884	42,918	4,861
12	Himachal Pradesh	22,891	2,157	430	0	16,627	2,443	32,226	8,308	44,238	10,101	13,087	646
13	Jammu And Kashmir	18,177	274	2,691	0	44,752	12,575	35,455	17,201	119,182	12,203	52,302	6,071
14	Jharkhand	28,773	1,855	2,926	0	30,939	4,509	36,487	8,982	164,156	9,186	27,537	1,474
15	Karnataka	77,226	13,852	9,713	104	70,487	5,817	110,134	22,299	159,129	20,845	64,275	2,555
16	Kerala	15,339	1,487	11,953	0	63,068	4,960	35,973	6,501	95,750	8,263	20,045	505
17	Ladakh	–	–	0	0	0	0	149	0	1,937	877	181	66
18	Lakshadweep	–	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	60	0	90	0
19	Madhya Pradesh	168,868	21,624	10,097	0	187,711	39,104	154,859	70,507	224,852	56,623	74,146	10,852
20	Maharashtra	109,435	10,742	6,980	0	95,390	10,803	165,354	18,824	602,765	23,973	118,358	4,385
21	Manipur	1,603	499	8,406	0	4,876	370	4,430	833	28,909	6,127	29,325	3,687
22	Meghalaya	1,899	110	80	0	4,440	859	7,117	1,061	11,999	3,166	14,090	842
23	Mizoram	1,030	93	0	0	0	0	3,083	296	11,187	6,112	10,377	296
24	Nagaland	1,271	77	181	29	1,718	808	1,422	413	17,044	879	10,958	2,070
25	Odisha	61,357	10,430	4,411	0	65,799	10,648	89,088	22,592	237,043	19,188	58,692	1,697
26	Puducherry	7,301	904	600	0	3,385	1,150	6,317	821	7,148	4,684	1,444	1,522
27	Punjab	84,624	10,620	3,696	0	102,251	22,616	63,936	38,391	114,971	29,599	55,668	7,734
28	Rajasthan	133,567	13,170	17,277	0	211,916	48,464	139,025	55,924	400,778	34,135	140,481	12,590
29	Sikkim	886	13	0	0	525	79	1,932	0	5,021	1,313	2,803	327
30	Tamil Nadu	169,206	44,729	40,722	0	131,710	40,049	123,893	42,080	163,979	34,263	60,085	3,482
31	Telangana	109,478	20,860	2,864	0	89,922	30,833	57,713	29,079	101,254	20,059	25,731	3,555
32	The Dadra And Nagar Haveli And Daman And Diu	488	207	0	0	426	0	3,415	710	5,850	1,638	428	30
33	Tripura	15,140	5,235	590	0	13,290	1,714	7,516	2,437	48,903	4,035	47,432	925
34	Uttar Pradesh	272,002	24,184	29,573	34	351,643	70,769	303,918	107,553	688,644	84,198	213,536	20,651
35	Uttarakhand	14,301	1,170	3,016	0	27,597	5,357	47,017	15,417	101,594	17,304	37,320	3,539
36	West Bengal	129,080	14,290	11,237	43	90,280	24,690	80,621	33,836	164,416	29,777	30,873	5,062
	Grand Total	1,985,937	251,689	221,439	279	2,123,134	453,076	2,044,933	704,220	4,571,492	608,389	1,735,084	129,243

Annexure II

Annexure referred to in reply to RSUSQ No. 1439 to be answered on 12.02.2021 regarding ‘STATUS OF SKILLED YOUTHS IN INDIA’

State/UT-wise and year-wise details of candidates trained under JSS

Sl. No.	State /UT	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21*
1	Andhra Pradesh	12722	7143	3034	4762	10901	1020
2	Arunachal Pradesh	1705	1156	960	156	570	0
3	Assam	9269	7010	3588	3923	9243	493
4	Bihar	23311	18565	17233	9567	22708	3426
5	Chandigarh	1455	980	514	718	1836	140
6	Chhattisgarh	11117	9027	7936	4792	13483	1292
7	Dadra & Nagar Haveli	1508	1241	597	534	1558	80
8	Delhi	6472	4538	2629	2518	5487	220
9	Goa	1969	905	230	602	1741	531
10	Gujarat	19637	14612	9497	7726	18640	1420
11	Haryana	8507	7493	6330	4055	9002	688
12	Himachal Pradesh	1030	1261	1205	703	1400	1021
13	Jammu & Kashmir	3464	2609	1903	1277	3429	341
14	Jharkhand	4686	1783	487	2469	5383	140
15	Karnataka	12807	8034	4352	6211	16201	4400
16	Kerala	13588	11947	6463	6342	16247	798
17	Madhya Pradesh	57998	42068	12932	20679	50449	7823
18	Maharashtra	38477	33538	31450	16051	38023	5804
19	Manipur	5771	4292	3165	1937	5387	198
20	Nagaland	1895	1917	1760	660	1800	40
21	Odisha	27910	20789	11623	12240	30677	2219
22	Punjab	3685	3047	1854	1387	3434	180
23	Rajasthan	12423	6415	2204	4002	9069	280
24	Tamil Nadu	13139	7973	8848	4329	14244	993
25	Telangana	12869	5747	2256	4274	12452	3800
26	Tripura	1655	1218	60	646	1631	278
27	Uttar Pradesh	83924	49158	23727	34087	85426	11577
28	Uttarakhand	8796	4793	1727	4807	10776	2275
29	West Bengal	11278	9966	4912	5829	14125	909
	Total	413067	289225	173476	167283	415322	52386

* As on date

Annexure III

Annexure referred to in reply to RSUSQ No. 1439 to be answered on 12.02.2021 regarding ‘STATUS OF SKILLED YOUTHS IN INDIA’

State/UT-wise and year-wise details of candidates trained under NAPS

Sl. No.	State/UT	2015-2016	2016-2017	2017-2018	2018-2019	2019-2020	2020-2021
	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Andhra Pradesh	5048	4555	4301	6726	5498	2998
	Arunachal Pradesh	0	0	0	0	0	2
	Assam	295	650	1115	2203	2831	1971
	Bihar	293	480	732	1539	1220	911
	Chandigarh	138	277	209	203	426	152
	Chhattisgarh	837	920	1581	4928	7498	1033
	Dadra and Nagar Haveli	32	214	58	74	16	288
	Daman and Diu	0	23	45	13	60	71
	Delhi	654	1096	1969	2102	5252	4446
	Goa	236	210	249	465	1599	1643
	Gujarat	15869	13854	36964	40410	53150	43071
	Haryana	9913	12045	27932	22638	25253	22532
	Himachal Pradesh	569	1247	1045	1623	2042	1223
	Jammu and Kashmir	383	214	343	164	251	204
	Jharkhand	4411	2905	4758	3721	4344	3282
	Karnataka	11285	10074	9355	9726	13668	11941
	Kerala	3216	3363	3658	4722	5799	4366
	Lakshadweep	0	0	0	0	0	11
	Madhya Pradesh	2652	3141	5260	8838	9104	6211
	Maharashtra	21063	28818	29797	34032	47229	40835
	Manipur	0	5	5	0	9	4
	Meghalaya	0	0	3	40	29	11
	Mizoram	0	0	0	0	4	1
	Nagaland	0	0	0	0	12	1
	Odisha	3524	2801	2210	4010	5297	2223
	Puducherry	505	370	389	501	620	160
	Punjab	2171	1342	1844	2362	3608	2965
	Rajasthan	1835	2638	2930	4240	5270	3661
	Sikkim	30	30	2	10	66	40
	Tamil Nadu	7861	7748	10248	9743	14698	16858
	Telangana	4861	5987	3825	8200	11122	10035
	Tripura	2	46	1	923	346	155
	Uttar Pradesh	14200	11256	13560	17326	16696	13665
	Uttarakhand	1611	1983	2570	3000	3136	2789
	West Bengal	1129	1751	1897	2658	6067	4416

Note: NAPS was launched in August, 2016. Hence, data prior to that pertains to Apprenticeship Training undertaken earlier.

Annexure IV

Annexure referred to in reply to RSUSQ No. 1439 to be answered on 12.02.2021 regarding ‘STATUS OF SKILLED YOUTHS IN INDIA’

State/UT-wise and year-wise details of candidates trained under CTS

Sl.No.	State/UT	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20
	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	292	371	355	385	441
	Andhra Pradesh	53444	56538	52736	60339	55446
	Arunachal Pradesh	411	606	598	648	566
	Assam	3054	2674	2697	2827	3611
	Bihar	82232	95199	100370	107603	111670
	Chandigarh	1029	937	1070	907	1043
	Chhattisgarh	14941	16189	17638	21838	22077
	Dadra and Nagar Haveli	112	113	114	116	112
	Daman and Diu	222	206	223	207	152
	Delhi	8083	9392	8624	13177	10559
	Goa	1851	2053	2081	1913	1837
	Gujarat	65307	66285	71994	92082	70967
	Haryana	45885	44371	44410	68440	55822
	Himachal Pradesh	17212	21715	20712	21556	21726
	Jammu and Kashmir	2545	2653	2721	2847	5040
	Jharkhand	28781	32187	29413	29972	33475
	Karnataka	70999	71405	72275	81893	74342
	Kerala	28690	29725	29625	38411	36004
	Lakshadweep	90	93	87	87	268
	Madhya Pradesh	61575	64036	57154	82703	71685
	Maharashtra	108765	117140	118050	122219	111909
	Manipur	94	79	122	117	88
	Meghalaya	479	645	568	683	613
	Mizoram	436	488	421	443	329
	Nagaland	75	171	111	168	265
	Odisha	49199	49174	48508	51337	49984
	Puducherry	965	978	1038	943	858
	Punjab	44143	37363	37193	41934	40309
	Rajasthan	132556	122426	135447	125527	157181
	Sikkim	219	282	339	401	216
	Tamil nadu	40618	41240	38443	42934	36470
	Telangana	34132	36564	33732	36242	32687
	Tripura	1144	1593	1504	2792	1745
	Uttar Pradesh	177158	236474	247784	355399	371103
	Uttarakhand	10307	10722	10558	12879	10877
	West Bengal	15211	29152	28933	33461	32762
	Grand Total	1102256	1201239	1217648	1455430	1424239

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