Youth Trained in Skill Centres

for Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship | Date - 06-02-2019

Under Skill India Mission, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship through National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) is implementing a flagship scheme Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) 2016-20 and also promotes establishment of model and aspirational skill centres known as Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Kendra (PMKK) in every district for imparting skill training.

Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) 2016-20 is being implemented with an objective to provide skilling to one crore people under Short Term Training (STT), Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) and Special Project (SP) across the country for four years i.e. 2016-2020 with an outlay of 12,000 crore. This scheme has two components known as Centrally Sponsored Centrally Managed (CSCM) being implemented by NSDC and Centrally Sponsored State Managed (CSSM) being implemented by State Skill Development Missions of the States/ UTs.

PMKVY 2016-20 does not mandate the establishment of skill development centres, however, enables large number of prospective youth for taking up Short Term Training (STT) and Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) through accredited and affiliated training centers (TCs) throughout the country. Under the scheme, for imparting the skill training, the accreditation and affiliation of TCs are being done under single window IT application known as SMART. As on 24.01.2019, 10,355 TCs (8,331 TCs under CSCM and 2,024 TCs under CSSM) have been empanelled under PMKVY 2016-20. Also, under PMKVY 2016-20, as on 24.01.2019, 37.32 lakh (appx.) candidates have been trained in the country. The State/UT – wise numbers of TCs under PMKVY 2016-20 are given atcolumn (b) of Table inAnnexure.

Also, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship is promoting establishment of model and aspirational skill centres known as Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Kendra (PMKK) in every district for imparting skill training through Pradhan Mantri KaushalVikasYojana (PMKVY) 2016-20. As on date, 738 PMKKs have been allocated across the country covering 718 districts. Out of allocated PMKKs, 535 PMKKs have been already established. The State/UT – wise numbers of allocated PMKKs are given at column (c) of Table in Annexure.

Annexure

The State / UT-wise number of Training Centres (TCs) under PMKVY (2016-20) and allocated PMKKs are as under:

This information was given by Union Minister forSkill Development and Entrepreneurship Shri Dharmendra Pradhan in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha today.

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