(a) whether the Directorate General of Employment and Training is providing vocational training to women and girls in the country, including Gujarat;
(b) if so, the details thereof; and
(c) the number of women and girls benefited therefrom during each of the last three years, State-wise?
MINISTER OF LABOUR (SHRI SHARAD YADAV)
a) to c) A statement is laid on the table of the House.
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 668 BY SHRIMATI BHAVNA CHIKHALIA REGARDING VOCATIONAL TRAINING TO WOMEN & GIRLS, FOR REPLY ON 13TH MAY, 2002.
Directorate General of Employment & Training (DGE&T) under the Ministry of Labour is providing basic, advanced, post advanced vocational training in ten Trades and also instructor`s training exclusively for women through one National and 10 Regional Vocational Training Institutes (RVTIs) located in various parts of the country including Gujarat. Location of these Institutes and the number of women trainees trained during the last three years is given in the Annexure.
Annexure
Number of Women Trained in National/Regional Vocational Training Institutes for Women (NVTI/RVTIs) under DGE&T, Ministry of Labour during the last 3 years
Sl.No. Institute Trainees Trained under Regular & Short-Term Courses
1999-2000 2000- 2001 2001-2002
Regular Short- Total Regular Short- Total Regular Short Term Term Term
1 NVTI- NOIDA 367 186 553 394 251 645 405 209 2 RVTI- MUMBAI 188 24 212 192 11 203 175 115 3 RVTI -BANGALORE 230 972 1202 187 243 430 238 190 4 RVTI-TRIVANDRUM 153 15 168 175 31 206 179 104
( + ) 2 Year Course 0 0
5 RVTI- HISSAR 72 433 505 77 270 347 82 131 6 RVTI- CALCUTTA 48 115 163 49 79 128 54 43 7 RVTI- TURA 22 0 22 33 0 33 44 0 8 RVT- ALLAHABAD 117 26 143 146 0 146 154 0 9 RVTI- VADODARA 45 18 63 79 26 105 89 0 10 RVTI- JAIPUR 97 360 457 181 269 450 209 287 11 RVTI- INDORE 68 59 127 88 97 185 70 138
NOTE: Regular courses range from 8 months to 2 years; Principles of Teaching (regular) courses are of 4 months.
Short-Term courses range from one week to 8 weeks.