Question : Schemes for Skill Development of Women

(a) The details of the schemes/programmes being implemented by the Government for skill development of women to increase their employability in the country;

(b) Whether the said schemes/programmes have achieved the desired results;

(c) If so, the number of women who availed the benefits of the said schemes/programmes during each of the last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise and scheme/programme-wise;

(d) whether the cases of irregularities/corruption in implementation of the said schemes in the country have come to the notice of the Government during the said period;

(e) if so, the details thereof, scheme/programme-wise along with the action taken/being taken by the Government in such cases so far; and

(f) the steps taken/being taken by the Government for effective implementation of the said scheme/programmes and to increase their coverage in the country?

(a) Women’s Training Division under Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship conducts training under Craftsmen Training Scheme and Craft Instructors Training Scheme through a network of National and Regional Vocational Training Institutes exclusively for women. One National Vocational Training Institute is located in Noida and ten Regional Vocational Training Institutes are located at Mumbai (Maharashtra), Bengaluru (Karnataka), Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala), Panipat (Haryana), Kolkata (West Bengal), Tura (Meghalaya), Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh), Indore (Madhya Pradesh), Vadodara (Gujarat) and Jaipur (Rajasthan).

(b) Yes Madam.


(c) The number of women who availed the benefits of the said schemes/programmes during each of the last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise and scheme/programme-wise is given below:

S.
No TRAINEES TRAINED On Roll
State/UT-Wise 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17
CTS CITS CTS CITS CTS CITS CTS CITS
1. Uttar Pradesh
433 2189 347 1571 477 330 549 336
2. Haryana 212 643 165 470 177 126 239 92
3. Rajasthan 195 573 166 452 197 69 253 102
4. Meghalaya 144 54 100 0 124 41 116 0
5. West Bengal 177 220 125 117 139 48 162 77
6. Karnataka 196 270 191 240 164 45 153 45
7. Kerala 162 265 167 117 168 34 203 47
8. Madhya Pradesh 124 121 112 203 137 7 196 28
9. Gujarat 120 316 147 140 145 30 216 60
10. Maharashtra 176 366 182 156 180 36 197 48


(d) No Madam.

(e) Does not arise

(f) For effective implementation and to increase the coverage of these schemes/programmes, three more new institutes for women are being set up in the states of Telangana, Goa, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Tripura, Tamil Nadu and Jammu & Kashmir.