(a) whether the Government is considering to provide special facilities/services/
assistance to universities under the Skill India Mission across the country;
(b) if so, the details thereof; and
(c) the amount of budget provided for this purpose and the number of universities
identified under this mission?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
(DR. MAHENDRA NATH PANDEY)
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(a) & (b) : Yes, Madam. The Ministry of Human Resource Development through
University Grants Commission (UGC) is providing grants for development of the
infrastructure including specific equipment/facilities etc. to the UGC approved
Universities across the country for three Skill development programmes namely,
Community Colleges, B.Voc degree programme and DeenDayal Upadhyay Kaushal
Kendras.
(c) : The Scheme wise and year wise number of approved
Universities/Institutes and budget allocated are as under:
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Sl.
No.
Name of the Scheme Year Number of
approved
Universities/In
stitutes
Budget
allocated
(In Cr.)
1.
Community College
2013-14 64 29.13
2014-15 102 94.92
2015-16 111 67.18
2. B. Voc Degree Programme 2014-15 127 231.36
2015-16 70 241.06
3. DDU Kaushal Kendras 2015-16 64 170.65
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