Question : Vocational Institute in Madurai


(a) the details of good quality vocational institutes set up by the National Skill Development Corporation across the country, State/UT-wise including Madurai Lok Sabha Constituency during the last 5 years; and

(b) the details of the industry led Sector Skill Councils that were created during the last five years, State/UT-wise including Madurai Constituency?

Answer given by the minister


(a) Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) through NSDC facilitate setting up of state-of-the-art, aspirational model training centres in every district of India, covering all the parliamentary constituencies. These model training centres are referred to as “Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Kendra” (PMKK).

Under the PMKK project, 812 PMKKs have been allocated in 707 districts covering 504 Parliamentary Constituencies. Out of the 812 allocated PMKKs, 723 PMKKs have been established and work is under progress to set up the remaining 89 centres. PMKK has been established by Quess Corp Limited in the district of Madurai in Tamil Nadu. The State-wise list of PMKKs allocated is at Annexure-I.

(b) The Sector Skill Councils (SSCs) have been created at National Level not at State/ District level The details of SSCs created in the last five years is as under:

SNo. SSC Month of NSDC Board Approval
1 Chemical & Petrochemical SSC* February 2015
2 Paints & Coatings SSC February 2015
3 Management SSC July 2015
4 Green Job SSC July 2015
5 Strategic Manufacturing SSC** August 2015
6 Furniture & Fitting SSC August 2015
7 PWD SSC August 2015
8 Instrumentation SSC August 2015
9 Domestic SSC February 2016
*Chemical and Petrochemical is no longer an individual SSC. Chemical and Petrochemical as a sub-sector has been added to the Rubber SSC
**Strategic Manufacturing is no longer an individual SSC and has got merged with Capital Goods


Annexure-I


SNo. State No. of allocated PMKKs
1 Andaman & Nicobar Island 2
2 Andhra Pradesh 25
3 Arunachal Pradesh 20
4 Assam 33
5 Bihar 49
6 Chandigarh 1
7 Chhattisgarh 27
8 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 1
9 Daman & Diu 1
10 Goa 2
11 Gujarat 34
12 Haryana 23
13 Himachal Pradesh 12
14 Jammu & Kashmir 22
15 Jharkhand 24
16 Karnataka 36
17 Kerala 20
18 Lakshadweep 1
19 Madhya Pradesh 52
20 Maharashtra 50
21 Manipur 16
22 Meghalaya 8
23 Mizoram 6
24 Nagaland 11
25 NCT of Delhi 11
26 Odisha 30
27 Puducherry 4
28 Punjab 24
29 Rajasthan 35
30 Sikkim 4
31 Tamil Nadu 40
32 Telangana 32
33 Tripura 8
34 Uttar Pradesh 88
35 Uttarakhand 13
36 West Bengal 47
Grand Total 812

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