Question : Skill Development of Girl Students

(a) whether the Government has/proposes to have any exclusive scheme for the skill development of girl students; and

(b) if so, the details thereof along with funds allocated and utilised, State and district-wise?

(a)& (b) The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship does not have any exclusive scheme for the skill development of only girl students. However, the Ministry has undertaken several initiatives to achieve women empowerment through skill development. The National Skill Development Policy focuses on inclusive skill development, with the objective of increased women participation for better economic productivity. Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY 2.0) 2016-20 launched by the Ministry envisages to train one crore people including women under Short Term Training (STT), Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) and Special Project (SP) over four years (2016-2020) with an outlay of Rs.12,000 crore. UnderPMKVY 2.0 scheme, as on 17.01.2020, 31.29 lakhs women candidates have been trained.Long term training is imparted to candidates including women under Craftsmen Training Scheme (CTS) through a network of 15,697 Industrial Training Institutes across the country. Under thisscheme, 6.23 lakhs women candidates have been trained during the last five years (2014-18). Moreover, there are 19 National Skill Training Institutes (NSTIs) imparting skill training exclusively for women.