Question : VOCATIONAL TRAINING CENTRES

(a) The number of vocational training centres being run in the country particularly in the Karnataka with the central assistance / grant;

(b) Whether the Union Government has not provided any central assistance/ grant to the States for running these centres during each of the last three years;

(c) if so, the reasons therefore;

(d) Whether any proposal for providing central assistance / grant received from the various states particularly from Karnataka is pending with the Union Government;

(e) if so, the details thereof, State-wise; and

(f) the time by which such proposal is likely to be cleared by the Union Government?

MINISTER OF THE STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) IN THE MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SHRI OSCAR FERNANDES)

(a) to (f): Industrial Training Institutes / Industrial Training Centres are set up under theadministrative and financial control of the respective State Governments. No central assistance/ grants are provided for running these ITIs.

However, Central Government is providing assistance for upgrading 500 ITIs in the country, out ofwhich assistance to 100 Government ITIs is met through domestic resources and 245 Government ITIs(out of 400 ITIs identified so far) from World Bank assistance, during the last three years

Proposals for release of Central assistance from various States including the State of Karnatakaare received and central assistance for their upgradation is released after scrutiny of theproposals. So far, central assistance of Rs. 8.66 crores has been released for upgrading 12 ITIsin the State of Karnataka.

In addition, an amount of Rs.57.5 crore has been released for upgradation of another 23 ITIs ofKarnataka as interest free loan under the scheme of Upgradation of 1396 Government ITIs throughPublic Private Partnership mode in the current financial year.