Question : STRIVE

(a) whether the Skills Strengthening for Industrial Value Enhancement (STRIVE)is World Bank assisted project started to improve efficiency of skills developments through Industrial Training Institutes and apprenticeship through Industry Clusters in the country;

(b) if so, the details thereof;

(c) the details of the steps taken by the Government to strengthen the functioning of STRIVE project to achieve the goal of employment in Bihar including district Gopalganj; and

(d) the details of fund release for Bihar under the said scheme and total number of beneficiaries therein?

(a) Yes, Directorate General of Training, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship is implementing World Bank assisted project Skills Strengthening for Industrial Value Enhancement (STRIVE) project at a total cost of Rs. 2200 crore. The project duration is 5 years (2017-2022). The objective of the project is to improve relevance and efficiency of skills development provided through Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) and apprenticeship. Under the project, 426 ITIs including 29 Private ITIs in 33 States & UTs have been selected. Also, 33 Industry Clusters (ICs) in 12 States have been selected in the country.
(b) The details of ITIs and ICs selected under the project are given at Annexure -I.
(c) and (d) In the State of Bihar, 4 (Four) Government ITIs have been selected under the STRIVE project. However, Gopalganj district is not covered under the project. The details of fund released and beneficiaries are given below:
Sl. No Name of the ITI ? in Lakhs Total Number of Beneficiaries
(In Number)
District Total Fund released
1 Govt Industrial Training Institute, Gaya Gaya 80 1,217
2 Govt Industrial Training Institute, Munger Munger 80 1,073
3 Govt Industrial Training Institute, Dehri-on-Sone Rohtas 80 1,284
4 Govt Industrial Training Institute, Digaghat Patna 68 1,995
Total 308
5,569

Annexure – I
ANNEX REFEREED TO IN REPLY TO PARA (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2849 DUE FOR REPLY ON 21.03.2022
Sl. No
State / UT
No of ITIs No of ICs

Total Government Private
1 Andaman and Nicobar Islands 1 1 0 0
2 Andhra Pradesh 15 15 0 0
3 Arunachal Pradesh 1 1 0 0
4 Assam 5 4 1 0
5 Bihar 4 4 0 0
6 Chandigarh 1 1 0 0
7 Chhattisgarh 17 13 4 0
8 Daman and Diu / Dadar & Nagar Haveli 0 0 0 0
9 Delhi 4 3 1 0
10 Goa 2 2 0 0
11 Gujarat 40 34 6 3
12 Haryana 21 21 0 2
13 Himachal Pradesh 19 19 0 1
14 Jammu and Kashmir 7 7 0 1
15 Jharkhand 3 3 0 0
16 Karnataka 22 21 1 4
17 Kerala 19 17 2 4
18 Ladakh 0 0 0 0
19 Lakshadweep 0 0 0 0
20 Madhya Pradesh 20 20 0 3
21 Maharashtra 76 72 4 3
22 Manipur 1 1 0 0
23 Meghalaya 1 1 0 0
24 Mizoram 1 1 0 0
25 Nagaland 1 1 0 1
26 Odisha 10 10 0 3
27 Puducherry 2 2 0 0
28 Punjab 24 23 1 0
29 Rajasthan 14 14 0 0
30 Sikkim 1 1 0 0
31 Tamil Nadu 16 13 3 5
32 Telangana 10 10 0 3
33 Tripura 3 3 0 0
34 Uttar Pradesh 29 25 4 0
35 Uttarakhand 8 8 0 0
36 West Bengal 28 26 2 0
426 397 29 33