Question : VOCATIONAL TRAINING FOR WOMEN

(a) whether the Government has any proposal to set up Regional Vocational Training Institutes particularly for women in the country;

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

(c) the time by which the said training institutes are likely to be functional?

MINISTER OF STATE (IC) FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SHRI BANDARU DATTATREYA)

(a) Yes, Madam. At present, one National Vocational Training Institute for Women at Noida and 10 Regional Vocational Training Institutes (RVTIs) for Women at Panipat, Jaipur, Tura, Kolkata, Bengaluru, Trivandrum, Indore, Vadodara, Allahabad and Mumbai are imparting vocational training to women only through Craftsmen Training Scheme (CTS) and Craftsmen Instructor Training Scheme (CITS). The Government has approved to set up 08 more Regional Vocational Training Institutes (RVTIs) particularly for women under Central Sector.

(b) The details of 08 new proposed RVTIs is as under:-

 
 1	Punjab	-	Mohali 2	Himachal Pradesh	-	Shimla 3	Tamil Nadu	-	Trichy 4	Tripura	-	Agartala 5	Bihar	-	Dighaghat, Patna 6	Goa	-	Farmagudi, Ponda, Goa 7	Uttarakhand	-	Location still awaited from State Government 8	Jammu & Kashmir	-	Location still awaited from State Government