Question : Skill Development Centres

(a) the target fixed by the Government to set up skill development centres in the year 2016-17 along with number of skill development centres set up/proposed to be set up in the country for the period including in the State of Andhra Pradesh and Assam;

(b) whether the Government has received request from State Governments including from the State of Andhra Pradesh for setting up of more skill development centres and if so, the details thereof;

(c) whether a target of providing skill development training to one crore youths during the next three years has been fixed and if so, the details of the progress made in this regard so far; and

(d) whether any review of the programmes being run under the Pradhan Mantri Skill Development Scheme and achievement made thereunder has been made so far and if so, the details thereof?

(a) to (d) Ministry is implementing two flagship schemes known as Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) and Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Kendra (PMKK) on pan –India basis to cover the prospective youths. PMKVY enables large number of prospective youths for taking short term fresh training and Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) through accredited and affiliated training partner/training centers. The schemes runs across 221 job roles related to 35 Sector Skill Councils which is a diverse and exhaustive representation of the industry. Under PMKVY 2015-16, 19.8 lakh candidates have been trained throughout the country.


After successful implementation of Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) during 2015-16, Government has modified its guidelines to make it more effective, transparent and beneficiary oriented. This scheme has targeted to provide skilling to one crore people (60 lakh under Fresh Training and 40 lakh under RPL) with an outlay of Rs.12,000.00 crore over four years (2016-2020).


Under PMKK, Government intends to establish a Model Skill Centre in every district for imparting skill training to aspirational youths through PMKVY. As on 7th February 2017, out of the total 443 allocated districts under PMKKs, 10 districts in Andhra Pradesh and 17 districts in Assam, have been allocated.