Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
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SKILL DEVELOPMENT CENTRE FOR WOMEN

Posted On: 24 JUL 2024 3:19PM by PIB Delhi

Under the Government of India’s Skill India Mission (SIM) , the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) delivers skill, re-skill and up-skill training through an extensive network of skill development centres/colleges/ institutes etc. under various schemes, viz. Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY), Jan Sikhshan Sansthan (JSS), National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (NAPS) and Craftsman Training Scheme (CTS) through Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs), to all the sections of the society across the country including women.

In order to increase the participation of women under PMKVY, conveyance cost and expenditure towards boarding & lodging facilities are provided. Under the JSS scheme, focus is being given to women and other vulnerable sections. Government of India approved 30% reservation of seats for women candidates in all ITIs (Govt. & Private) in all courses and these seats could be filled based on the general reservation policy of each respective State/UTs. There are 19 National Skill Training Institutes (NSTI) and more than 300 ITIs exclusively for women.

Under the scheme of MSDE since inception, till June, 2024, women constituted about 36.59% of total candidates trained with share of women being as high as 82.01% and 44.30% under short term training programmes, namely JSS and PMKVY respectively.

Skill development centres are set up on the basis of assessment of demand. State-wise number of NSTIs exclusively for women, Total ITIs and Women ITIs are at Annexure-I.

Annexure-I

State/ Union Territory-wise number of NSTIs and ITIs Centers (As on 30.06.2024):

 

S. No.

State/UT

NSTI (for Women)

Total ITIs (Government and Private)

Total ITIs

Exclusively for women

1

Andaman And Nicobar Islands

0

4

0

2

Andhra Pradesh

0

521

6

3

Arunachal Pradesh

0

7

1

4

Assam

0

46

4

5

Bihar

1

1377

45

6

Chandigarh

0

2

1

7

Chhattisgarh

0

232

2

8

Delhi

0

53

5

9

Goa

1

13

1

10

Gujarat

1

503

19

11

Haryana

1

389

22

12

Himachal Pradesh

1

270

12

13

Jammu And Kashmir

1

50

6

14

Jharkhand

0

348

13

15

Karnataka

1

1504

17

16

Kerala

1

464

16

17

Ladakh

0

3

1

18

Lakshadweep

0

1

0

19

Madhya Pradesh

1

1077

14

20

Maharashtra

1

1042

16

21

Manipur

0

10

1

22

Meghalaya

1

8

2

23

Mizoram

0

3

0

24

Nagaland

0

9

0

25

Odisha

0

525

1

26

Puducherry

0

15

1

27

Punjab

1

351

38

28

Rajasthan

1

1620

9

29

Sikkim

0

4

0

30

Tamil Nadu

1

503

10

31

Telangana

1

302

4

32

Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu

0

4

0

33

Tripura

1

22

1

34

Uttar Pradesh

2

3263

46

35

Uttarakhand

0

187

1

36

West Bengal

1

302

4

 

This information was given by the Minister of State (Independent Charge), Ministry of Skill Development, and Entrepreneurship Shri Jayant Chaudhary in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.

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