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 under various schemes, viz. Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY), Jan Shikshan 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 the state of Uttarakhand. The SIM aims at enabling the youth of India to get future-ready, equipped with industry-relevant skills.

The number of Skill India Centres (SIC) delivering skilling under these programmes in the country, State/UT-wise including Uttarakhand is at Annexure I.

The number of individuals received such training since inception of the said centres till date, State/UT-wise is at Annexure II.

Amongst the schemes of MSDE, employment is tracked under the Short-Term Training component of PMKVY in the first three versions (PMKVY1.0, PMKVY 2.0 and PMKVY 3.0) implemented from 2015-16 to 2021-22. Under PMKVY 4.0, the focus is on empowering our trained candidates to choose their varied career path and they are suitably oriented for the same. Skill India Digital Hub (SIDH) provides a wide range of courses for skill training and facilitates access to jobs and apprenticeship opportunities for the trained candidates available on SIDH portal. Further, Kaushal Melas and PM National Apprenticeship Melas (PMNAMs) have been organized to facilitate the placements opportunities to the certified candidates.

Impact of schemes for skill development including employment, is assessed through their third-party independent evaluation. The evaluation reports have mentioned about success in terms of placement or livelihood improvement   of candidates trained under different schemes. The brief details of same are as given below:

PMKVY: MSDE’s flagship scheme PMKVY was evaluated by NITI Aayog in October 2020. As per the study, about 94 percent of the employers surveyed reported they would hire more candidates trained under PMKVY. Further, 52 percent of the candidates who were placed in full time/part time employment and oriented under the RPL component received higher salary or felt that they will get higher salary compared to their un-certified peers.

JSS: Evaluation study of JSS scheme conducted in 2020 has found that the scheme has helped in almost doubling the household income for those beneficiaries   have got employment or were self-employed after the JSS training.  The report has further observed that usefulness of the scheme would be further evident from the fact that 77.05% of the beneficiary trainees have undergone occupational shifts. The study also affirmed that the focus of the skilling in the scheme favours self-employment.

NAPS: Third-party evaluation study of NAPS conducted in 2021 has observed that the scheme has successfully enhanced the employability of youth by providing structured on-the-job training, with a notable increase in the engagement of apprentices across various industries. In the new version of the scheme, DBT method has been adopted to transfer government's share directly to apprentices' bank accounts, as streamlined reimbursement process was recommended in the report.

 

Annexure I

NUMBER OF SKILL INDIA CENTRES (SIC)

(as on 31.12.2025)

*PMKKs are being considered functional based on the intent shared by the Training Partners to operationalize the centres, which was submitted in January 2026 as per the directions of MSDE.

 

Annexure II

NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS RECEIVED TRAINING STATE/UT WISE

 

State/UT	PMKVY (since inception to 31.12.2025)	JSS (Since 2018-19 to 31.12.2025)	NAPS* (Since 2018-19 to 31.12.2025)	CTS / ITI (2018-19 to 31.12.2025)
A&N Islands	5,501	7,360	420	4,574
Andhra Pradesh	5,28,234	80,248	1,03,521	416,695
Arunachal Pradesh	98,157	726	341	5,059
Assam	8,39,672	68,386	50,120	31,356
Bihar	7,60,662	2,29,447	31,314	884,949
Chandigarh	28,035	12,120	6,523	7,679
Chhattisgarh	2,04,543	1,46,565	30,498	176,809
Delhi	5,27,730	40,609	1,18,244	80,267
Goa	10,484	12,547	45,002	16,408
Gujarat	4,71,954	1,23,173	5,15,340	680,947
Haryana	7,63,070	53,750	3,54,661	430,045
Himachal Pradesh	1,76,674	86,411	44,092	163,850
Jammu And Kashmir	4,29,954	13,236	5,429	57,682
Jharkhand	3,14,165	1,02,540	54,049	283,095
Karnataka	6,05,744	1,43,999	3,92,353	564,167
Kerala	2,74,836	1,18,023	70,625	269,251
Ladakh	4,076	912	186	2,005
Lakshadweep	390	4,733	46	2,356
Madhya Pradesh	12,16,005	3,66,982	1,29,859	582,081
Maharashtra	13,32,519	2,75,214	12,15,498	945,222
Manipur	1,15,021	49,070	522	3,482
Meghalaya	58,967	5,980	1,139	5,661
Mizoram	44,147	6,591	432	2,533
Nagaland	54,055	12,322	117	2,014
Odisha	6,02,452	3,11,556	56,476	443,484
Puducherry	35,597	-	14,775	6,040
Punjab	5,63,757	22,653	83,788	337,863
Rajasthan	14,08,412	95,209	1,00,199	846,973
Sikkim	19,479	-	1,943	2,569
Tamil Nadu	8,89,722	1,00,901	4,72,590	284,559
Telangana	4,64,884	79,622	2,02,443	255,735
DNH & DD	11,842	15,412	12,790	4,640
Tripura	1,60,367	20,096	2,465	17,811
Uttar Pradesh	25,09,363	6,18,416	3,60,627	2,550,273
Uttarakhand	2,52,138	94,994	1,00,744	83,686
West Bengal	6,51,602	94,378	1,38,619	290,331
Overall	1,64,34,210	34,14,181	47,17,790	10,742,151

*for 2133 apprentices state/UT is not defined

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

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