**Executive Summary**
This report, issued by the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship on March 23, 2026, details the Government of India’s progress in generating employment through the Skill India Mission. It provides cumulative training and infrastructure data as of December 31, 2025, highlighting key schemes such as PMKVY, JSS, NAPS, and CTS. The document outlines strategic initiatives for upgrading 1,000 ITIs and expanding entrepreneurship programs for women and rural sections.
**Key Points / Main Content**
**Skill Training Performance (Data up to 31.12.2025)**
* **PMKVY:** Trained over 1.64 crore candidates nationwide, with 25.09 lakh in Uttar Pradesh and 18,923 in Chandauli district.
* **JSS and NAPS:** Successfully trained 34.14 lakh and 47.19 lakh candidates respectively at the national level.
* **CTS / ITI:** Provided vocational training to over 1.07 crore candidates across India since 2018-19.
* **Infrastructure:** Established a demand-driven network including 12,856 PMKVY 4.0 centres, 55,424 NAPS establishments, and 14,615 ITIs nationwide.
**Institutional Upgrades and PM SETU**
* **ITI Modernization:** The PM SETU scheme aims to upgrade 1,000 Government ITIs using a "Hub and Spoke" model (200 Hubs, 800 Spokes).
* **Facilities:** Upgrades include smart classrooms, modern labs, digital content, and industry-aligned courses.
* **National Centres of Excellence:** Focuses on augmenting capacity at five NSTIs (Bhubaneswar, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kanpur, and Ludhiana) for advanced trainer training through global partnerships.
**Entrepreneurship and Women’s Empowerment**
* **Capacity Building:** MSDE implements Entrepreneurship Development Programmes (EDPs) through NIESBUD and IIE.
* **Swavalambini Programme:** Launched in February 2025 in collaboration with NITI Aayog to cultivate entrepreneurial mindsets among female students in the North Eastern States, Uttar Pradesh, and Telangana.
**Cluster and Incubation Initiatives**
* **MSE-CDP Scheme:** A demand-driven program for setting up Common Facility Centers (CFC); notably approved a Rs. 15.00 crore project for the Rice Mill Cluster in Chandauli.
* **Start-up Support:** Various ministries are supporting incubation centres, including Agri-Business Incubation Centres and the Next Generation Incubation scheme.
* **Livelihood Schemes:** Ongoing implementation of PMEGP, DAY-NRLM, DDU-GKY, and PM Vishwakarma to promote self-employment.
**Impact Analysis**
**Indian Youth and Job Seekers**
**Impact**
Candidates gain access to industry-relevant, digitally-enabled skilling, re-skilling, and up-skilling opportunities to improve employability in wage and self-employment sectors.
**Action Required**
Prospective candidates should enroll in MSDE-recognized training centres or apprenticeship schemes (NAPS) to acquire certified industry skills.
**Women Entrepreneurs**
**Impact**
Targeted programs like Swavalambini provide female students in specific regions with Entrepreneurship Awareness Training (EAP) to foster a self-employment mindset.
**Action Required**
Eligible women in the North Eastern States, Uttar Pradesh, and Telangana should engage with NITI Aayog and MSDE platforms to access training and resources.
**Government Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs)**
**Impact**
One thousand institutions are designated for significant infrastructure and curriculum upgrades to meet modern industry standards.
**Action Required**
Selected ITIs must implement the "Hub and Spoke" model and integrate smart classrooms and digital content as per PM SETU guidelines.
**Micro and Small Enterprises (MSMEs)**
**Impact**
Clusters receive financial and infrastructure support through the MSE-CDP scheme to address common needs and improve collective productivity.
**Action Required**
State and UT governments must submit demand-driven proposals to the Ministry of MSME for the establishment of Common Facility Centers.
Key Entities Referenced
Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE): The primary ministry responsible for delivering skill, re-skill, and up-skill training through an extensive network of centers and various schemes across India.
Skill India Mission (SIM): The overarching national mission aimed at creating a coordinated, digitally enabled, and education-integrated skilling and entrepreneurship ecosystem.
Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY): A flagship skill development scheme providing industry-relevant skill training to youth to create self- and wage-employment opportunities.
PM SETU (Pradhan Mantri Skilling and Employability Transformation through Upgraded ITIs): A scheme aimed at upgrading 1,000 Government ITIs through a Hub and Spoke model to enhance the quality and relevance of vocational training.
Chandauli district, Uttar Pradesh: A specific focus area for which detailed candidate training data is provided and where a Common Facility Center for a Rice Mill Cluster was approved.
Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
EMPLOYMENT GENERATION THROUGH SKILL
DEVELOPMENT
Posted On: 23 MAR 2026 4:51PM by PIB Delhi
Government of India through its various programmes and policies has prioritised skill development to
create self- and wage-employment opportunities, and has moved from fragmented, low-scale skilling
efforts towards creating a larger, more coordinated, digitally enabled, and education-integrated skilling
and entrepreneurship ecosystem. Under 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 women in rural areas. SIM aims at enabling youth of India to get future
ready and equipped with industry relevant skills.
Details of the candidates trained under various schemes of MSDE in India, Uttar Pradesh and its
Chandauli district are as under:
PMKVY JSS NAPS CTS / ITI
(since inception to (Since 2018-19 to (Since 2018-19 to (2018-19 to
31.12.2025) 31.12.2025) 31.12.2025) 31.12.2025)
All India 1,64,34,210 34,14,181 47,19,923 1,07,42,151
Uttar 25,09,363 6,18,416 3,60,627 25,50,273
Pradesh
Chandauli 18,923 13,265 2,706 29,759
district
The schemes of MSDE are demand driven and training centres under these schemes are set up or engaged
on need basis. Details of the training centres engaged under the schemes of MSDE in India, Uttar Pradesh
and its Chandauli district are as under:
PMKVY 4.0 Centres JSS Centres NAPS Establishments ITIs
(STT+SP)* (Govt &
Pvt)
Pan India 12,856 294 55,424 14,615Uttar Pradesh 2,581 47 7,487 3,304
Chandauli district 31 1 92 43
* Short-term Training (STT) and Special Projects (SP)
Some additional initiatives of the Government to promote wage and self-employment include:
i. To enhance the overall quality and relevance of vocational training in the country, Pradhan
Mantri Skilling and Employability Transformation through Upgraded ITIs (PM SETU)
scheme inter-alia aims to upgrade 1,000 Government ITIs (200 Hub ITIs and 800 Spoke ITIs)
in a Hub and Spoke model, wherein upgradation includes smart classrooms, modern labs,
digital content, and new courses aligned to industry needs. Also, it aims to augment capacity
of five NSTIs located in Bhubaneswar, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kanpur, and Ludhiana, including
setting-up sector-specific National Centres of Excellence for skilling, with focus on advanced
training of trainers with global partnership.
ii. Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) implements Entrepreneurship
Development Programmes (EDPs) and Entrepreneurship Skill Development Programmes
(ESDPs) through its autonomous institutions viz. the National Institute for Entrepreneurship
and Small Business Development (NIESBUD), Noida and the Indian Institute of
Entrepreneurship (IIE), Guwahati, to promote entrepreneurship and self-employment
ventures. Also, MSDE in collaboration with the Women Entrepreneurship Platform of NITI
Aayog, launched Swavalambini - a Women Entrepreneurship Programme in February 2025 in
the North Eastern States of Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram and also in Uttar Pradesh and
Telangana. The programme aims to cultivate an entrepreneurial mindset among female
students through Entrepreneurship Awareness Training (EAP) and Entrepreneurship
Development Programme (EDP).
iii. Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME) is implementing Micro and Small
Enterprises - Cluster Development Programme (MSE-CDP) across the country. This is a
demand driven & Central Sector Scheme. The proposals under the scheme are received from
the State/UT Governments to address the common needs of existing cluster in their
States/UTs. Under MSE-CDP Scheme, the proposal for setting up of Common Facility
Centers (CFC) in Rice Mill Cluster, Chandauli in Uttar Pradesh was approved at a total
project cost of Rs. 15.00 crore with GoI grant of Rs. 12.0 crore during financial year 2021-22.
iv. The incubation centres for supporting start-up /new enterprises are being supported by various
initiatives/schemes like Agri-Business Incubation Centres by Mo Agriculture & Farmers’
Welfare, Next Generation Incubation scheme of Mo Electronics & IT, Atal Incubation Centres
of NITI Aayog, Biotechnology Incubation Centres of D/o Biotechnology, PM Formulisation
of Micro Food Enterprises of Mo Food Processing Industries, etc.
v. Further, Government is also implementing employment generation schemes/programmes like
Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP), Deendayal Antyodaya
Yojana- National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM), Deen Dayal Upadhyaya
Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY), Rural Self Employment and Training Institutes
(RSETIs), Deen Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-
NULM), PM Vikshit Bharat Rozgar Yojana, PM Vishwakarma, and others.
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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