Executive Summary:
The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) provided details on employment generation from skill development programs for Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST), and Other Backward Classes (OBC) in Uttar Pradesh. The data includes training statistics under various schemes up to June 30, 2025, placement details under PMKVY (2015-2022), and support initiatives for entrepreneurship. Various schemes and programs like Startup India and PM Mudra Yojana are in place to support beneficiaries.
Key Points / Main Content:
Training Statistics (Uttar Pradesh):
* PMKVY (2015-June 30, 2025): 25,06,438 overall candidates trained (SC: 3,79,793; ST: 22,315; OBC: 11,93,856).
* JSS (2018-June 30, 2025): 5,75,064 overall candidates trained (SC: 1,83,672; ST: 8,606; OBC: 2,38,672).
* NAPS (2018-June 30, 2025): 3,03,818 overall candidates trained (SC: 42,554; ST: 2664; OBC: 1,28,445).
* CTS (Sessions 2018-2024): 21,61,826 overall candidates trained (SC: 6,12,164; ST: 17,167; OBC: 11,72,595).
Placement Details (Uttar Pradesh):
* PMKVY 1.0 to 3.0 (2015-2022): 3,38,882 candidates placed (SC: 52,367; ST: 1,189; OBC: 1,65,458).
Support Initiatives:
* Skill India Digital Hub (SIDH): A unified platform for skilling, education, employment, and entrepreneurship. It provides access to jobs and apprenticeship opportunities.
* Rozgar Melas and Pradhan Mantri National Apprenticeship Melas (PMNAMs): Facilitate placement opportunities.
* Entrepreneurship promotion schemes/programmes: PM's Employment Generation Programme; MSE-Cluster Development Programme; Scheme of Fund for Regeneration of Traditional Industries; A Scheme for Promoting Innovation, Rural Industry & Entrepreneurship; Startup India; Startup Village Entrepreneurship Program; PM Formalisation of Micro Food Processing Enterprises; Technology Incubation and Development of Entrepreneurs Scheme, etc.
Startup India Initiative:
* Launched in January 2016 to build a strong ecosystem for nurturing innovation and startups.
* Flagship Schemes: Fund of Funds for Startups (FFS), Startup India Seed Fund Scheme (SISFS), and Credit Guarantee Scheme for Startups (CGSS).
Entrepreneurship Development Programs:
* NIESBUD and IIE conduct Entrepreneurship Awareness Programme (EAP) and Entrepreneurship Development Programme (EDP).
* Swavalambini (Women Entrepreneurship Programme): Launched in February 2025 in select states, including Uttar Pradesh.
Access to Credit/Loan Schemes:
* Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY): Loans up to Rs. 20 lakh. Approximately 535 Lakh loan accounts created, and Rs. 3.45 Lakh Cr disbursed up to June 2025 in Uttar Pradesh.
* PM Vishwakarma: Launched on September 17, 2023, providing support to traditional artists and craftspeople. 10,741 loan accounts sanctioned, amounting to Rs 97.60 Cr up to June 2025 in Uttar Pradesh.
* Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana - National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM): Financial assistance for self-employment. 90,188 beneficiaries registered, and Rs 1151.76 Cr disbursed up to September 2024 in Uttar Pradesh.
* Credit Guarantee Scheme for Startups (CGSS): Launched in October 2022 to ease access to early-stage debt. 25 loan accounts and Rs 45.85 Cr covered under guarantee up to June 2025 in Uttar Pradesh.
* Stand-Up India Scheme: Promotes entrepreneurship among SC/ST and Women via bank loans (Rs. 10 lakh - Rs. 1 crore). 28,674 loans sanctioned up to March 2025 in Uttar Pradesh.
Impact Analysis:
Beneficiaries (SC/ST/OBC):
* Impact: Access to skill development training, placement opportunities, entrepreneurship guidance, and financial assistance.
* Action Required: Utilize available schemes and platforms (SIDH, Rozgar Melas) to enhance skills, seek employment, or establish enterprises.
Training Institutions (ITIs, JSS, etc.):
* Impact: Implementation of skill development programs and reporting of training and placement data.
* Action Required: Continue providing quality training and facilitate placements for trained candidates.
Financial Institutions (Banks, etc.):
* Impact: Provision of loans and financial support under various schemes (PMMY, Stand-Up India, etc.).
* Action Required: Facilitate loan disbursement and support entrepreneurial ventures, especially for SC/ST/OBC and women entrepreneurs.
MSDE:
* Impact: Monitoring and evaluation of skill development and entrepreneurship promotion programs.
* Action Required: Ensure effective implementation of schemes and provide necessary support to beneficiaries.
Key Entities Referenced
Skill India Mission: A Government of India initiative to provide skill, reskill, and upskill training through a network of skill development centers.
Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY): A skill development scheme under the Skill India Mission to provide short-term training and placement opportunities.
Uttar Pradesh: A state in India where the skill development programs and related initiatives are being implemented and assessed.
Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes: Designated beneficiary groups for skill development programs and entrepreneurship initiatives.
Startup India: A Government of India initiative to build a strong ecosystem for nurturing innovation and startups.
Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY): A scheme to provide collateral-free institutional credit to individuals for small business enterprises.
Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana - National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM): A mission aimed at reducing poverty and vulnerability of urban poor households by enabling access to self-employment and skilled wage employment opportunities.
Credit Guarantee Scheme for Startups (CGSS): A scheme launched to ease access to early-stage debt requirements for startups.
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3954
ANSWERED ON 18.08.2025
EMPLOYMENT GENERATION FROM SKILL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME
†3954. SHRI DHARMENDRA YADAV
Will the Minister of SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP be pleased to
state:
(a) the percentage of trained Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward
Classes beneficiaries secured gainful employment (wage employment or self employment)
under skill development programmes and average income earned by them in Uttar Pradesh,
sector- wise;
(b) the details of specific support such as placement assistance, entrepreneurship guidance
or access to loan provided to the beneficiaries of the said communities after completing the skill
development training in Uttar Pradesh; and
(c) the number of persons belonging to the said communities set up their enterprises
successfully after completing their training and got support from the MSDE schemes along with
the average loan amount received by them through the schemes like Start-up India in
collaboration with financial institutions in Uttar Pradesh?
ANSWER
THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) IN THE MINISTRY OF SKILL
DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
(SHRI JAYANT CHAUDHARY)
(a): 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 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 Scheduled castes,
Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes. The SIM aims at enabling youth of India to get
future ready, equipped with industry relevant skills.
Category-wise details of candidates trained under various schemes of MSDE in the State of
Uttar Pradesh are as under:
Name of the Scheme Overall SC ST OBC
PMKVY (Since 2015-2016 to 30th June, 2025) 25,06,438 3,79,793 22,315 11,93,856
JSS (Since 2018-19 to 30th June, 2025) 5,75,064 1,83,672 8,606 2,38,672
NAPS (Since 2018-19 to 30th June, 2025) 3,03,818 42,554 2664 1,28,445
CTS (Sessions 2018 to 2024) 21,61,826 6,12,164 17,167 11,72,595
Amongst the schemes of MSDE, placements were tracked under the Short-Term Training
component of PMKVY in the first three versions (PMVY1.0, PMKVY 2.0 and PMKVY 3.0)
implemented from 2015-16 to 2021-22. Under PMKVY (1.0 to 3.0), 3,38,882 candidates
(including 52,367 SC, 1,189 ST and 1,65,458 OBC candidates) were reported placed in the state
of Uttar Pradesh.(b) & (c): MSDE has launched Skill India Digital Hub (SIDH) a unified platform that integrates
skilling, education, employment, and entrepreneurship ecosystems to provide a life-long array
of services to key stakeholders. Details of the trained candidates are available on SIDH portal
for connecting with potential employers. Through SIDH, candidates can have access to jobs and
apprenticeship opportunities. Further, Rozgar Melas and Pradhan Mantri National
Apprenticeship Melas (PMNAMs) have been organized to facilitate the placements opportunities
to the certified candidates.
To promote an inclusive entrepreneurial ecosystem through entrepreneurship education,
training, and advocacy, Government of India has inter-alia taken the following initiatives:
(i) Implementation of schemes/programmes for the entrepreneurship promotion like PM’s
Employment Generation Programme; MSE-Cluster Development Programme; Scheme of
Fund for Regeneration of Traditional Industries; A Scheme for Promoting Innovation, Rural
Industry & Entrepreneurship; Startup India; Startup Village Entrepreneurship Program; PM
Formalisation of Micro Food Processing Enterprises; Technology Incubation and
Development of Entrepreneurs Scheme, etc.
(ii) With intent to build a strong ecosystem for nurturing innovation, startups and encouraging
investments in the Startup ecosystem of the country, the Government launched the Startup
India initiative in January 2016. The flagship Schemes namely, Fund of Funds for Startups
(FFS), Startup India Seed Fund Scheme (SISFS) and Credit Guarantee Scheme for
Startups (CGSS) support Startups at various stages of their business cycle.
(iii) MSDE through its autonomous institutions, i.e, National Institute for Entrepreneurship and
Small Business Development (NIESBUD), Noida and Indian Institute of Entrepreneurship
(IIE), Guwahati conducts Entrepreneurship Awareness Programme (EAP) and
Entrepreneurship Development Programme (EDP) to promote entrepreneurship across
the country including special areas like northeastern region and aspirational districts.
(iv) MSDE in collaboration with the Women Entrepreneurship Platform of NITI Aayog, launched
the Swavalambini - a Women Entrepreneurship Programme in February 2025 in the
Northeastern States of Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram and also in Uttar Pradesh and
Telangana. The programme aims to cultivate an entrepreneurial mindset among female
students through EAP and EDP to be implemented through NIESBUD, Noida and IIE,
Guwahati.
To provide access to credit/loan to youth for establishing business enterprises or startups, the
Government implements various schemes like Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY), Start-Up
India, Stand-Up India, PM Vishwakarma, etc.
(i) Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY) was launched on 08th April 2015 to provide
collateral free institutional credit to any individual, who is otherwise eligible to take a loan
and has a business plan for small business enterprise. He/she can avail loan up to Rs. 20
lakh under the Scheme for income generating activities in the manufacturing, trading,
services, and the activities allied to agriculture sector. Under PMMY, both term loan and
working capital requirements can be met. Under PMMY, approx 535 Lakh loan accounts
have been created and Rs. 3.45 Lakh Cr amount has been disbursed up to June 2025 in
the state of Uttar Pradesh.
(ii) PM Vishwakarma, launched on 17th September 2023, provides end to end holistic support
to traditional artists and craftspeople engaged in 18 identified trades through access to skill
training, collateral free credit, modern tools, market linkage support and incentive for digital
transactions. Under PM Vishwakarma, 10,741 loan accounts of amount Rs 97.60 Cr
amount was sanctioned up to June 2025 in the state of Uttar Pradesh
(iii) Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana - National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM) was
implemented up to 30th September 2024 with an aim of reducing poverty and vulnerability
of urban poor households by enabling them to access gainful self-employment and skilled
wage employment opportunities. Under Self employment programme (SEP) component of
DAY-NULM, financial assistant was provided to individuals/groups of urban poor for settingup gainful self-employment ventures/ micro-enterprises, suited to their skills, aptitude and
local conditions. Under SEP component of Day-NULM, 90,188 beneficiaries were
registered and Rs 1151.76 Cr had been disbursed up to September 2024 in state of Uttar
Pradesh.
(iv) Credit Guarantee Scheme for Startups (CGSS), launched in October 2022, aims to ease
access to early-stage debt requirements for startups. The objective of CGSS is to provide
guarantees up to a specified limit against credit instruments extended by Member
Institutions for startup financing. Under CGSS, 25 loan accounts and Rs 45.85 Cr amount
has been covered under the guarantee up to June 2025 in the state of Uttar Pradesh.
(v) Stand-Up India Scheme launched on 5th April, 2016 aims to promote entrepreneurship
among the SC/ST and Women by facilitating bank loans of value between Rs.10 lakh and
Rs.1 crore for setting up greenfield enterprises in trading, manufacturing and services
sector. Apart from linking prospective borrowers with banks for loans, the online portal
provides guidance to prospective SC, ST and Women entrepreneurs in their endeavour to
set up business enterprises, starting from training to filling up of loan applications as per
bank requirements. Under Stand-Up India, 28,674 loan has been sanctioned up to March
2025 in the state of Uttar Pradesh.
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