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Official TranscriptGOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2653 ANSWERED ON 05/08/2025 RURAL SELF-EMPLOYMENT TRAINING INSTITUTES 2653. Shri Selvam G: Shri C N Annadurai: Shri Navaskani K: Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state: (a) the total number of Rural Self-Employment Training Institutes (RSETIs) currently functioning...
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2653 ANSWERED ON 05/08/2025 RURAL SELF-EMPLOYMENT TRAINING INSTITUTES
2653. Shri Selvam G:
Shri C N Annadurai:
Shri Navaskani K:
Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:
(a) the total number of Rural Self-Employment Training Institutes
(RSETIs) currently functioning in the country, State and district-wise including Tamil Nadu;
(b) whether the RSETIs have been effective in providing training and livelihood opportunities to members of backward, extremely backward and deprived communities including Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs) and Other Backward Classes (OBCs), State-wise including Tamil Nadu;
(c) if so, the details of the number of beneficiaries from SC, ST and OBC categories trained and assisted under the RSETI scheme during each of the last three years, State-wise including Tamil Nadu;
(d) the details of implementation mechanism of RSETIs, State- wise including Tamil Nadu and the role of Lead Banks; and
(e) the total amount of funds allocated, released and utilised under the RSETI scheme during each of the last three years and the current year, State and district-wise including Tamil Nadu? ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI KAMLESH PASWAN)
(a): A total of 615 Rural Self-Employment Training Institutes
(RSETIs) are presently functioning across the country. In the State of Tamil Nadu, 37 RSETIs are operational, one in each district. State-wise details of RSETIs are enclosed at Annexure-I.
Page 1 of 10District-wise details for the State of Tamil Nadu are enclosed at Annexure-II.
(b) & (c): The RSETIs have been effective in providing training and livelihood opportunities to members of backward, extremely backward, and deprived communities, including Scheduled Castes
(SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs), and Other Backward Classes (OBCs), State-wise including Tamil Nadu. State-wise details of the number of beneficiaries from SC, ST, and OBC categories who have been trained and settled under the RSETI scheme during the last three years State-wise including Tamil Nadu are provided at Annexure-III, Annexure-IV, and Annexure-V, respectively.
(d): RSETIs are bank-led, Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD)- funded institutions established by Sponsor Banks in each district, including in Tamil Nadu, to provide skill and entrepreneurship development training to unemployed rural youth aged 18–50 years.
The Lead Bank in each district plays a central role in establishing, managing, and operating the RSETI. It is responsible for infrastructure, staffing, training delivery, post-training support and coordination with State and district-level authorities.
The Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) provides financial support for infrastructure and training cost of rural poor youths, monitors implementation and issues policy guidelines. The State Governments, through SRLMs and District Administrations, support land allocation, candidate mobilization and convergence with State- level schemes.
(e): RSETI is a demand-driven scheme and therefore, funds are not allocated State-wise. Under the scheme, funds are released on reimbursement basis, as per the demands raised by the respective States/UTs. State-wise details of funds released under the RSETI scheme during the last three years and the current year, including the State of Tamil Nadu, are provided at Annexure-VI.
***** Page 2 of 10Annexure-I Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of LokSabhaUnstarred Question No. 2653 due for reply on 05.08.2025.
State-wise details of RSETIs functional in the Country including
Tamil Nadu:
S. No. State/UT No. of RSETIs 1 Andaman and Nicobar Islands 1 2 Andhra Pradesh 18 3 Arunachal Pradesh 2 4 Assam 26 5 Bihar 38 6 Chattisgarh 24 7 D & N Haveli 1 8 Gujarat 28 9 Haryana 21 10 Himachal Pradesh 10 11 Jammu & Kashmir 20 12 Jharkhand 25 13 Karnataka 32 14 Kerala 14 15 Lakshadweep 1 16 Madhya Pradesh 53 17 Maharashtra 36 18 Manipur 3 19 Meghalaya 5 20 Mizoram 3 21 Nagaland 1 22 Odisha 30 23 Pondicherry 1 24 Punjab 18 25 Rajasthan 35 26 Sikkim 1 27 Tamil Nadu 37 28 Telangana 14 29 Tripura 5 30 UT Ladakh 2 31 Uttar Pradesh 78 32 Uttarakhand 13 33 West Bengal 19 TOTAL 615
Source: NACER Page 3 of 10Annexure-II Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of LokSabhaUnstarred Question No. 2653 due for reply on 05.08.2025.
District-wise RSETIs functional in the State of Tamil Nadu:
S. No. District RSETI Name Bank Name 1 Ariyalur SBI Ariyalur State Bank of India 2 Chengalpattu IB Chengalpattu Indian Bank 3 Coimbatore CANB Coimbatore Canara Bank 4 Cuddalore INDSETI Cuddalore Indian Bank 5 Dharmapuri INDSETI Dharmapuri Indian Bank 6 Dindigul CANB Dindigul Canara Bank 7 Erode CANB Erode Canara Bank 8 Kallakurichi INDSETI Kallakurichi Indian Bank 9 Kanchipuram INDSETI Kancheepuram Indian Bank 10 Kanyakumari IOB KanyaKumari Indian Overseas Bank 11 Karur IOB Karur Indian Overseas Bank 12 Krishnagiri INDSETI Krishnagiri Indian Bank 13 Madurai RUDSETI Madurai RUDSETI 14 Mayiladuthurai IOB Mayiladuthurai (New RSETI) Indian Overseas Bank 15 Nagapattinam IOB Mayiladuthurai Indian Overseas Bank 16 Namakkal INDSETI Namakkal Indian Bank 17 Nilgiris CANB The Nilgiris (Ooty) Canara Bank 18 Perambalur IOB Perembalur Indian Overseas Bank 19 Pudukkottai IOB Pudukottai Indian Overseas Bank 20 Ramanathapuram IOB Ramanathpuram Indian Overseas Bank 21 Ranipet INDSETI Ranipet Indian Bank 22 Salem INDSETI Salem Indian Bank 23 Sivaganga CB Karaikudi Canara Bank 24 TENKASI IOB TENKASI Indian Overseas Bank 25 Thanjavur IOB Thanjavur Indian Overseas Bank 26 Theni CANB Theni Canara Bank 27 Thoothukudi SBI Thoothukudi State Bank of India 28 Tiruchirappalli IOB Tiruchira-ppalli (Trichy) Indian Overseas Bank 29 Tirunelveli IOB Tirunelveli Indian Overseas Bank 30 Tirupattur INDSETI Thirupathur Indian Bank 31 Tiruppur CANB Tirupur Canara Bank 32 Tiruvallur INDSETI Tiruvallur Indian Bank 33 Tiruvannamalai INDSETI Thiruvannamalai Indian Bank 34 Tiruvarur IOB-RSETI- TIRUVARUR Indian Overseas Bank 35 Vellore INDSETI Vellore Indian Bank 36 Viluppuram INDSETI Villupuram Indian Bank 37 Virudhunagar IOB Virudhnagar Indian Overseas Bank
Source: NACER Page 4 of 10Annexure-III Annexure referred to in reply to part (c) of LokSabhaUnstarred Question No.
2653 due for reply on 05.08.2025.
State-wise SC candidates trained and settled during the last 3 years and current
year under RSETI:
2025-26 S. Name of the 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 (till 30.06.25) No. State/UT Trained S ettled Trained S ettled Trained S ettled Trained S ettled Andaman and 1 Nicobar 1 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 Islands Andhra 2 2922 2375 3084 2303 4478 3198 1119 545 Pradesh Arunachal 3 4 3 6 4 51 50 0 0 Pradesh 4 Assam 1198 908 1669 1082 2588 1896 656 191 5 Bihar 6623 5440 7308 5926 10268 8408 1673 1112 6 Chattisgarh 1525 1383 1645 1149 2411 1830 448 160 7 D & N Haveli 13 7 18 15 16 12 0 0 8 Goa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 Gujarat 3294 2623 3309 2013 3775 2632 775 434 10 Haryana 6643 4059 7039 5213 9524 6946 2058 1158 Himachal 11 2123 1435 2257 1776 3505 2481 659 316 Pradesh Jammu & 12 869 656 943 687 2239 1827 282 200 Kashmir 13 Jharkhand 2355 1596 2512 1708 3538 2500 674 257 14 Karnataka 6543 4973 6532 5314 7369 5492 1700 953 15 Kerala 1395 1103 1728 1256 2152 1773 375 344 16 Lakshadweep 0 0 1 1 4 4 2 1 Madhya 17 7284 5668 8906 6806 11135 8343 2292 871 Pradesh 18 Maharashtra 5222 3931 5237 4043 6358 4739 944 569 19 Manipur 46 49 119 99 107 84 43 20 20 Meghalaya 1 2 5 3 3 3 0 0 21 Mizoram 4 4 2 2 10 7 0 2 22 Nagaland 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 Odisha 4345 3627 4486 4030 5952 4890 1246 984 24 Pondicherry 174 168 211 180 282 124 33 53 25 Punjab 7165 5316 8195 6198 11807 8836 2595 1136 26 Rajasthan 8888 7564 9935 8186 12122 9201 1957 1241 27 Sikkim 39 22 31 35 84 61 47 2 28 Tamil Nadu 7663 6325 8193 6894 10642 8218 2477 1555 29 Telangana 2499 2421 2164 1859 2918 2157 594 376 30 Tripura 642 528 748 516 889 585 110 94 31 UT Ladakh 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 Uttar 32 17790 14620 19562 16560 26297 20464 4672 2905 Pradesh 33 Uttarakhand 1900 1458 1901 1605 3405 2388 386 246 34 West Bengal 3478 2872 4385 3222 6938 5284 1184 805 TOTAL 102650 81139 112132 88686 150871 114434 29001 16530 Page 5 of 10Source: NACER Page 6 of 10Annexure-IV Annexure referred to in reply to part (c) of LokSabhaUnstarred Question No.
2653 due for reply on 05.08.2025.
State-wise ST candidates trained and settled during the last 3 years and current
year under RSETI:
2025-26 Sl. Name of the 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 (till 30.06.25) No. State/UT Trained Settled Trained Settled Trained Settled Trained Settled Andaman and 1 Nicobar 0 0 3 3 9 2 0 0 Islands Andhra 2 1123 806 980 725 1440 946 283 250 Pradesh Arunachal 3 379 434 490 282 959 699 155 2 Pradesh 4 Assam 3632 3209 4396 3233 7047 5104 1028 379 5 Bihar 818 604 832 709 1166 978 104 82 6 Chattisgarh 4987 4412 6499 4555 7767 5815 1576 653 7 D & N Haveli 700 502 691 477 744 529 176 54 8 Goa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 Gujarat 5664 4761 6811 5005 8691 6263 1272 711 10 Haryana 2 0 11 5 7 9 2 0 Himachal 11 271 128 215 233 333 214 41 20 Pradesh Jammu & 12 317 287 336 237 998 544 182 134 Kashmir 13 Jharkhand 6523 4279 8105 5720 9630 7374 2424 700 14 Karnataka 2624 2155 2653 2142 2830 2290 533 354 15 Kerala 187 174 393 262 518 332 30 51 16 Lakshadweep 465 285 465 345 583 413 131 38 Madhya 17 9939 7570 10083 7997 15164 10439 2102 1011 Pradesh 18 Maharashtra 2855 2347 3421 2345 4534 3321 724 314 19 Manipur 505 463 564 495 1448 1135 166 43 20 Meghalaya 2017 1478 2491 1567 3823 2764 499 172 21 Mizoram 899 793 1046 1045 2313 1358 241 371 22 Nagaland 393 392 602 331 669 484 135 66 23 Odisha 4881 4166 5368 4789 7515 6242 1801 1059 24 Pondicherry 2 1 1 0 3 2 0 0 25 Punjab 5 2 7 1 5 8 1 0 26 Rajasthan 4474 4337 5041 3629 6158 4706 849 626 27 Sikkim 96 65 182 112 308 247 82 10 28 Tamil Nadu 711 656 654 561 555 379 153 81 29 Telangana 909 913 982 784 1493 1101 318 190 30 Tripura 1014 822 1385 1139 1577 1071 101 80 31 UT Ladakh 623 353 580 461 963 686 119 93 Uttar 32 367 297 507 451 455 425 46 42 Pradesh 33 Uttarakhand 402 246 410 265 876 502 52 24 34 West Bengal 843 549 996 711 1199 918 232 95 TOTAL 58627 47486 67200 50616 91780 67300 15558 7705 Page 7 of 10Source: NACER Page 8 of 10Annexure-V Annexure referred to in reply to part (c) of LokSabhaUnstarred Question No. 2653 due for reply on 05.08.2025.
State-wise OBC candidates trained and settled during the last 3
years and current year under RSETI:
2025-26 Sl. Name of the 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 (till 30.06.25) No. State/UT Trained S ettled Trained S ettled Trained S ettled Trained S ettled Andaman and 1 131 116 94 127 100 53 18 13 Nicobar Islands 2 Andhra Pradesh 4843 4000 5326 3893 7471 5652 1843 1027 Arunachal 3 0 0 3 1 4 3 0 0 Pradesh 4 Assam 3944 3028 5785 3772 7521 5640 1384 502 5 Bihar 16143 13214 17300 13810 23765 17783 4555 2503 6 Chattisgarh 5897 5127 6562 4906 8473 6362 1298 482 7 D & N Haveli 42 33 22 19 1 2 4 0 8 Goa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 Gujarat 8096 6032 9012 5917 12452 9017 2564 1311 10 Haryana 3972 2501 4046 2919 6234 4438 1284 582 Himachal 11 826 548 1028 640 1448 1120 155 186 Pradesh Jammu & 12 269 195 304 265 542 418 57 43 Kashmir 13 Jharkhand 8400 6581 8478 6583 11052 8329 2302 974 14 Karnataka 11564 9057 12356 9470 15788 11717 3533 2250 15 Kerala 4229 3555 4315 3404 6409 4802 1429 967 16 Lakshadweep 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 17 Madhya Pradesh 12086 9183 13986 10672 19381 14432 3740 1445 18 Maharashtra 10238 7989 11549 8631 16439 11583 2290 1426 19 Manipur 314 265 327 233 309 235 66 38 20 Meghalaya 0 0 6 6 1 1 0 0 21 Mizoram 2 0 3 4 1 1 0 0 22 Nagaland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 Odisha 9033 7677 9739 8621 13024 10860 2928 2142 24 Pondicherry 603 578 657 510 906 713 97 83 25 Punjab 1451 1258 1598 1291 2311 1834 370 202 26 Rajasthan 11441 8866 11931 9933 16659 12426 2884 1633 27 Sikkim 272 205 222 187 622 406 174 19 28 Tamil Nadu 15672 12454 17984 14496 22870 18594 5424 3419 29 Telangana 3347 2835 3935 3222 5690 4353 1213 684 30 Tripura 609 472 634 490 1108 630 94 80 31 UT Ladakh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 Uttar Pradesh 27480 22381 30245 24617 40882 31226 8061 4310 33 Uttarakhand 1034 896 1252 960 2008 1432 315 126 34 West Bengal 1467 1098 1565 1180 2014 1604 366 175 TOTAL 163405 130144 180265 140779 245487 185668 48448 26622
Source: NACER Page 9 of 10Annexure-VI Annexure referred to in reply to part (e) of LokSabhaUnstarred Question No. 2653 due for reply on 05.08.2025.
State-wise details of funds released under RSETI during last 3 years
and current year: (₹ in lakhs) S.
State/ UT 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 No.
1 A&N Islands 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 2 Andhra Pradesh 1566.05 1566.05 0.00 0.00 3 Arunachal Pradesh 0.00 0.00 53.36 0.00 4 Assam 637.36 892.96 1306.41 0.00 5 Bihar 0.00 1500.00 2341.71 0.00 6 Chhattisgarh 1450.81 0.00 2000.00 0.00 7 D&N Haveli 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 8 Gujarat 2176.75 862.73 817.16 0.00 9 Haryana 450.72 352.31 500.00 0.00 10 Himachal Pradesh 0.00 0.00 1125.86 0.00 11 J&K 0.00 0.00 360.58 0.00 12 Jharkhand 1139.65 0.00 2000.00 0.00 13 Karnataka 2017.36 2265.24 1109.76 0.00 14 Kerala 0.00 1214.90 825.90 0.00 15 Lakshadweep 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 16 Madhya Pradesh 0.00 1500.00 3500.00 0.00 17 Maharashtra 2647.82 2127.13 2500.34 0.00 18 Manipur 0.00 98.75 149.28 0.00 19 Meghalaya 171.24 107.57 184.80 0.00 20 Mizoram 0.00 86.49 38.45 0.00 21 Nagaland 0.00 63.02 47.83 0.00 22 Odisha 1133.50 1250.76 1464.00 0.00 23 Pondicherry 0.00 0.00 189.34 0.00 24 Punjab 966.27 361.67 746.34 0.00 25 Rajasthan 1322.91 1218.42 0.00 0.00 26 Sikkim 0.00 0.00 93.01 0.00 27 Tamilnadu 1518.84 2735.86 0.00 0.00 28 Telangana 1147.63 0.00 0.00 0.00 29 Tripura 106.40 101.21 367.60 0.00 30 Uttar Pradesh 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 31 Uttarakhand 248.65 0.00 200.00 0.00 32 West Bengal 0.00 1000.00 390.66 0.00 Total 18701.96 19305.07 22312.39 0.00
Source: Rural Skills Division records ***** Page 10 of 10