Parliament Question: Status of RSETI

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2898 ANSWERED ON 10/03/2026 STATUS OF RSETI

2898. Shri B Y Raghavendra:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

(a) the present status of the Rural Self Employment Training Institutes (RSETI) scheme in the country, along with the total number of RSETI centres established and their distribution, State/UT-wise;

(b) the total number of candidates enrolled, trained and successfully settled under the RSETI programme along with the corresponding settlement rate during the last five years, State and UT-wise;

(c) the number of RSETI centres functioning, candidates trained and settled during the same period in Karnataka, district-wise;

(d) the objectives and key components of the RSETI programme, including its role in promoting self-employment and entrepreneurship among rural youth; and

(e) the funding pattern, implementation framework and monitoring mechanism of the scheme, along with the roles of the Ministry, State Governments, sponsoring banks, and other implementing agencies? ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI KAMLESH PASWAN)

(a) & (d): Rural Self Employment Training Institutes (RSETIs) scheme is a poverty alleviation initiative under Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana–National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM) aimed at promoting self-employment and entrepreneurship among rural youth.

It functions as a strategic arm of the Skill India Mission and operates under the common norms of the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) with a mandate of ensuring at least 70% Page 1 of 7settlement of trained candidates. The programme is implemented through a three-way partnership between the Ministry of Rural Development, Sponsor Banks and State/UT Governments, with a provision to establish one RSETI in each district, managed by the Lead Bank, with ₹2 crore assistance for infrastructure and 100% training cost for rural poor youth funded by Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD).

RSETIs provide short-term, demand-driven training programmes aligned with the National Skills Qualification Framework (NSQF) for rural youth in the 18–50 years age group, with emphasis on social inclusion. The institutes also facilitate credit linkage with banks and provide handholding support to trainees for up to two years after completion of training to help them establish and sustain self- employment ventures.

As on date, 632 RSETIs have been established covering 619 districts in the country, the State/UT-wise details of which are given in Annexure-I.

(b): The details of candidates enrolled, trained and successfully settled under the RSETI programme, along with the corresponding settlement rate during the last five years, State/UT-wise, are given at Annexure-II.

(c): The details of number of RSETI centres functioning, candidates trained and settled during the same period in Karnataka, district-wise are given in Annexure-III.

(e): The funding pattern, implementation framework and monitoring mechanism of the scheme, along with the roles of the Ministry, State Governments, sponsoring banks, and other implementing agencies

are as follows:

Funding Pattern: 100% training cost for rural poor youth funded by Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD). MoRD also provides ₹2 crore grant for building construction and

Implementation Framework:  MoRD support in policy/funds, State Govts. support in land and Banks in sponsorship/operations.  One RSETI per district (lead bank-sponsored); 632 centres operational.  Annual Action Plan: Local needs-based; MIS for tracking.

Page 2 of 7Monitoring Mechanism:  States/UTs monitors progress of RSETIs at State / district level.  National Director for National Centre for Excellence of RSETIs

(NACER) monitors via State Directors; quarterly DLRAC reviews; Annual grading  RSETI MIS: Real-time data on training/settlement; NLACR (chaired by MoRD Secretary) for national oversight.  Annual Audits and periodical visits: By sponsor banks.

 SRLMs/DPMs/Zilla Panchayats

Roles of Stakeholders:  Ministry (MoRD): Policy, funding, curriculum approval; oversees via NLACR/NACER.  State Governments: Implementation, Monitoring, Free land, convergence with NRLM/SRLMs; mobilization, etc.

 Sponsoring Banks: Training, Day-to-day management, Settlement, post training hand holding, credit linkage, etc.

Other Agencies: NABARD (special courses), SLBCs (coordination), NGOs (handholding). ***** Page 3 of 7Annexure-I Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2898 due for reply on 10.03.2026.

State/UT-wise details of RSETIs functional in the Country:

S.No. States/UTs No. of RSETIs 1 Andaman and Nicobar Islands 1 2 Andhra Pradesh 22 3 Arunachal Pradesh 2 4 Assam 28 5 Bihar 38 6 Chattisgarh 29 7 D & N Haveli 1 8 Gujarat 29 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 4 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 17 29 Tripura 6 30 UT Ladakh 2 31 Uttar Pradesh 78 32 Uttarakhand 13 33 West Bengal 19 Grand Total 632

Source: NACER Page 4 of 7Annexure-II Annexure referred to in reply to part (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2898 due for reply on 10.03.2026.

Details of the total number of candidates enrolled, trained, and successfully settled under the RSETI programme along with the corresponding settlement rate during the last five years, State and UT- wise:

FY 2020-21 FY 2021-22 FY 2022-23 S.N Settle Settle Name of the State Traine Settle Traine Traine Settlement o. ment R Settled ment R Settled d d d d Rate (%) ate (%) ate (%) Andaman and Nic 1 318 135 42 412 381 92 421 421 100 obar Islands 2 Andhra Pradesh 5002 3836 77 7817 6522 83 10935 8792 80 Arunachal Prades 3 18 57 317 225 0 0 384 438 114 h 4 Assam 7208 5145 71 10017 8335 83 14328 11087 77 5 Bihar 14868 10817 73 21268 14330 67 28292 22769 80 6 Chattisgarh 7003 4927 70 10030 7257 72 12744 11238 88 7 D & N Haveli 560 437 78 561 447 80 761 545 72 8 Gujarat 11233 7859 70 15993 12863 80 20564 16395 80 9 Haryana 11301 6744 60 11045 8176 74 14086 8989 64 10 Himachal Pradesh 3227 2019 63 4750 3208 68 6134 4013 65 Jammu & Kashmi 11 4552 3955 87 5277 4148 79 7909 6453 82 r 12 Jharkhand 11467 7982 70 13725 10828 79 18979 13844 73 13 Karnataka 16333 12649 77 18332 17059 93 24937 19407 78 14 Kerala 5090 4752 93 5980 5801 97 9970 7990 80 15 Lakshadweep 162 98 60 139 34 24 465 285 61 16 Madhya Pradesh 19180 15530 81 22956 18490 81 32068 24620 77 17 Maharashtra 16559 13033 79 19606 15251 78 27322 21474 79 18 Manipur 287 277 97 364 301 83 920 834 91 19 Meghalaya 959 687 72 1649 868 53 2024 1480 73 20 Mizoram 613 457 75 651 636 98 907 798 88 21 Nagaland 199 118 59 338 272 80 396 395 100 22 Odisha 15321 11574 76 16049 13978 87 20766 17486 84 23 Pondicherry 583 420 72 568 485 85 821 780 95 24 Punjab 7501 5489 73 9241 6972 75 10833 8243 76 25 Rajasthan 19904 12682 64 23160 19032 82 30404 25274 83 26 Sikkim 202 134 66 203 146 72 411 299 73 27 Tamil Nadu 15233 12517 82 17187 14796 86 26310 21110 80 28 Telangana 3703 2647 71 5413 5214 96 7195 6516 91 29 Tripura 1893 836 44 2274 1781 78 2744 2237 82 30 UT Ladakh 408 328 80 535 384 72 624 355 57 31 Uttar Pradesh 41995 27673 66 52909 46948 89 55972 46109 82 32 Uttarakhand 6383 4829 76 6258 4413 71 7007 5599 80 33 West Bengal 5876 4591 78 9182 7073 77 12169 9605 79

TOTAL : 255141 185234 73 314114 256429 82 409802 325880 80 Contd./ Page 5 of 7FY 2025-26 FY 2023-24 FY 2024-25 (as on 31.01.2026) S.N Name of the Stat Settle Settle Settlem o. e Settle Settle Traine Settle Trained ment RTrained ment R ent Rat d d d d ate (%) ate (%) e (%) Andaman and Nic 1 500 451 90 611 497 81 552 388 70 obar Islands 2 Andhra Pradesh 11432 8536 75 16174 12038 74 13940 10274 74 Arunachal Prades 3 499 287 58 1042 779 75 680 351 52 h 4 Assam 18132 12155 67 26097 19080 73 18632 11049 59 5 Bihar 30434 24495 80 41900 32128 77 30232 19597 65 6 Chattisgarh 15040 10848 72 19079 14328 75 17980 11361 63 7 D & N Haveli 752 528 70 769 547 71 462 395 85 8 Gujarat 23117 15363 66 30705 22256 72 19314 13575 70 9 Haryana 15153 10760 71 20647 15061 73 13512 9194 68 Himachal Prades 10 6876 5187 75 10450 7614 73 6734 4146 62 h Jammu & Kashmi 11 8589 6397 74 19785 14325 72 10109 7635 76 r 12 Jharkhand 20760 15370 74 26681 19849 74 18068 11989 66 13 Karnataka 25613 20284 79 31238 23696 76 25784 18276 71 14 Kerala 10690 8389 78 14614 11355 78 10976 8568 78 15 Lakshadweep 467 346 74 589 419 71 449 333 74 16 Madhya Pradesh 35859 27754 77 50160 36467 73 41897 24864 59 17 Maharashtra 30397 22961 76 41123 30129 73 29041 19446 67 18 Manipur 1109 903 81 2664 2057 77 1631 1021 63 19 Meghalaya 2508 1580 63 3840 2779 72 2123 1021 48 20 Mizoram 1055 1053 100 2324 1366 59 983 1252 127 21 Nagaland 603 332 55 669 484 72 500 385 77 22 Odisha 22056 19544 89 30046 24998 83 21289 16682 78 23 Pondicherry 911 712 78 1251 880 70 920 518 56 24 Punjab 12332 9398 76 17779 13274 75 12203 7592 62 25 Rajasthan 33293 26740 80 43116 32669 76 25239 18592 74 26 Sikkim 439 335 76 1020 717 70 822 507 62 27 Tamil Nadu 29073 23835 82 36951 29561 80 33851 25169 74 28 Telangana 7647 6321 83 10804 8149 75 9403 5605 60 29 Tripura 3386 2653 78 4309 2765 64 2926 2245 77 30 UT Ladakh 585 462 79 965 686 71 764 581 76 31 Uttar Pradesh 60513 49873 82 81135 61939 76 59269 40479 68 32 Uttarakhand 7505 5711 76 13203 9503 72 6151 4691 76 33 West Bengal 14094 10709 76 19470 14864 76 15550 10236 66 35027 46725 45198 30801

TOTAL : 451419 78 621210 75 68 2 9 6 7 Page 6 of 7Annexure-III Annexure referred to in reply to part (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2898 due for reply on 10.03.2026.

District-wise functional RSETIs and candidates trained and settled the State of Karnataka during the last 5 years and current year as on Jan 2026:

FY 2022-2 FY 2023-2 FY 2025-26 (till FY 2020-21 FY 2021-22 FY 2024-25 3 4 31.01.2026) S. N District Set o. TraineSettlTrainSettlTrainSettlTraineSettleTraine Trained tle Settled d ed ed ed ed ed d d d d 1 Bagalkot 550 307 616 507 805 616 881 714 1225 885 888 531 2 Bangalore Rural 420 299 594 476 858 640 774 578 1005 724 913 579 3 Bangalore Rural 385 507 302 248 606 426 697 512 802 562 722 455 4 Belagavi 500 313 753 614 824 684 807 655 1039 803 837 451 5 Bellary 542 408 630 480 755 583 758 580 1001 809 803 507 6 Bidar 704 679 634 589 935 894 1071 981 1416 1342 820 604 7 Vijayapur 501 352 570 735 804 584 823 620 1011 734 858 636 8 Chamarajanagar 39 6 193 72 755 475 759 600 1007 729 778 537 9 Chickmanglur 376 551 580 494 791 627 792 703 904 648 763 571 10 Chitradurga 658 470 736 721 1055 901 1138 1025 1128 819 902 605 11 Dakishan Kannada 382 318 565 431 751 543 762 577 1012 730 834 601 12 Davanagere 591 428 570 549 886 673 955 816 1050 756 785 563 13 Dharwad 523 354 722 521 799 758 815 698 1100 808 868 631 14 Gadag 623 395 542 430 793 525 790 554 1059 792 1000 602 15 Gulbarga 393 212 521 430 759 537 846 609 1086 819 826 640 16 Hassan 456 491 537 496 750 529 778 600 1046 639 907 706 17 Haveri 394 324 600 594 798 555 792 570 1013 715 867 656 18 Kadagu (Coorg) 404 351 505 360 797 605 792 647 805 650 591 508 19 Kolar 484 602 570 385 751 594 758 621 1004 704 902 606 20 Koppal 697 434 567 428 822 596 828 567 1062 830 853 511 21 Mandya 636 249 658 613 808 610 814 635 1053 776 835 677 22 Mysore 467 339 547 397 784 628 830 561 1005 722 869 661 23 Raichur 552 309 592 660 803 590 906 775 1005 773 786 557 24 Shimoga 665 305 627 691 908 878 828 642 1002 803 810 553 25 Tumkur 468 338 704 585 837 619 830 648 1004 715 902 511 26 Udupi 395 591 503 370 795 563 825 578 724 621 750 553 27 Uttar Kannada 860 628 754 756 843 734 873 767 1055 929 853 633 28 Uttar Kannada 452 305 530 685 788 803 848 565 805 735 773 770 29 Chikkaballapura 463 395 583 591 757 489 761 623 1002 749 645 511 Bangalore South Dis 30 475 473 528 604 787 626 755 607 807 673 708 636 trict (Ramanagar) 31 Yadgir 337 143 476 396 733 522 727 656 1001 702 952 607 32 Vijayanagara 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 184 107 33 Udupi 527 567 346 750 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bangalore South Dis 34 414 206 177 401 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 trict (Ramanagar) 126 17052493194025612028 16333 18332 31238 23696 25784 18276 49 9 7 7 3 4 * RSETI closed

Source: NACER ***** Page 7 of 7