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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1259
ANSWERED ON 08.12.2025
STATUS OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT CENTRES
1259. SHRI THARANIVENTHAN M S:
Will the Minister of SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP be pleased to
state:
(a) the total number of Skill Development Centres (SDCs) established across the country,
along with the number of candidates trained in each centre during the last five years and the
current year, State/UT-wise;
(b) whether any new Skill Development Centres sanctioned or established in Tamil Nadu,
particularly in educationally and economically backward districts and if so, the details thereof;
(c) the sectors and skill areas in which training is being imparted at said centres and the
placement record of trainees after completion of courses;
(d) the total funds allocated, released and utilised for Skill Development Centres during the
last five years, State-wise, particularly for Tamil Nadu;
(e) whether the Government has undertaken any assessment of the quality of training,
infrastructure adequacy and faculty availability in said centres along with the steps taken to
address any gaps; and
(f) the measures taken by the Government to enhance industry participation, ensure
employment-linked training and improve overall outcomes of the Skill Development Centres?
ANSWER
THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) IN THE MINISTRY OF SKILL
DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
(SHRI JAYANT CHAUDHARY)
(a) & (b) : 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) scheme, 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. The SIM
aims at enabling the youth of India to get future-ready, equipped with industry-relevant skills.
Further, the Schemes of MSDE are demand-driven driven and the Training Centres are set up
or engaged on need basis. The total number of Skill Development Centres (SDCs) established
across the Country along with the number of candidates trained in each centre during the last
five years and the current year, State/UT-wise, is given at Annexure-I.
(c) Under the PMKVY scheme, placements were tracked in the Short-Term Training (STT)
component in the first three versions of the Scheme, which are PMKVY 1.0, PMKVY 2.0 and
PMKVY 3.0 implemented from FY 2015-16 to FY 2021-22. Under PMKVY 4.0 which is under
implementation since FY 2022-23, the focus is to empower our trained candidates to choose
their varied career path and they are suitably oriented for the same.The details of the Sector and job roles in which training is being imparted under Skill India
Mission are available at www.skillindiadigital.gov.in under the tab “Dashboard”.
(d) Funds under PMKVY and JSS schemes are released to implementing agencies for
meeting the training cost as per prescribed norms. Under NAPS, stipend support up to ₹ 1500/-
per month is released to apprentices through DBT. Day-to-day administration as well as financial
control in respect of ITIs lies with the respective State Government/ UT Administration.
Details of the budget released under the PMKVY and JSS schemes during the last five years
and the current year are at Annexure- II.
(e) Improvement in the quality of training in Skill Development Centres (SDCs) is an ongoing
endeavour.The monitoring and assessment mechanism of the schemes is as follows: -
DGT: - In this regard, DGT periodically reviews the affiliation standards and norms for ITIs to
ensure their relevance and effectiveness. The curriculum of courses under the CTS is also
updated regularly in consultation with industry partners, to incorporate the latest technological
advancements and evolving skill requirements—ensuring that the training remains aligned with
market demand.
Further, the respective State Governments, in coordination with the Central Government,
conduct periodic joint inspections of ITIs, which ensures standards in infrastructure, faculty
qualifications, curriculum implementation, and training delivery in ITIs are up to date.
PMKVY: - Under PMKVY, the training centres have been mandated to install an Aadhaar-
enabled biometric attendance system (AEBAS) machine to keep track of candidates’ attendance
for the training. To ensure compliance, the payment to the training centres has been linked to
attendance. Concurrent Monitoring of training centres and candidate skilling lifecycle progress
by using the monitoring tools, such as Call Validation, Surprise Centre Visits, Virtual Verification,
Outcome outcome-based payment to training centres is also put in place.
NAPS: - Under NAPS, a National Steering Committee (NSC) and a Scheme Monitoring and
Review Committee (SMRC) have been established at the central level to monitor the scheme.
Similarly, State Implementation Review Committees (SIRCs) have been constituted at the
State/UT level.
JSS: - MSDE monitors the implementation of the Scheme through periodic review meetings and
field visits. The scheme implementation is also monitored through the Skill India Digital Hub
(SIDH) portal. At the State level, the monitoring and supervision of the JSSs is done by the
RDSDEs. The RDSDE officials periodically visit and inspect the JSS under their jurisdiction for
effective monitoring. A 16-member committee known as Board of Management (BoM) has been
established in each JSS, which periodically reviews the programmes implemented by the JSS.
(f): The Government has taken following steps to enhance industry participation, ensure
employment-linked training and improve overall outcomes of Central skill programmes in India,
including Tamil Nadu.
i. The Government is actively working to expand training opportunities across the country
by encouraging more training infrastructure, especially in underserved areas and
launching initiatives like Skill Hubs to integrate skilling with school and college
ecosystems.
ii. Training centres are evaluated for adequate and modern equipment as part of the
accreditation and affiliation process.
iii. The National Council for Vocational Education and Training (NCVET) has been set up as
an overarching regulator establishing regulations and standards to ensure quality in the
vocational education and training space.iv. The Awarding Bodies recognised by NCVET are expected to develop the qualifications as
per the industry demand and map them with the identified occupations as per the National
Classification of Occupation 2015 of Ministry of Labour and Employment and obtain
industry validations.
v. MSDE has established the Common Cost Norms for the skill development
programs/schemes being implemented by Government of India. There are about 20 other
ministries/departments implementing the skill development schemes.
vi. The training programmes offered under the schemes of MSDE are developed in
collaboration with industries, keeping in view market demands. 36 Sector Skill Councils
(SSCs), led by industry leaders in the respective sectors, have been set up by National
Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) which are mandated to identify the skill
development needs of respective sectors as well as to determine skill competency
standards.
vii. Directorate General of Training (DGT) is implementing Flexi MoU Scheme and Dual
System of Training (DST). These initiatives are meant to provide training to ITI students in
industrial environment.
viii. Under NAPS, apprenticeship training and increasing engagement with industrial
establishments for undertaking apprenticeship programmes is promoted.
ix. Government of India has signed MoU with 7 countries (i.e., Australia, Denmark, Germany,
Japan, Qatar, Singapore, and UAE) in Vocational Education and Training / Skill
development for the international mobility of the skilled manpower.
x. DGT has also signed MoU with IT Tech companies like IBM, CISCO, Future Skill Rights
Network, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft, Autodesk and Meta to ensure industry
linkages for the institutes at the state & regional levels and to ensure anytime, anywhere
learning in new-age courses.
xi. NSDC, under the Market led program, provides support to training providers that
collaborate and align skill courses with industry demand.
xii. Future ready job-roles addressing the requirement of Industry 4.0, emerging sectors like
Drone, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Robotics, Mechatronics, etc., have been prioritized under
PMKVY 4.0. Under CTS also, new age courses have been developed to meet the demand
of futuristic job roles in emerging technologies.
xiii. Skill India Digital Hub (SIDH) Portal has been established as a Digital Public Infrastructure
for skilling, employment, and entrepreneurship ecosystems.ANNEXURE I
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) & (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED
QUESTION NO. 1259 ANSWERED ON 08.12.2025 REGARDING ‘STATUS OF SKILL
DEVELOPMENT CENTRES’
Skill Development Centres (SDCs) established across the Country along with the number
of candidates trained in each centre, State/UT-wise
a. State/UT-wise Skill Development Centres (SDCs)
S. No. State PMKVY 4.0 centres JSS Centres ITIs
1 Andaman and Nicobar Islands 5 1 4
2 Andhra Pradesh 370 6 521
3 Arunachal Pradesh 82 0 10
4 Assam 797 6 47
5 Bihar 537 21 1,356
6 Chandigarh 10 1 3
7 Chhattisgarh 177 14 227
8 Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu 9 2 4
9 Delhi 144 3 46
10 Goa 6 1 13
11 Gujarat 266 8 493
12 Haryana 529 2 380
13 Himachal Pradesh 179 11 268
14 Jammu and Kashmir 543 2 56
15 Jharkhand 206 13 354
16 Karnataka 397 12 1,467
17 Kerala 130 9 442
18 Ladakh 11 2 3
19 Lakshadweep 1 1 1
20 Madhya Pradesh 1,350 29 953
21 Maharashtra 570 21 1,045
22 Manipur 163 4 11
23 Meghalaya 93 1 8
24 Mizoram 106 1 3
25 Nagaland 85 2 9
26 Odisha 239 29 500
27 Puducherry 22 - 15
28 Punjab 572 2 329
29 Rajasthan 1,453 9 1,543
30 Sikkim 37 - 457
31 Tamil Nadu 489 9 301
32 Telangana 118 6 4
33 Tripura 117 2 22
34 Uttar Pradesh 2,581 47 3,300
35 Uttarakhand 196 8 170
36 West Bengal 250 8 317
Total 12,840 293 14,682(B) Number of Candidates trained:
S. No. State PMKVY JSS ITIs
1 Andaman and Nicobar Islands 3,974 6600 10,574
2 Andhra Pradesh 1,56,073 61,027 2,17,100
3 Arunachal Pradesh 75,873 - 75,873
4 Assam 5,14,676 52,840 5,67,516
5 Bihar 2,83,508 1,84,858 4,68,366
6 Chandigarh 6,313 9,249 15,562
7 Chhattisgarh 55,180 55,180
8 Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu 1,02,437 1,19,671 2,22,108
9 Delhi 2,908 12,486 15,394
10 Goa 1,50,482 30,840 1,81,322
11 Gujarat 1,93,448 9,884 2,03,332
12 Haryana 55,788 93,212 1,49,000
13 Himachal Pradesh 2,06,295 39,925 2,46,220
14 Jammu and Kashmir 94,918 77,872 1,72,790
15 Jharkhand 1,73,135 8,290 1,81,425
16 Karnataka 69,980 87,752 1,57,732
17 Kerala 1,915 1,14,291 1,16,206
18 Ladakh 330 89,254 89,584
19 Lakshadweep 4,71,190 - 4,71,190
20 Madhya Pradesh 3,18,238 - 3,18,238
21 Maharashtra 66,744 2,80,282 3,47,026
22 Manipur 33,321 2,09,863 2,43,184
23 Meghalaya 29,218 39,686 68,904
24 Mizoram 32,099 - 32,099
25 Nagaland 1,42,746 - 1,42,746
26 Odisha 10,822 9,062 19,884
27 Puducherry 2,11,611 2,11,611
28 Punjab 4,59,809 2,51,387 7,11,196
29 Rajasthan 11,013 17,032 28,045
30 Sikkim 2,39,546 2,39,546
31 Tamil Nadu 97,301 77,526 1,74,827
32 Telangana 2,213 77,830 80,043
33 Tripura 73,410 59,041 1,32,451
34 Uttar Pradesh 8,95,886 4,73,404 13,69,290
35 Uttarakhand 92,110 74,591 1,66,701
36 West Bengal 1,62,283 69,976 2,32,259
Total 54,96,793 26,71,350 81,68,143ANNEXURE II
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (d) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED
QUESTION NO. 1259 ANSWERED ON 08.12.2025 REGARDING ‘STATUS OF SKILL
DEVELOPMENT CENTRES’
Funds released to the States/UTs during last five years and the current year
(i) Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY)
(₹ in crore)
Sl
State
No 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26
Andaman And
1
Nicobar Islands 1.15 0.59 0.08 0.02 0.84 -
2 Andhra Pradesh 34.04 9.55 3.16 35.68 15.95 9.51
3 Arunachal Pradesh 14.46 10.11 1.50 5.35 5.41 0.87
4 Assam 75.20 53.46 11.01 43.26 42.21 13.33
5 Bihar 62.41 55.80 15.82 31.92 62.33 0.94
6 Chandigarh 0.91 0.49 0.26 0.61 0.57 -
7 Chhattisgarh 7.19 3.98 2.49 13.00 8.37 4.23
Dadra And Nagar
8 Haveli And Daman
And Diu 0.33 0.18 0.01 0.26 0.90 -
9 Delhi 48.63 3.52 3.60 12.63 19.50 0.66
10 Goa 0.06 0.03 0.06 0.23 0.07 -
11 Gujarat 27.01 9.04 3.36 16.26 18.79 0.39
12 Haryana 35.57 8.67 3.93 26.89 58.23 3.99
13 Himachal Pradesh 14.05 5.44 2.81 9.39 14.46 3.63
Jammu And
14
Kashmir 35.83 16.52 16.80 34.89 69.30 2.80
15 Jharkhand 10.86 9.45 4.95 13.30 19.71 0.71
16 Karnataka 45.28 11.69 3.47 18.36 33.19 1.28
17 Kerala 11.11 6.63 4.64 11.20 4.36 0.50
18 Lakshadweep - - - - - -
19 Madhya Pradesh 63.67 45.03 19.24 51.19 205.84 18.23
20 Maharashtra 104.65 25.45 7.10 43.13 44.44 3.83
21 Manipur 18.30 7.63 2.05 7.04 10.08 16.42
22 Meghalaya 5.31 2.92 0.46 2.96 4.36 (1.03)
23 Mizoram 5.74 3.10 0.81 3.06 2.75 3.23
24 Nagaland 3.18 1.74 3.09 3.88 4.27 1.17
25 Odisha 44.02 14.50 5.41 20.19 14.31 1.63
26 Puducherry 2.68 1.28 0.49 2.67 1.24 -
27 Punjab 29.93 10.91 5.19 27.24 104.17 2.30
28 Rajasthan 68.14 35.29 10.40 63.43 292.42 5.15
29 Sikkim 3.31 1.65 0.85 3.15 1.26 0.08
30 Tamil Nadu 31.66 11.04 5.40 41.48 63.08 1.04
31 Telangana 24.13 9.39 3.67 24.44 11.07 1.87
32 Tripura 21.57 8.52 1.60 5.72 8.94 1.49
33 Uttar Pradesh 133.05 66.64 19.07 97.47 352.64 10.99
34 Uttarakhand 12.74 6.73 4.79 13.75 26.37 1.50
35 West Bengal 31.49 18.36 6.11 25.05 16.28 3.87
36 Ladakh 0.12 0.26 0.34 1.01 0.59 -(ii) Jan Shishan Sansthan:
(₹ in crore)
Sl No State 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26
1 Andaman And Nicobar 0.00 0.45 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.25
2 Andhra Pradesh 3.12 3.03 3.31 3.36 2.99 1.50
3 Arunachal Pradesh - - - - - -
4 Assam 2.46 2.91 2.74 2.74 2.90 1.50
5 Bihar 5.34 9.25 11.90 11.69 10.11 5.13
6 Chandigarh 0.49 0.42 0.52 0.56 0.48 0.25
7 Chhattisgarh 3.07 6.70 7.61 7.34 6.74 3.50
Dadra And Nagar Haveli And
8
Daman And Diu 0.48 0.82 0.95 0.96 0.75 0.50
9 Delhi 1.48 1.44 1.68 1.68 1.50 0.75
10 Goa 0.50 0.48 0.56 0.55 0.48 0.25
11 Gujarat 5.00 5.12 4.79 4.48 3.84 2.00
12 Haryana 2.50 2.45 2.15 2.20 0.97 0.50
13 Himachal Pradesh 0.76 4.77 5.71 5.72 4.70 2.65
14 Jammu And Kashmir 0.88 1.15 0.13 0.25 0.38 0.25
15 Jharkhand 1.30 5.32 5.72 6.31 6.04 3.13
16 Karnataka 4.38 5.60 6.51 6.63 5.86 3.00
17 Kerala 4.37 4.17 5.01 5.04 4.45 2.25
18 Ladakh 0.00 0.57 0.46 0.25 0.00 0.25
19 Lakshadweep 0.00 0.20 0.50 0.46 0.38 0.25
20 Madhya Pradesh 12.87 14.28 14.94 15.03 14.11 7.31
21 Maharashtra 9.78 10.17 11.31 11.46 10.27 5.13
22 Manipur 1.50 1.94 2.23 2.18 2.00 1.00
23 Meghalaya 0.00 0.20 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.25
24 Mizoram 0.00 0.45 0.56 0.52 0.48 0.25
25 Nagaland 0.50 0.95 0.64 0.63 0.25 0.38
26 Odisha 8.01 13.23 15.38 15.19 14.38 7.97
27 Punjab 0.97 0.75 1.05 0.99 0.98 0.50
28 Rajasthan 2.51 4.06 4.29 4.52 4.30 2.25
29 Tamil Nadu 3.36 3.19 4.06 4.32 4.27 2.00
30 Telangana 2.93 2.74 3.20 3.24 2.89 1.50
31 Tripura 0.48 0.84 1.07 1.02 0.97 0.50
32 Uttar Pradesh 22.05 22.99 25.79 26.03 23.29 12.25
33 Uttarakhand 2.72 3.46 4.64 4.34 3.97 2.00
34 West Bengal 3.87 3.54 4.25 3.69 3.81 2.00
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