Parliament Question: Status of Upgradation of Institutes under CBSP Scheme

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF TOURISM LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2336 ANSWERED ON 15.12.2025 STATUS OF UPGRADATION OF INSTITUTES UNDER CBSP SCHEME

2336. SHRI PRAVEEN PATEL:

SHRI KANWAR SINGH TANWAR:

SHRI P P CHAUDHARY:

SHRI CHAVDA VINOD LAKHAMSHI:

SHRI KRISHNA PRASAD TENNETI:

SMT. SMITA UDAY WAGH:

Will the Minister of TOURISM be pleased to state:

(a) the progress made in training and certification under the Capacity Building for Service Providers (CBSP) scheme during 2014–2025 in the country especially in Maharashtra;

(b) the status of expansion and upgradation of Institutes of Hotel Management (IHM), Food Craft Institutes (FCI), Indian Institute of Tourism and Travel Management (IITTM) campuses and other training institutions supported by the Government across the country, including those benefitting in Maharashtra's tourism ecosystem;

(c) whether the India International Trade Fair (IITF) certification programme and responsible tourism initiatives such as Paryatan Mitra and Paryatan Didi have improved the availability of trained local tourist guide facilitators, especially in heritage, spiritual and eco- tourism circuits across the country, State/UT-wise particularly in Pali Lok Sabha Constituency;

(d) the details of collaborations with leading hospitality and tourism industry chains to improve hands-on training, apprenticeships and job placements for students; and

(e) the details of the steps taken to further strengthen skill development and capacity-building avenues to boost tourism-driven employment and entrepreneurship? ANSWER THE MINISTER OF TOURISM (SHRI GAJENDRA SINGH SHEKHAWAT)(a): The Ministry of Tourism has put in place “Capacity Building for Service Providers” (CBSP) scheme to provide education, training and certification to the tourism service providers covering different stakeholders & aspects of Hospitality and Tourism sector, thus increasing the employability of service providers. State-wise number of persons trained/certified including Maharashtra under this scheme from FY 2014-15 to FY 2024-25 is at Annexure.

(b): The Budget Provision for the scheme “Assistance to IHMs/ FCIs/ IITTM/ NCHMCT/ ICI etc.” for year 2025-26 stands at Rs.35 crore. This scheme provides financial assistance to Institutes of Hotel Management

(IHM), Indian Institute of Tourism and Travel Management (IITTM), Food Craft Institutes (FCI), etc in the country including Maharashtra.

This assistance is basically used for setting up of new institutes, upgradation of infrastructure such as construction of hostels, modernization of laboratories, purchasing of equipments, furniture, computers, etc.

(c): The Ministry through a digital initiative conducts Incredible India Tourist Facilitator (IITF) and Incredible India Tourist Guide (IITG) certification Programme. These programs aim at creating an online learning platform with an objective of creating a pool of well trained and professional Tourist Facilitators & Guides. As on date there are certified 5311 IITF and 2756 IITG working pan India, including the heritage, spiritual and eco-tourism circuits across the country.

The Ministry has also launched a National Responsible Tourism initiative by the name of Paryatan Mitra/ Paryatan Didi. This initiative aims to elevate the overall experience of tourists. This programme was launched in 2024 and since then around 4300 people have been trained including Pali Lok Sabha constituency.

(d) & (e): To strengthen skill development, capacity-building avenues, boost tourism-driven employment and entrepreneurship, the Ministry of Tourism facilitated signing of 70 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the 10 leading Hospitality and Tourism Industry chains in India and 21 Central Institutes of Hotel Management (CIHMs) under its purview.

These MOUs focus on student engagement, faculty development, short- term tourism & hospitality skilling education and institutional & infrastructural development. ******ANNEXURE STATEMENT IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2336 ANSWERED ON 15.12.2025 REGARDING STATUS OF UPGRADATION OF INSTITUTES UNDER CBSP SCHEME RAISED BY SHRI PRAVEEN PATEL, SHRI KANWAR SINGH TANWAR, SHRI P P CHAUDHARY, SHRI CHAVDA VINOD LAKHAMSHI, SHRI KRISHNA PRASAD TENNETI AND SMT. SMITA UDAY WAGH State/UT wise number of persons trained/certified under CBSP Scheme from FY 2014-15 to FY 2024-25.

201 201 201 201 201 202 202 202 S. Name of 2018 202 202Tota 4- 5- 6- 7- 9 - 0 - 1 - 2 - no State -19 3-24 4-25 l 15 16 17 18 20 21 22 23 Andhra 144 1 931 220 0 0 0 58 0 63 0 0 174 Pradesh 6 Arunachal 218 2 0 780 180 143 236 210 363 0 152 120 0 Pradesh 4 120 122 18 115 627 3 Assam 733 72 334 389 109 375 493 9 2 5 5 6 112 21 117 514 4 Bihar 903 494 25 135 471 343 134 123 6 0 9 3 Chandigar 190 203 143 606 5 0 89 0 25 0 468 112 0 h 6 4 1 5 Chattisga 103 6 400 0 0 0 30 115 49 79 67 30 265 rh 5 159 585 229 109 263 21 162 322 7 Delhi 2113 85 79 373 09 8 9 5 4 0 2 77 191 226 490 8 Goa 597 0 33 60 0 0 0 30 0 2 9 1 112 66 370 9 Gujrat 965 370 25 28 96 25 264 0 142 9 0 4 321 311 131 47 259 138 10 Haryana 0 590 725 266 900 636 5 8 9 3 1 33 Himachal 185 184 130 75 540 138 11 254 740 532 383 488 315 Pradesh 9 3 0 4 9 77 213 301 103 110 10 109 117 249 12 UT of J&K 811 389 1293 130 1 2 3 8 54 6 53 89 9 Jharkhan 22 160 232 13 0 0 0 0 0 32 143 86 240 d 4 0 5Karnatak 967 762 241 35 190 242 14 43 397 976 279 203 343 a 2 6 3 0 8 10 135 118 262 390 880 15 490 15 Kerala 5566 753 58 153 240 35 64 2 9 9 00 09 Madhya 655 606 651 296 607 192 52 472 683 942 605 16 4151 Pradesh 1 4 7 6 9 9 89 7 8 9 40 Maharastr 249 232 140 11 648 161 17 328 1106 722 153 647 420 a 1 8 0 0 7 92 Meghalay 21 365 18 957 797 259 87 310 136 313 202 171 207 a 2 1 109 19 Manipur 350 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 743 3 154 20 Mizoram 0 0 0 0 0 0 660 0 834 0 47 1 301 504 300 65 113 179 21 Odisha 125 2444 952 881 441 270 6 1 7 6 0 63 Puducherr 22 150 105 47 0 0 0 0 0 67 60 0 429 y 234 588 217 169 10 101 133 427 225 23 Punjab 441 1753 675 6 1 4 0 13 2 7 6 98 220 255 104 14 145 551 147 24 Rajasthan 123 442 471 226 593 6 5 4 4 3 7 74 25 Sikkim 50 180 180 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 410 Tamil 336 338 125 224 272 226 25 313 364 232 294 26 2542 nadu 1 5 8 8 6 7 38 7 4 4 30 Telengan 192 216 239 164 41 352 163 27 2104 652 210 546 725 a 4 3 8 3 7 5 07 Uttar 206 300 145 167 47 341 336 169 386 28 510 1222 320 Pradesh 3 0 1 0 29 8 8 14 65 Uttrakhan 711 764 318 218 87 111 136 392 291 29 529 842 399 d 4 8 3 7 1 6 1 9 79 West 153 109 104 14 680 119 30 38 425 378 0 251 226 Bengal 3 7 8 2 4 42 UT of 15 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 121 0 0 0 272 Ladakh 1 32 Nagaland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 67 216 431 714 22 888 821 385 166 2861 324 120 216 241 898 456 Total 03 82 22 35 51 2 58 85 41 53 01 974 4

Source: Ministry of Tourism *****