Status of Skill Development Centres

Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Status of Skill Development Centres प्रव तथ: 08 DEC 2025 3:46PM by PIB Delhi Under the Government of India 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. 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”. 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. 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. 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 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. State PMKVY 4.0 centres JSS ITIs No. Centres 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 38013 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 3,30035 Uttarakhand 196 8 170 36 West Bengal 250 8 317 Total 12,840 293 14,682 (B) Number of Candidates trained: S. State PMKVY JSS ITIs No. 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 1,16,20618 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 81,68,143 ANNEXURE II 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 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 No 1 Andaman And 1.15 0.59 0.08 0.02 0.84 - Nicobar Islands 2 Andhra Pradesh 34.04 9.55 3.16 35.68 15.95 9.51 3 Arunachal 14.46 10.11 1.50 5.35 5.41 0.87 Pradesh 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 8 Dadra And Nagar 0.33 0.18 0.01 0.26 0.90 - Haveli And Daman And Diu 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 14.05 5.44 2.81 9.39 14.46 3.63 Pradesh 14 Jammu And 35.83 16.52 16.80 34.89 69.30 2.80 Kashmir 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 0.5018 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 State 2020-21 2021- 2022- 2023- 2024- 2025-26 No 22 23 24 251 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 8 Dadra And Nagar Haveli And 0.48 0.82 0.95 0.96 0.75 0.50 Daman And Diu 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 1.0023 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 This information was given by the Minister of State (Independent Charge), Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE), Shri Jayant Chaudhary in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today. *** SH (रलीज़ आईडी: 2200384) आगंतुक पटल : 492 इस वज्ञ को इन भाषाओ ंम पढ़: Urdu , ही , Tamil