Skill Upgradation of Workers

The Minister of State for Mines, Steel and Labour & Employment, Shri Vishnu Deo Sai has said thatGovernment has been implementing Skill Development Initiative (SDI) Scheme across the country including Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Bihar to provide training to school leavers as well as upgrading the existing skill of skilled/semi-skilled / unskilled youth including unorganized sector in various sectors of economy. In a written reply in the Lok Sabha today, Shri Vishnu Deo Sai has said that the State-wise details of the number of persons trained/tested including unorganised sector workers under SDI scheme is at Annex-I. The Minister said that information with regard to employment has not been collected from the Vocational Training Providers (VTPs). Recently, a provision is being created on portal wherein Vocational Training Providers (VTPs) will be mandated to track the candidates for at least 12 months. ANNEX - I The State/UT-wise details of the number of persons trained/tested including unorganised sector workers under SDI scheme since inception: S.No. State/UT Number of persons Trained/ Tested (as on 28-07-2014) 1 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 1671 2 Andhra Pradesh 270575 3 Bihar 35652 4 Chandigarh 4998 5 Chhattisgarh 71014 6 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 500 7 Daman & Diu 300 8 Delhi 109138 9 Goa 1251 10 Gujarat 137284 11 Haryana 41064 12 Himachal Pradesh  31401 13 Jammu and Kashmir 33299 14 Jharkhand 77901 15 Karnataka 514188 16 Kerala 68154 17 Lakshadweep 09 18 Madhya Pradesh 265389 19 Maharashtra 305502 20 Orissa 106178 21 Pondicherry 150 22 Punjab 91136 23 Rajasthan 9433 24 Tamil Nadu 345066 25 Uttar Pradesh 313625 26 Uttarakhand 18764 27 West Bengal 329359 28 Arunachal Pradesh 1090 29 Assam 65288 30 Manipur 5319 31 Meghalaya 3360 32 Mizoram 110 33 Nagaland 10274 34 Sikkim 424 35 Tripura                                            4736 Courtesy : pib.nic.in