Skill Training Outcomes, Employment Generation and Performance-Based Payments

Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Skill Training Outcomes, Employment Generation and Performance-Based Payments प्रव तथ: 29 JUL 2026 4:21PM by PIB Delhi 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/institutes under various schemes, viz. Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana

(PMKVY), Jan Shikshan Sansthan (JSS), 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 youth of India to get future-ready, equipped with industry-relevant skills.

The number of persons imparted skill training across various trades under the schemes of MSDE during each of the last three years, State-wise is at Annexure.

Under PMKVY, placements were tracked in the Short-Term Training (STT) component in the first three versions of the Scheme - PMKVY 1.0, PMKVY 2.0 and PMKVY 3.0, implemented from FY2015-16 to FY 2021-22, wherein a total of 1.11 Crore candidates were certified, out of which 24.38 lakhs were reported placed under the short term training component of the scheme. Further, under PMKVY 4.0, the focus is to empower the trained candidates to choose their varied career paths, and they are suitably oriented for the same.

The Ministry has undertaken comprehensive corrective measures under PMKVY 4.0, including Aadhaar- based e-KYC, face authentication and geo-tagged attendance, QR-coded digital certificates, real-time dashboards on the Skill India Digital Hub, strengthened assessor and training centre accreditation through the National Council for Vocational Education and Training (NCVET), independent monitoring via Kaushal Samiksha Kendra, revised monitoring guidelines with clear Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), and a robust penalty and recovery framework.

Disciplinary actions, including suspension, blacklisting, recovery of funds, and other stringent measures, have been taken wherever non-compliance was established, thereby institutionalizing stronger accountability, verification, and oversight mechanisms under the scheme. Under PMKVY 4.0, an amount of ₹2,314.09 crore has been utilized during the period from FY 2023–24 to FY 2025–26. During this period, payments exceeding ₹400 crore (approximately 17.3% of the total funds utilized during the said period) have been withheld for further scrutiny on account of non-compliance with the trainer attendance requirements.

Annexure Total number of persons imparted skill training across various trades in the country under schemes of MSDE during the last three years, State-wise:

(i) PMKVY:Name of State/UT 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 Andaman and Nicobar Islands 648 909 30 Andhra Pradesh 32,449 35,471 3,094 Arunachal Pradesh 4,152 10,054 125 Assam 38,190 75,182 5,902 Bihar 23,613 99,982 4,451 Chandigarh 319 628 148 Chhattisgarh 8,385 16,452 490 Delhi 10,686 12,277 2,769 Goa 183 236 12 Gujarat 19,975 39,762 949 Haryana 27,411 75,942 8,308 Himachal Pradesh 5,348 19,341 3,582 Jammu And Kashmir 28,895 85,557 4,689 Jharkhand 8,796 30,034 1,785 Karnataka 13,025 69,486 7,339 Kerala 8,832 10,449 1,118 Ladakh 445 312 - Lakshadweep - 120 - Madhya Pradesh 34,884 2,59,871 16,686 Maharashtra 35,284 75,368 8,180Manipur 2,879 20,798 1,067 Meghalaya 2,502 7,938 1,168 Mizoram 3,533 6,871 1,384 Nagaland 3,830 7,299 662 Odisha 21,457 26,231 2,189 Puducherry 1,556 3,096 646 Punjab 11,836 1,06,699 10,259 Rajasthan 23,564 2,80,156 10,856 Sikkim 2,802 2,874 - Tamil Nadu 34,533 85,689 10,786 Telangana 15,390 22,188 6,344 The Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu 301 1,407 75 Tripura 5,081 14,363 1,906 Uttar Pradesh 71,771 4,63,503 28,823 Uttarakhand 11,669 35,364 3,650 West Bengal 25,768 36,410 3,916

(ii) JSS:- Name of State/UT 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 Andaman and Nicobar 1800 1800 1797 Andhra Pradesh 10800 10769 10795 Arunachal Pradesh 0 0 0 Assam 9000 10799 10798Bihar 37786 36733 37073 Chandigarh 1800 1770 1462 Chhattisgarh 23376 24967 25158 The Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu 3179 2417 3197 Delhi 5398 5391 5363 Goa 1800 1700 1799 Gujarat 14160 14311 14889 Haryana 7181 3333 3437 Himachal Pradesh 18630 18052 18865 Jammu And Kashmir 1020 680 2297 Jharkhand 22439 20976 23063 Karnataka 21532 21509 21377 Kerala 16198 15929 16199 Ladakh 212 0 717 Lakshadweep 1772 900 999 Madhya Pradesh 49089 51477 52082 Maharashtra 37273 36861 37612 Manipur 7197 7219 7200 Meghalaya 1800 1780 1759 Mizoram 1800 963 922 Nagaland 2631 540 2560 Odisha 50828 52123 52151Punjab 3560 2980 3458 Rajasthan 14831 15534 16180 Tamil Nadu 14780 15124 15818 Telangana 10300 10787 10793 Tripura 3600 3480 3567 Uttar Pradesh 84573 82475 82532 Uttarakhand 14393 13978 14304 West Bengal 12599 13133 14118

(iii) NAPS :

Name of State/UT 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 Andaman And Nicobar Islands 48 199 177 Andhra Pradesh 21,701 22,075 26,446 Arunachal Pradesh 65 66 204 Assam 8,174 5,801 10,028 Bihar 5,317 5,502 9,013 Chandigarh 1,231 1,692 1,739 Chhattisgarh 5,249 5,362 6,820 Delhi 15,957 22,471 30,330 Goa 11,882 11,770 12,412 Gujarat 83,957 90,796 1,09,027 Haryana 66,714 66,504 85,979 Himachal Pradesh 10,212 9,257 10,891Jammu And Kashmir 859 1,026 1,230 Jharkhand 11,883 9,686 10,674 Karnataka 78,457 92,843 1,16,343 Kerala 13,104 15,317 15,519 Ladakh 66 50 19 Lakshadweep 6 8 14 Madhya Pradesh 22,706 26,823 34,210 Maharashtra 2,63,245 2,78,423 3,01,910 Manipur 18 187 219 Meghalaya 212 328 175 Mizoram 12 146 280 Nagaland 15 24 40 Odisha 10,755 10,757 12,416 Puducherry 2,469 4,268 5,953 Punjab 14,761 15,510 25,649 Rajasthan 18,230 22,328 32,243 Sikkim 298 439 508 Tamil Nadu 1,01,553 1,01,788 1,43,236 Telangana 37,775 34,017 47,501 The Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu 2,878 3,570 4,100 Tripura 383 449 533 Uttar Pradesh 71,505 78,966 1,06,269Uttarakhand 21,058 22,887 30,643 West Bengal 29,538 23,324 35,153

(iv) CTS/ITIs:

Name of State/UT 2023 2024 2025 Andaman And Nicobar Islands 481 838 829 Andhra Pradesh 50,568 52,447 54,213 Arunachal Pradesh 733 669 697 Assam 5,325 4,256 5,725 Bihar 125,625 116,293 116,754 Chandigarh 1,083 898 1,175 Chhattisgarh 24,226 22,237 23,970 Delhi 10,288 9,368 10,970 Goa 2,255 2,161 2,404 Gujarat 98,454 78,811 90,790 Haryana 54,944 51,465 53,477 Himachal Pradesh 23,371 18,801 16,973 Jammu And Kashmir 8,504 8,226 10,047 Jharkhand 40,108 40,263 48,331 Karnataka 78,724 64,447 71,839 Kerala 33,196 30,445 30,132 Ladakh 368 375 421 Lakshadweep 360 341 210Madhya Pradesh 73,224 69,309 79,970 Maharashtra 128,009 115,889 130,810 Manipur 812 721 894 Meghalaya 714 992 1,000 Mizoram 396 260 328 Nagaland 240 379 324 Odisha 65,801 54,855 61,348 Puducherry 796 695 704 Punjab 43,997 40,370 44,247 Rajasthan 109,648 90,937 88,418 Sikkim 312 353 431 Tamil Nadu 41,127 35,466 39,119 Telangana 29,579 33,583 40,452 The Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu 908 822 841 Tripura 2,452 2,240 2,714 Uttar Pradesh 333,024 317,044 385,871 Uttarakhand 11,499 8,661 11,526 West Bengal 44,211 40,216 42,323 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 Rajya Sabha today.

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