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Assessment of Skill Development Initiatives

Posted On: 10 AUG 2026 5:26PM 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 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 including the state of Chhattisgarh. The SIM aims at enabling youth of India to get future ready and equipped with industry relevant skills.

State/UT-wise, year-wise and scheme-wise details of the number of candidates trained across the country under the major skill development schemes of MSDE during the period from 2019–20 to 2026–27 (as on 30.06.2026) are given at Annexures I to IV.

Amongst the schemes of MSDE, placements were tracked under the Short-Term Training component of PMKVY only in the first three versions (PMKVY1.0, PMKVY 2.0 and PMKVY 3.0) implemented from 2015-16 to 2021-22. Under PMKVY (1.0 to 3.0), 28,142 candidates have been reported placed in Chhattisgarh. Under PMKVY 4.0, the focus is to empower the trained candidates to choose their varied career path with orientation through industry relevant skill courses that include the On-the-Job Training (OJT).

The Government undertakes periodic reviews of skilling initiatives under the Skill India Mission, assessing enrolment, certification, placement, self-employment outcomes and employer feedback to gauge their effectiveness in strengthening employability and future skills. These reviews support continuous curriculum updates, industry collaboration and improvements in implementation modalities, ensuring that skilling programmes remain aligned with evolving technology trends and labour-market requirements. The effectiveness of broader skill development schemes is also evaluated through MIS-based monitoring, third-party assessments and beneficiary feedback.

All schemes presently being run by MSDE have gone through third party evaluation exercise generally and also in particular, at the time of grant of extension of the respective schemes. Details of the evaluation of the Schemes implemented by MSDE are as under:

PMKVY 4.0: An independent third-party impact evaluation of the PMKVY 4.0 has been conducted by Arun Jaitley National Institute of Financial Management (AJNIFM), an autonomous Institution of Ministry of Finance, Government of India. As per the report, PMKVY training has contributed to a measurable shift in employment outcomes for short term training (STT) candidates. The combined share of employed and self-employed STT respondents increased from 26.6% prior to training to 45.4% after PMKVY training, reflecting an 18.8 percentage point increase. Income- related outcomes also show positive movement, with 41.4% of STT candidates and 48.9% of Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) candidates reporting an increase in income following training and certification. Overall, PMKVY 4.0 has significantly expanded access to formal skill training and certification and has generated measurable improvements in skill confidence, employment participation, and income outcomes for a substantial proportion of beneficiaries.

JSS: A third-party evaluation of the Jan Shikshan Sansthan (JSS) Scheme was conducted by the Arun Jaitley National Institute of Financial Management, an autonomous Institution of Ministry of Finance, Government of India, in 2025 to assess the scheme’s outreach, effectiveness and livelihood outcomes. The evaluation highlighted significant achievements of the scheme, with 33.94 lakh individuals enrolled, of whom 32 lakh were trained and 31.52 lakh certified, reflecting an overall success rate of 99 percent. Women constituted a dominant 82 percent share of total participants, while 73 percent beneficiaries belonged to marginalized sections, including SC/ST (36 percent) and OBC (37 percent). The livelihood impact has been noteworthy, with 90 percent alumni utilising acquired skills for income generation, 82 percent becoming economically engaged within six months of training, and 60 percent of previously non-earning individuals starting to earn post-training. The average monthly income of beneficiaries recorded a four-fold increase.

NAPS: A third-party evaluation study of Pradhan Mantri National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (PMNAPS-2) from 2022-23 to 2025-26 (Data up to 30th November 2025) was conducted by the Arun Jaitley National Institute of Financial Management (AJNIFM), an autonomous Institution of Ministry of Finance, Government of India. As per the report, PMNAPS-2 achieved significant scale during the evaluation period, engaging 34.69 lakh apprentices against a cumulative target of 46 lakh, translating into an overall achievement of approximately 75 percent. The institutionalization of Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) has improved financial transparency and predictability.

Annexure-I

State/UT-wise, year-wise number of candidates trained across the country under PMKVY scheme during the period from 2019-20 to 2026–27 (as on 30.06.2026):

 

State/UT

2019-20

2020-21

2021-22

2022-23

2023-24

2024-25

2025-26

2026-27

Andaman And Nicobar Islands

1,259

1,464

613

310

648

909

30

337

Andhra Pradesh

1,05,667

66,404

13,199

5,798

32,449

35,471

3,094

6,930

Arunachal Pradesh

15,700

51,991

8,884

667

4,152

10,054

125

74

Assam

1,98,896

3,62,506

24,517

8,721

38,190

75,182

5,902

8,106

Bihar

1,91,902

96,288

47,643

12,213

23,613

99,982

4,451

2,812

Chandigarh

9,507

3,834

893

491

319

628

148

195

Chhattisgarh

46,548

16,151

9,495

4,356

8,385

16,452

490

325

Delhi

1,46,205

55,121

19,965

2,262

10,686

12,277

2,769

493

Goa

4,300

1,709

604

176

183

236

12

0

Gujarat

1,55,195

48,489

35,001

6,503

19,975

39,762

949

1,189

Haryana

1,75,386

54,719

18,191

8,963

27,411

75,942

8,308

1,509

Himachal Pradesh

48,870

15,612

8,724

3,539

5,348

19,341

3,582

537

Jammu And Kashmir

1,22,659

58,927

21,339

7,352

28,895

85,557

4,689

3,306

Jharkhand

1,20,103

15,452

34,233

5,302

8,796

30,034

1,785

460

Karnataka

1,65,247

53,066

23,153

8,410

13,025

69,486

7,339

2,279

Kerala

78,523

31,077

12,968

5,673

8,832

10,449

1,118

192

Ladakh

1,937

181

731

246

445

312

0

0

Lakshadweep

60

90

120

0

0

120

0

0

Madhya Pradesh

2,23,483

95,403

46,659

21,345

34,884

2,59,871

16,686

14,322

Maharashtra

6,37,002

1,48,352

39,864

14,913

35,284

75,368

8,180

1,780

Manipur

28,962

34,540

6,424

1,146

2,879

20,798

1,067

412

Meghalaya

11,999

17,769

3,406

1,245

2,502

7,938

1,168

1,244

Mizoram

10,837

11,433

4,742

1,162

3,533

6,871

1,384

395

Nagaland

17,364

14,399

4,184

1,803

3,830

7,299

662

1,578

Odisha

2,39,050

68,828

12,645

12,116

21,457

26,231

2,189

815

Puducherry

7,172

3,241

1,622

689

1,556

3,096

646

708

Punjab

97,681

57,054

18,539

7,568

11,836

1,06,699

10,259

13,208

Rajasthan

4,46,900

97,822

38,511

9,232

23,564

2,80,156

10,856

736

Sikkim

5,123

3,634

1,322

381

2,802

2,874

0

50

Tamil Nadu

1,85,108

72,404

29,057

8,029

34,533

85,689

10,786

3,640

Telangana

1,08,145

33,999

13,107

8,040

15,390

22,188

6,344

2,660

Dadra And Nagar Haveli And Daman And Diu

5,338

222

252

31

301

1,407

75

54

Tripura

50,388

46,676

4,490

1,608

5,081

14,363

1,906

2,711

Uttar Pradesh

6,56,829

2,39,286

69,015

25,568

71,771

4,63,503

28,823

10,834

Uttarakhand

68,250

29,412

10,522

2,942

11,669

35,364

3,650

562

West Bengal

1,77,880

53,221

31,406

12,370

25,768

36,410

3,916

1,301

 

Annexure-II

State/UT-wise, year-wise number of candidates trained across the country under JSS scheme during the period from 2019-20 to 2026–27 (as on 30.06.2026):

State/UT

2019-20

2020-21

2021-22

2022-23

2023-24

2024- 25

2025-26

2026-27

A & N Islands

-

-

900

1,800

1,800

1,800

1,797

-

Andhra Pradesh

10,901

8,580

11,699

16,200

10,800

10,769

10,795

-

Arunachal Pradesh

570

-

-

-

-

-

 

 

Assam

9,243

8,883

9,139

12,600

9,000

10,799

10,798

40

Bihar

22,708

16,314

28,769

56,594

37,786

36,733

37,073

698

Chandigarh

1,836

1,120

1,600

2,700

1,800

1,770

1,462

-

Chhattisgarh

13,483

10,480

18,151

37,777

23,376

24,967

25,158

380

DNH & DD

1,558

897

2,379

3,255

3,179

2,417

3,197

20

Delhi

5,487

4,940

5,440

8,099

5,398

5,391

5,363

20

Goa

1,741

1,664

1,740

2,700

1,800

1,700

1,799

20

Gujarat

18,640

16,840

19,228

23,917

14,160

14,311

14,889

240

Haryana

9,002

8,705

8,939

10,728

7,181

3,333

3,437

-

Himachal Pradesh

1,400

1,504

8,424

28,244

18,630

18,052

18,865

120

Jammu & Kashmir

3,429

3,554

2,396

500

1,020

680

2,297

-

Jharkhand

5,383

4,424

9,964

25,220

22,439

20,976

23,063

60

Karnataka

16,201

15,525

18,735

31,492

21,532

21,509

21,377

100

Kerala

16,247

13,900

16,148

24,300

16,198

15,929

16,199

100

Ladakh

-

-

-

600

212

-

717

-

Lakshadweep

-

-

-

1,481

1,772

900

999

25

Madhya Pradesh

50,449

45,501

52,222

70,259

49,089

51,477

52,082

540

Maharashtra

38,023

35,102

38,479

52,934

37,273

36,861

37,612

720

Manipur

5,387

5,327

6,285

10,278

7,197

7,219

7,200

240

Meghalaya

-

-

-

1,660

1,800

1,780

1,759

-

Mizoram

-

-

900

2,472

1,800

963

922

 

Nagaland

1,800

1,800

1,812

1,999

2,631

540

2,560

-

Odisha

30,677

25,820

40,635

71,765

50,828

52,123

52,151

338

Punjab

3,434

1,607

3,567

4,138

3,560

2,980

3,458

180

Rajasthan

9,069

9,493

12,443

20,651

14,831

15,534

16,180

120

Tamilnadu

14,244

11,727

14,045

19,784

14,780

15,124

15,818

-

Telangana

12,452

8,497

10,398

15,639

10,300

10,787

10,793

200

Tripura

1,631

1,101

2,610

5,397

3,600

3,480

3,567

-

Uttar Pradesh

85,436

77,335

88,648

1,22,510

84,573

82,475

82,532

560

Uttarakhand

10,776

8,800

12,433

20,687

14,393

13,978

14,304

380

West Bengal

14,125

10,356

13,868

17,904

12,599

13,133

14,118

60

 

Annexure-III

State/UT-wise, year-wise number of apprentices engaged across the country under NAPS scheme during the period from 2019-20 to 2026–27 (as on 30.06.2026):

States/UTs

2019- 20

2020-21

2021-22

2022-23

2023-24

2024-25

2025-26

2026-27

A & N Islands

0

3

9

41

48

199

177

92

Andhra Pradesh

3,863

4,394

15,501

16,424

21,701

22,075

26,446

6,448

Arunachal Pradesh

0

3

18

42

65

66

204

48

Assam

2,204

2,452

14,007

9,660

8,174

5,801

10,028

1,394

Bihar

1,166

1,236

6,476

5,543

5,317

5,502

9,013

2,549

Chandigarh

346

280

813

668

1,231

1,692

1,739

244

Chhattisgarh

5,073

1,650

2,631

4,875

5,249

5,362

6,820

994

Delhi

5,118

7,785

17,799

15,817

15,957

22,471

30,330

8,381

Goa

1,720

2,032

3,432

4,406

11,882

11,770

12,412

2,244

Gujarat

45,132

56,920

69,568

76,222

83,957

90,796

1,09,027

24,788

Haryana

18,916

31,859

42,338

62,867

66,714

66,504

85,979

23,171

Himachal Pradesh

1,911

1,769

5,670

6,825

10,212

9,257

10,891

2,277

Jammu & Kashmir

305

260

832

989

859

1,026

1,230

201

Jharkhand

2,137

5,034

8,258

9,151

11,883

9,686

10,674

2,416

Karnataka

13,818

17,279

41,972

58,629

78,457

92,843

1,16,343

25,924

Kerala

3,899

6,427

8,975

11,275

13,104

15,317

15,519

3,805

Ladakh

0

6

18

28

66

50

19

17

Lakshadweep

0

18

4

9

6

8

14

0

Madhya Pradesh

6,960

9,525

17,093

21,205

22,706

26,823

34,210

10,066

Maharashtra

37,203

71,454

1,46,903

1,86,010

2,63,245

2,78,423

3,01,910

59,230

Manipur

16

11

90

32

18

187

219

36

Meghalaya

51

105

117

181

212

328

175

34

Mizoram

4

1

4

4

12

146

280

22

Nagaland

14

1

27

22

15

24

40

33

Odisha

3,397

3,681

8,296

10,458

10,755

10,757

12,416

1,965

Puducherry

481

299

1,090

1,343

2,469

4,268

5,953

969

Punjab

2,856

4,463

11,659

15,361

14,761

15,510

25,649

5,773

Rajasthan

4,077

6,412

9,478

15,204

18,230

22,328

32,243

7,056

Sikkim

128

162

308

202

298

439

508

204

Tamilnadu

13,607

24,913

49,929

72,311

1,01,553

1,01,788

1,43,236

33,145

Telangana

9,687

13,996

38,454

31,821

37,775

34,017

47,501

12,080

DNH & DD

97

597

1,282

1,006

2,878

3,570

4,100

1,156

Tripura

437

255

244

368

383

449

533

95

Uttar Pradesh

12,588

19,967

38,042

56,946

71,505

78,966

1,06,269

24,514

Uttarakhand

2,491

4,360

9,986

16,436

21,058

22,887

30,643

7,074

West Bengal

6,185

7,368

18,791

26,109

29,538

23,324

35,153

8,531

 

Annexure-IV

State/UT-wise, year-wise number of candidates enrolled across the country under CTS scheme during the period from session 2019 to 2025:

State/UT

2019-20

2020-21

2021-22

2022-23

2023-24

2024-25

2025-26

Andaman and nicobar islands

441

619

531

450

481

838

829

Andhra pradesh

56,264

49,142

45,612

48,110

50,568

52,447

54213

Arunachal pradesh

564

577

497

674

733

669

697

Assam

2,965

3,210

3,500

3,548

5,325

4,256

5725

Bihar

112,408

105,030

110,399

90,830

125,625

116,293

116754

Chandigarh

968

831

910

907

1,083

898

1175

Chhattisgarh

21,831

19,571

22,320

20,816

24,226

22,237

23970

Delhi

9,757

8,672

8,774

9,261

10,288

9,368

10970

Goa

1,727

1,742

2,080

2,126

2,255

2,161

2404

Gujarat

69,531

85,391

81,236

84,648

98,454

78,811

90790

Haryana

53,251

54,275

49,032

45,161

54,944

51,465

53477

Himachal pradesh

22,203

17,923

20,332

22,691

23,371

18,801

16973

Jammu and kashmir

4,396

7,545

8,062

8,130

8,504

8,226

10047

Jharkhand

33,463

25,626

29,760

35,573

40,108

40,263

48331

Karnataka

73,714

54,244

66,238

73,068

78,724

64,447

71839

Kerala

35,201

31,632

35,493

34,741

33,196

30,445

30132

Ladakh

151

118

171

326

368

375

421

Lakshadweep

246

435

374

303

360

341

210

Madhya pradesh

73,278

71,096

63,306

69,194

73,224

69,309

79970

Maharashtra

110,734

102,680

112,997

121,884

128,009

115,889

130810

Manipur

80

82

108

668

812

721

894

Meghalaya

512

514

508

738

714

992

1000

Mizoram

274

242

256

334

396

260

328

Nagaland

228

222

186

267

240

379

324

Odisha

49,043

49,694

57,401

54,005

65,801

54,855

61348

Puducherry

789

687

689

737

796

695

704

Punjab

39,747

47,590

39,992

39,986

43,997

40,370

44247

Rajasthan

136,224

101,614

95,342

99,263

109,648

90,937

88418

Sikkim

207

260

181

424

312

353

431

Tamil nadu

35,024

27,315

28,496

35,078

41,127

35,466

39119

Telangana

32,775

29,468

27,183

26,480

29,579

33,583

40452

Dadra and nagar haveli and daman and diu

319

318

443

666

908

822

841

Tripura

1,497

2,043

1,603

2,470

2,452

2,240

2714

Uttar pradesh

336,119

279,998

273,714

269,106

333,024

317,044

385871

Uttarakhand

11,052

8,344

8,918

10,807

11,499

8,661

11526

West bengal

32,506

30,696

29,207

37,711

44,211

40,216

42323

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.

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