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Establishment of ITIs Under SDP

Establishment of ITIs Under SDP

The Directorate General of Training (DGT), under the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) implements the Craftsmen Training Scheme (CTS) through a country wide network of Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) for skilling the youth of the country.

The Establishment and day to day administration of ITIs comes under the jurisdiction of the respective State Government and UT Administration, while the policies such as setting the criterion for affiliation, conducting the examination along with certification and designing curriculum are the responsibilities of Central Government. Whenever a proposal is received from the States/UTs for the setting up of new ITIs, it is examined and decided as per the affiliation standards and norms.

At present, there are 14,615 ITIs established across the country, out of which, 3,316 are Government ITIs and 11,299 are Private ITIs. In the State of Uttarakhand, there are a total of 174 ITIs established, out of which 103 are Government ITIs and 71 are Private ITIs. State-wise number of ITIs is available at Annexure-1.

These ITIs conduct training in the courses for which they have been granted affiliation. If an ITI does not admit trainees for a significant duration, provisions exist in the DGT guidelines for initiating de-affiliation proceedings against the ITI. Accordingly, in January 2025, around 400 ITIs were de-affiliated, as they had not admitted any trainees during the last few academic sessions.

Under the Craftsmen Training Scheme, in all the ITIs, around 1.37 crore candidates have been trained since 2014 session and till date. State-wise number of candidates trained since 2014 session till date is attached at Annexure-2.

 

Annexure-1

State-wise number of Government and Private ITIs

Sr. No.

State/UTs

No. of Govt. ITIs

No. of Private ITIs

Total

ITIs

Andaman and Nicobar Islands

3

1

4

Andhra Pradesh

85

434

519

Arunachal Pradesh

7

0

7

Assam

31

16

47

Bihar

150

1,219

1,369

Chandigarh

2

0

2

Chhattisgarh

120

106

226

Delhi

18

28

46

Goa

11

2

13

Gujarat

273

215

488

Haryana

159

222

381

Himachal Pradesh

128

139

267

Jammu and Kashmir

49

0

49

Jharkhand

77

269

346

Karnataka

274

1,192

1,466

Kerala

149

297

446

Ladakh

3

0

3

Lakshadweep

1

0

1

Madhya Pradesh

195

768

963

Maharashtra

422

616

1,038

Manipur

10

0

10

Meghalaya

7

1

8

Mizoram

3

0

3

Nagaland

9

0

9

Odisha

73

427

500

Puducherry

8

7

15

Punjab

115

205

320

Rajasthan

182

1,364

1,546

Sikkim

4

0

4

Tamil Nadu

93

363

456

Telangana

66

232

298

The Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu

4

0

4

Tripura

20

2

22

Uttar Pradesh

294

2,964

3,258

Uttarakhand

103

71

174

West Bengal

168

139

307

Grand Total

3,316

11,299

14,615

 

Annexure-2

 

State-wise number of candidates trained in ITIs under CTS from academic sessions 2014-15 to 2024-25

Sr. No

State/UTs

Number of candidates trained

Andaman and Nicobar Islands

4,949

Andhra Pradesh

5,81,584

Arunachal Pradesh

6,332

Assam

36,819

Bihar

11,11,169

Chandigarh

10,218

Chhattisgarh

2,13,968

Delhi

1,01,561

Goa

21,236

Gujarat

8,37,301

Haryana

5,38,038

Himachal Pradesh

2,23,310

Jammu and Kashmir

57,627

Jharkhand

3,51,673

Karnataka

7,76,609

Kerala

3,57,298

Ladakh

1,851

Lakshadweep

2,508

Madhya Pradesh

7,23,569

Maharashtra

12,62,781

Manipur

2,930

Meghalaya

6,896

Mizoram

4,073

Nagaland

2,218

Odisha

5,75,420

Puducherry

9,160

Punjab

44,6,120

Rajasthan

12,69,365

Sikkim

3,245

Tamil Nadu

4,04,462

Telangana

3,53,345

The Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu

5,053

Tripura

20,826

Uttar Pradesh

29,71,004

Uttarakhand

1,11,186

West Bengal

3,32,988

Total

1,37,38,692

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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