Skill Development Programmes for Girls in West Bengal The Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Shri Rajiv Pratap Rudy has said that there are a number of skill development schemes across various sectors being implemented by Central Ministries/Departments. The data on the girls covered under these skill development programmes is not maintained centrally. However, most of these schemes have special provisions to promote the participation in skill development programmes by all socio-economic groups, including women. 30% of all the seats for the courses in all Government and Private ITIs are reserved for women candidates which includes girls as well. He said, further, there are 402 Government Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) exclusively for women. Furthermore, Government has set up ten Regional Vocational Training Institutes (RVTIs) including one in Kolkata, West Bengal and one National Vocational Training Institute (NVTI) (at Noida, Uttar Pradesh) in Central Sector for skill Development of Women including girls across the Country. In a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today the Minister said, further, the Government has set up the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) as a Public Private Partnership (PPP) entity to promote private training providers for setting up skill development centres across the Country. As on 30th November, 2015, NSDC training partners have enrolled 5.32 lakh candidates through 6,380 training centres across 29 States and 5 Union Territories in 570 Districts across the Country. In 2015-16, as on 31st October, 2015, NSDC training partners have trained a total of 1,55,236 women candidates across the Country out of which 54,456 have got placement. This includes West Bengal where 10,711 women candidates have been trained and 4,196 got placement.
