Tamil Nadu Expands Skill Development Network with New Centers

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Under the Govt. 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 & industry ready skills.

The schemes under SIM are being implemented across the country including the State of Tamil Nadu. Training Centres under these schemes are set up on need base. The details of district-wise number of Skill Development Centres in the State of Tamil Nadu under the schemes of MSDE is given at Annexure-I.

The details of number of candidates trained under the schemes of MSDE during the last five years from 2019-20 to 2023-24 in the State of Tamil Nadu is given at Annexure-II.

Further, placements were tracked in the Short Term Training (STT) component of PMKVY in the first three versions of the scheme which is PMKVY 1.0, PMKVY 2.0 and PMKVY 3.0 implemented from FY 2015-16 to FY 2021-22. Placement is delinked from PMKVY 4.0, the current version of the scheme under implementation from FY 2022-23, onwards.

The details of district-wise number of candidates trained and reported placed under STT component during 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21 & 2021-22 in the State of Tamil Nadu is given at Annexure-III.

Annexure-I

District-wise number of Skill Development Centres in the State of Tamil Nadu under PMKVY, JSS, NAPS, and CTS (ITI) (As on 30.06.2024)

S.	District	PMKVY	NAPS*	JSS	CTS (ITI)
1	Ariyalur	3	12	1	7
2	Chengalpattu	5	106	–	10
3	Chennai	24	583	–	18
4	Coimbatore	31	438	1	18
5	Cuddalore	10	51	–	28
6	Dharmapuri	9	25	–	4
7	Dindigul	14	51	–	13
8	Erode	14	114	–	15
9	Kallakurichi	1	10	–	10
10	Kanchipuram	11	390	1	9
11	Kanniyakumari	10	42	–	16
12	Karur	4	42	–	7
13	Krishnagiri	4	183	–	5
14	Madurai	18	178	1	14
15	Mayiladuthurai	–	10	—	9
16	Nagapattinam	13	34	1	8
17	Namakkal	16	29	1	11
18	Perambalur	6	22	–	7
19	Pudukkottai	6	37	–	17
20	Ramanathapuram	8	24	–	7
21	Ranipet	2	31	–	12
22	Salem	11	110	–	18
23	Sivaganga	8	26	–	11
24	Tenkasi	3	14	–	14
25	Thanjavur	11	47	1	21
26	The Nilgiris	5	42	–	7
27	Theni	6	29	—	11
28	Thiruvallur	16	213		18
29	Thiruvarur	8	23	1	13
30	Thoothukkudi	–	–	–	16
31	Tiruchirappalli	19	96	1	25
32	Tirunelveli	4	69	–	17
33	Tirupathur	2	30	–	5
34	Tiruppur	6	111	–	8
35	Tiruvannamalai	7	30	–	25
36	Tuticorin	3	53	–	–
37	Vellore	9	111	—	14
38	Villupuram	6	35		22
39	Virudhunagar	10	39	1	13

No

* Establishment Centers under NAPS.

Annexure-II

District-wise number of Trained Candidates under PMKVY in the State of Tamil Nadu under during 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23 and 2023-24

District	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23	2023-24
Ariyalur	3,794	2,159	805	–	480
Chengalpattu	–	–	1	–	140
Chennai	41,425	17,485	3,591	1,427	3,680
Coimbatore	13,569	3,374	1,628	574	2,922
Cuddalore	1,614	682	1,141	288	937
Dharmapuri	3,388	496	271	240	502
Dindigul	3,294	1,234	1,451	285	625
Erode	3,519	1,579	1,065	260	1,215
Kallakurichi	–	–	–	20	–
Kanchipuram	18,499	2,833	2,634	35	1,204
Kanniyakumari	4,690	452	21	40	727
Karur	2,134	632	670	210	456
Krishnagiri	9,292	2,155	270	270	1,131
Madurai	8,684	2,192	524	560	840
Nagapattinam	1,200	732	297	467	880
Namakkal	3,561	820	674	261	1,800
Perambalur	1,982	816	376	–	748
Pudukkottai	1,564	371	100	–	341
Ramanathapuram	2,341	780	1,015	351	–
Ranipet	–	–	59	–	517
Salem	6,273	1,904	490	–	613
Sivaganga	1,290	487	941	200	397
Tenkasi	–	–	–	–	25
Thanjavur	2,275	882	714	–	779
The Nilgiris	1,890	519	543	240	1,220
Theni	1,280	281	73	–	236
Thiruvallur	6,641	1,604	3,013	396	2,648
Thiruvarur	1,449	692	881	245	693
Tiruchirappalli	11,746	6,405	675	172	1,552
Tirunelveli	2,758	986	326	–	812
Tirupathur	–	–	270	70	443
Tiruppur	5,408	1,455	393	270	50
Tiruvannamalai	4,218	3,300	948	132	2,936
Tuticorin	1,321	395	214	–	386
Vellore	8,653	13,150	1,745	615	1,422
Villupuram	1,463	1,067	856	249	566
Virudhunagar	3,893	485	382	152	598

District-wise number of Trained Candidates under CTS in the State of Tamil Nadu under during 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 & 2023

District	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Ariyalur	862	675	589	486	535
Chengalpattu	984	796	684	632	689
Chennai	1897	1416	1188	1279	1386
Coimbatore	1394	1170	860	923	1050
Cuddalore	2745	2206	1623	1401	1876
Dharmapuri	445	413	327	292	277
Dindigul	1066	956	742	772	830
Erode	871	724	438	498	551
Kallakurichi	1041	951	809	746	795
Kanchipuram	497	440	231	263	323
Kanniyakumari	1088	973	821	682	823
Karur	372	285	230	244	288
Krishnagiri	642	612	395	483	468
Madurai	1797	1309	1137	1004	1309
Mayiladuthurai	648	423	191	286	368
Nagapattinam	987	825	595	553	655
Namakkal	666	535	326	306	368
Perambalur	461	399	266	301	295
Pudukkottai	1156	1125	768	715	873
Ramanathapuram	809	630	510	434	614
Ranipettai	744	734	556	502	642
Salem	1664	1409	1396	1196	1112
Sivaganga	707	556	359	383	495
Tenkasi	987	699	572	590	702
Thanjavur	2204	1787	1014	1215	1442
The nilgiris	397	279	248	222	239
Theni	848	809	661	674	825
Thiruvallur	1517	932	789	819	842
Thiruvarur	725	504	290	432	474
Thoothukkudi	1427	1134	818	829	965
Tiruchirappalli	2647	2242	1639	1671	1891
Tirunelveli	1143	923	937	771	831
Tiruppathur	438	315	151	237	249
Tiruppur	490	565	545	450	531
Tiruvannamalai	1561	1370	1164	1060	1432
Vellore	1135	885	672	651	707
Villupuram	1216	973	612	587	691
Virudhunagar	1324	1062	615	574	830

District-wise number of Trained Candidates under JSS in the State of Tamil Nadu under during 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23 and 2023-24

District	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23	2023-24
Chennai	–	–	–	–	380
Kanchipuram	1838	1372	1781	1786	1800
Madurai	1600	1140	1800	2700	1800
Nagapattinam	1761	1800	1800	2699	1800
Namakkal	1800	1800	1800	2700	1800
Sivaganga	1804	1575	1682	2699	1800
Thiruvarur	1800	1800	1800	2700	1800
Tiruchirappalli	1819	1400	1800	1800	1800
Virudhunagar	1822	840	1582	2700	1800

District-wise number of Trained Candidates under NAPS in the State of Tamil Nadu under during 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23 and 2023-24

District	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23	2023-24
Ariyalur	30	93	76	205	90
Chengalpattu	—	401	1,487	4,414	7,798
Chennai	6,737	6,399	11,382	16,595	24,301
Coimbatore	352	2,781	7,339	8,325	8,557
Cuddalore	1,062	838	1,377	1,256	1,667
Dharmapuri	1	38	199	258	143
Dindigul	18	107	268	646	813
Erode	330	227	969	1,132	1,419
Kallakurichi	–	–	13	77	16
Kanchipuram	906	7,145	11,435	18,881	29,933
Kanniyakumari	24	154	229	236	247
Karur	86	77	224	436	206
Krishnagiri	526	1,222	3,589	4,100	7,509
Madurai	222	358	795	1,553	1,660
Mayiladuthurai	–	–	33	87	47
Nagapattinam	8	120	166	83	73
Namakkal	21	23	218	118	82
Perambalur	89	17	173	230	361
Pudukkottai	58	213	482	887	1,004
Ramanathapuram	2	93	39	71	52
Ranipet	–	227	383	647	771
Salem	94	142	692	846	495
Sivaganga	137	95	362	155	183
Tenkasi	–	4	7	26	13
Thanjavur	15	237	488	381	248
The Nilgiris	26	32	167	112	129
Theni	1	29	90	73	55
Thiruvallur	256	447	2,357	4,196	7,090
Thiruvarur	1	31	81	31	40
Tiruchirappalli	801	739	1,832	1,928	1,991
Tirunelveli	120	137	432	520	858
Tirupathur	–	571	144	74	418
Tiruppur	157	424	896	2,133	983
Tiruvannamalai	–	39	412	468	578
Tuticorin	83	167	338	187	222
Vellore	1,287	1,081	489	487	751
Villupuram	85	162	189	340	296
Virudhunagar	71	42	132	133	402

Annexure-III

District-wise number of Reported Placed Candidates under PMKVY in the State of Tamil Nadu during 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22

District	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22
Ariyalur	447	435	759	562	238
Chennai	1929	1505	1669	841	367
Coimbatore	2240	2327	1626	32	22
Cuddalore	1711	1064	1238	174	114
Dharmapuri	498	695	858	381	108
Dindigul	993	1307	984	123	188
Erode	1977	3468	1320	412	180
Kanchipuram	1165	989	1677	414	283
Kanniyakumari	802	885	1001	70	76
Karur	1238	1185	481	81	3
Krishnagiri	243	113	1163	183	209
Madurai	1735	1226	1348	113	108
Nagapattinam	496	125	424	130	155
Namakkal	3047	5110	1529	95	2
Perambalur	1167	1004	1150	505	186
Pudukkottai	1024	369	289	0	77
Ramanathapuram	468	721	757	165	218
Salem	2067	1922	986	42	2
Sivaganga	479	1331	423	67	90
Thanjavur	591	1509	833	123	131
The Nilgiris	225	350	366	0	0
Theni	708	1311	1081	102	20
Thiruvallur	3806	2232	1685	155	194
Thiruvarur	73	577	258	93	60
Tiruchirappalli	2266	2509	1929	352	153
Tirunelveli	1731	2045	633	138	40
Tiruppur	1423	1521	1361	254	189
Tiruvannamalai	1268	642	1251	22	55
Tuticorin	821	430	1456	7	51
Vellore	1218	1709	818	89	188
Villupuram	1192	597	1111	128	97
Virudhunagar	1001	867	1799	163	61