Vocational Training and Coaching for STs

Scheme of Coaching for Scheduled Tribes and Vocational Training in Tribal Areas are need based and demand driven.  Funds are released to State Governments/NGOs/Other agencies on receipt of complete proposals, recommendation of State Level Committee alongwith inspection report of District Collector and subject to availability of funds under these Schemes.  The state-wise and year-wise details indicating the number of beneficiaries during the last three years and the current year is given below:

State wise No. of beneficiaries covered during 2009-10 to 2012-13 under the scheme of coaching for STs:

S. NO.	Name of the State	Year 2009-10		Year 2010-11		Year 2011-12
		No. ofBeneficaries		No. of Beneficaries		No. ofBeneficaries
1	Chhattisgarh	160		0		0
2	Delhi	160		40		40
3	Gujarat	0		0		80
4	Jharkhand	120		80		80
5	Kerala	0		0		40
6	Maharashtra	0		0		40
7	Madhya Pradesh	310		160		160
8	Manipur	40		80		40
9	Odisha	40		40		0
10	Tripura	40		0		0
11	Tamil Nadu	0		40		0
12	Rajasthan	226		40		200
13	West Bengal	40		40		40
Total		1136		520		720
Note :  No funds under the scheme have been released during the current year   2012-13.

No. of VTCs  and number of trainees for which grant-in-aid released to State & No. of VTCs and number of trainees for which grant-in-aid released to NGOs.
S.No	Name of the State	No. of VTCs  and number of trainees for which grant-in-aid released to State Govts.			No. of VTCs and number of trainees for which grant-in-aid released to NGOs.
		2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12
		Trainees	Trainees	Trainees	Trainees	Trainees	Trainees
1	Andhra Pradesh	0	0	800	0	0	0
2	Assam	0	500	0	180	100	200
3	Chhattishgarh	0	0	477	0	0	0
4	Gujarat	0	1300	0	0	0	0
5	Karnataka	0	0	0	100	80	0
6	Madhya Pradesh	0	1000	1000	0	100	0
7	Meghalaya	0	0	700	100	0	0
8	Mizoram	0	500	0	0	0	0
9	Nagaland	0	0	0	200	60	60
10	Tamil Nadu	0	0	0	0	100	0
	Total	0	3300	2977	580	440	260
Note:   No funds under the scheme have been released during the current year 2012-13. This information was given by the Minister of State for Tribal Affairs Shri Mahadeo Singh Khandela in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.