Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Skill Development Mission has issued notices to 93 training institutions for negligence in providing skill training to young people and failing to achieve their assigned targets. The action has been taken against institutions that have remained inactive or shown no progress in training activities.
Mission Director Pulkit Khare has directed the institutions to submit satisfactory explanations within one week. He has also warned that strict action will be taken against those failing to provide satisfactory responses within the stipulated period, in accordance with the prescribed rules.
The move is part of the state’s efforts to strengthen the monitoring of skill development programmes and ensure that training institutions fulfil their assigned responsibilities.
62 Training Institutions Inactive for Three Years Served Notices
Of the 93 institutions, 62 have been issued notices for not operating any training programme or project over the past three years.
These institutions have also remained inactive during the financial year 2026-27 and have not taken up any training targets at the district level.
The mission has taken note of their continued inactivity and failure to contribute to the state’s skill development initiatives.
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31 Institutions Show Zero Progress in Six Months
The remaining 31 training institutions have also received notices from Mission Director Pulkit Khare for failing to make progress against their assigned training targets.
These institutions were allocated training targets on April 1, 2026. However, even after six months, they had not started training activities.
Their progress against the allocated targets remained zero, prompting the mission to seek explanations for the delay and lack of action.
UP Skill Development Mission Warns of Strict Action
The mission has given all 93 institutions one week to submit satisfactory explanations.
Khare has warned that institutions failing to provide satisfactory replies within the stipulated period will face action in accordance with the applicable rules.
The Uttar Pradesh Skill Development Mission is increasing its focus on expanding training opportunities for young people while strengthening the monitoring of institutions. The targets assigned to training partners are being reviewed at different levels, and action is being initiated wherever negligence or a lack of progress is identified.
Through this monitoring exercise, the mission aims to ensure that training institutions remain active and deliver skill development programmes in line with their assigned targets.
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