Minister
of State (Independent Charge) for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Shri
Rajiv Pratap Rudy here today launched the Human Resource and Skill Requirement
reports across 24 sectors in India which will serve as the baseline for all
skill development initiatives being planned across the country.
According
to the findings of the reports, the incremental human resource requirement
across these 24 sectors is nearly 109.73* million whereby the top 10 sectors
account for about 80 percent of requirements.
Speaking
on the occasion, Shri Rudy said that in line with Prime Minister Shri Narendra
Modi’s vision of making India the skill capital of the world; this is yet
another endeavour from his ministry. He said, as the old adage goes, what
cannot be measured, cannot be corrected. The idea behind the Skill Gap Studies
is to understand which sectors are likely to face the biggest gaps. He said, it
is imperative for us to plan the skilling of future workforce of India on the
basis of these reports.
The
Minister said, these reports will be used for the implementation of the
recently announced Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY); for State Skill
Missions, and for various other skill initiatives being planned across the
country.
Shri
Rudy said, according to the implementation schedule for the National Skills
Qualifications Framework (NSQF) (a competency based framework that organises
all qualifications according to a series of levels of knowledge, skills and
aptitude), after 27th December, 2016 government funding would not be
available for any training, educational programme, course which is not
NSQF-compliant. He said, all government funded training and educational
institutions shall define eligibility criteria for admission to various course
in terms of NSQF levels. Shri Rudy said, the recruitment rules of the
government of India and PSUs of the Central Government shall be amended to
define eligibility criteria for all positions in terms of NSQF levels. The
State Governments and their PSUs shall also be encouraged to amend their
recruitment rules on above lines. He said, after 27th December, 2018
it shall be mandatory for all training/educational programmes/courses to be
NSQF compliant. All training and educational institutions shall define eligibility
criteria for admission to various courses in terms of NSQF levels.
Secretary, Ministry of
Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Shri Sunil Arora said, there is a
changing paradigm in skill training towards demand-driven training to ensure
employability and placement of the youth. While the reports give an insight on
the quantitative side of human resource requirement in each of the sectors, the
research has also led to useful qualitative findings in terms of highlighting
key job roles in the sector, existing skill gaps in the sectors, key
interventions required to map supply and demand, etc. He said, these will help the
Ministry to create a strategy to bind together the islands of excellence that
we already have in the country.
In his comments, MD and CEO of NSDC Shri Dilip Chenoy said, more
than 1000 industry experts, 19 Sector Skill Councils, 110 training institutions
and 1500+ trainees have been engaged for the studies.
The
reports were commissioned by National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) and
authored by consulting firm KPMG. The objective of these skill gap reports was
to understand the sectorial and geographical spread of skill requirements that
exist. The figures have been estimated on the basis of extensive stakeholder
engagement including small, medium and large enterprises in every sector as
well as Sector Skill Councils (SSCs), training providers in the skills space
and academia. The skill gap studies provide a granular data on the skill gaps for
two time periods- 2013-17 and 2017-22. Details are as follows:
S.No
|
Sector
|
Employment Base in 2013
(million)
|
Projected Employment by 2022
(million)
|
Incremental Human Resource Requirement
(2013-2022)
|
1
|
Auto
& Auto Components
|
10.98
|
14.88
|
3.9
|
2
|
Beauty
and Wellness
|
4.21
|
14.27
|
10.06
|
3
|
Food
Processing
|
6.98
|
11.38
|
4.4
|
4
|
Retail
|
38.6
|
55.73
|
17.13
|
5
|
Media
& Entertainment
|
0.4
|
1.3
|
0.9
|
6
|
Handlooms
& Handicrafts
|
11.65
|
17.79
|
6.14
|
7
|
Leather
and Leather Goods
|
3.09
|
6.81
|
3.72
|
8
|
Domestic
Help
|
6.00
|
10.88
|
4.88
|
9
|
Gems
& Jewellery
|
4.64
|
8.23
|
3.59
|
10
|
Telecommunication
|
2.08
|
4.16
|
2.08
|
11
|
Tourism,
Hospitality & Travel
|
6.96
|
13.44
|
6.48
|
12
|
Furniture
& Furnishing
|
4.11
|
11.29
|
7.18
|
13
|
Building,
Construction & Real Estate
|
45.42
|
76.55
|
31.13
|
14
|
IT
& ITES
|
2.77
|
5.12
|
2.35
|
15
|
Construction
Material & Building Hardware
|
8.3
|
11
|
2.7
|
16
|
Textile
& Clothing
|
15.23
|
21.54
|
6.31
|
17
|
Healthcare
|
3.59
|
7.39
|
3.8
|
18
|
Security
|
7.00
|
11.83
|
4.83
|
19
|
Agriculture
|
240.4
|
215.6
|
-24.8
|
20
|
Education/
skill development
|
13.02
|
17.31
|
4.29
|
21
|
Transportation
& Logistics
|
16.74
|
28.4
|
11.66
|
22
|
Electronic
& IT Hardware
|
4.33
|
8.94
|
4.61
|
23
|
Chemical
& Pharmaceuticals
|
1.86
|
3.58
|
1.72
|
24
|
BFSI
|
2.55
|
4.25
|
1.7
|
|
Grand Total
|
459.46
|
578.62
|
119.16
|
The
reports will be made available on the MSDE website (www.skilldevelopment.gov.in or www.msde.gov.in) and NSDC website (www.nsdcindia.org) by Monday, April 13, 2015.
*Considering
the overlap in the human resource requirement across number of sectors the
number is 119.73 million while the unique number for human resource requirement
is 109.73 million.
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