NEW DELHI: NITI Aayog is mapping India’s requirement for skilled workers and gaps in training in the country in key sectors, beginning with infrastructure areas such as telecom, power and highways. The exercise, which is to be completed in a time-bound manner, will help the government plan its initiatives better for reaching its target of skilling 400 million people by 2022.
A senior government official told ET that discussions are on with respective sector skill councils to map the requirement of skilled workforce in these areas over the next seven years as well as identify new skills that will be required in the sectors.
The mapping exercise of all key sectors is likely to be completed in the next six months, after which NITI Aayog will prepare sector-wise roadmap with targets to be achieved across sectors in the given time.
nfrastructure creation is a big focus area for the NDA government and it requires a large amount of skilled workforce to complete these projects in a time-bound manner. “We have started with telecom and energy, but going forward we will alsocover the 22 sectors identified by the government under the Make in India initiative,” the official said, requesting not to be named.
The ministry of skill development and entrepreneurship is partnering the Aayog in this initiative, he said. The Union government had allocated about Rs 5,040 crore for skill development across ministries in the previous budget and the amount is likely to be raised in the budget for 2016-17 in view of the robust targets set under the programme. The skills ministry has already outlined some 6,700 qualifications and 1,500 job roles.