The Government has already formulated a National
Policy on Skill Development (NSDP) which was approved on 23rd
February, 2009.
The policy envisions a road map for skill development
in the country with a mission to empower all individuals through improved
skills which are nationally and internationally recognized so as to gain access
to decent employment and ensure India's
competitiveness in the global skills market. Following are the objectives of
the NSDP:
Create opportunities for all to acquire skills
throughout life, and especially for youth, women and disadvantaged groups.
Promote commitment by all stakeholders to own skill
development initiatives.
Develop a high-quality skilled workforce/entrepreneur
relevant to current and emerging employment market
needs.
Enable the establishment of flexible delivery
mechanism that respond to the characteristics of a wide range of needs of
standards.
Enable effective coordination between different
ministries, the Centre and the States and public and
also private skill providers.
NSDP has set a target for skill development of 500
million persons by year 2022 by involving all stake holders through concerned
Ministries and Departments.
Reasons
for formulating NSDP are as under:
The Eleventh Five-Year Plan stresses that the ability
to sustain labour-intensive growth depends crucially on the expansion of skill
capabilities and knowledge as driving forces of economic growth.
Potentially, the target group for skill development
comprises all those in the labour force, including those entering the labour
market for the first time (around 12.8 million annually), those employed in the
organized sector (26.0 million) and those working in the unorganized sector
(433 million) as on 2004-05. The current capacity of the skill development
programs is 3.85 million.
India has the advantage of 'demographic
dividend'. Harnessing the demographic dividend through appropriate skill
development efforts would provide an opportunity to achieve inclusion and also
productivity within the country as well as to meet the global skill
shortages.
The policy aims at empowering all individuals through
improved skills, knowledge and internationally comparable qualifications to
keep Indian skilled manpower at par with skilled manpower of other
developing/developed countries.
Shri Mallikarjun Kharge,
Minister of Labour and
Employment gave this information
in reply to a question in the Lok Sabha.
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