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Despite some resistance from various ministries, the government is finalising the contours of the new ministry of skill development and entrepreneurship which will take over skilling initiatives from all other government agencies.

A decision on its final shape is expected soon, said three officials familiar with the development. The Cabinet Secretariat is expected to make changes in the Allocation of Business Rules of the government to allow agencies related to skilling and entrepreneurship to be consolidated into the new ministry.

The need for skills is urgent, a separate ministry is warranted.

With the establishment of a Central ministry for skill development and entrepreneurship, the Narendra Modi government has gone into silobreaking mode. This is welcome. The move wrests the core elements of the prime minister’s vision for growth from various ministries and pools them under one minister, Sarbananda Sonowal, and under one budget, which could be in the region of Rs 25,000 crore

The government has set up NSDC under Companies Act 1956 to train 150 million persons by the year 2022 and to promote participation of private players.
NEW DELHI: The government has set up National Skill Development Agency to coordinate and harmonise its skill development efforts with private sector, Lok Sabha was informed today.
Minister of State for Labour and Employment Vishnu Deo Sai told the House in a written reply that NSDA has been working closely with states and advising them on effectively implementing skills programmes at state-level.

NEW DELHI: The government has set up National Skill Development Agency to coordinate and harmonise its skill development efforts with private sector, Lok Sabha was informed today.

Minister of State for Labour and Employment Vishnu Deo Sai told the House in a written reply that NSDA has been working closely with states and advising them on effectively implementing skills programmes at state-level.

The government has set up National Skill Development Agency to coordinate and harmonise its skill development efforts with private sector, Lok Sabha was informed today.

Minister of State for Labour and Employment Vishnu Deo Sai told the House in a written reply that NSDA has been working closely with states and advising them on effectively implementing skills programmes at state-level.

Sarbananda Sonowal says the funds are for training of Indians as part of govt’s Skilling India mission to create a job ready workforce for the industry
It is necessary to ensure that industry be made a major partner in the government’s Skilling India mission, a plan to train 500 million people by 2022, Sonowal said.

NEW DELHI: Riding on the success of the skill development programme launched last year, Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Monday allocated Rs 1,000 crore to the National Skill Development Trust to scale up the programme.

“The scheme was launched in August 2013 and has been widely hailed as a success. I propose to transfer anotherRs 1,000 crore next year to enable the trust to scale up the NSDC programme rapidly,” Chidambaram said in his interim budget speech, adding that 

a similar amount allocated last year will be wholly transferred to the trust.

In order to leverage the demographic dividend, the government had last year announced the National Skill Certification and Monetary Reward Scheme to encourage youth to voluntarily enroll in institutions by providing them an incentive of Rs 10,000 to undergo training.

The idea was to train 10 lakh youth within a year from the date of implementation of scheme. Besides, the government allocated Rs 100 crore to the India Inclusive Innovation Fund under the ministry of micro, small and medium enterprises.

The fund, which was launched recently with an initial corpus of Rs 500 crore, will encourage grass root innovations to help the poor. This fund is expected to be scaled up to Rs 5,000 crore. Sam Pitroda-led National Innovation Council and ministry set up the fund.

Source:http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2014-02-18/news/47451418_1_500-crore-india-inclusive-innovation-fund-100-crore

To address the challenge of shortage of skilled workforce in construction sector, the Construction Skill Development Council of India (CSDCI) aims to train at least 3 lakh workers over next one year under a programme.

CSDCI, constituted under the National Skill Development Corporation, is promoted by Construction Federation of India, Builders’ Association of India, National Highways Builders Federation and Confederation of Real Estate Developers Association of India.

“There is a severe shortage of skilled labour in the construction industry. We are working towards creating more and more competent people so as to ensure quality and compliance is delivered,” CSDCI chairman Ajit Gulabchand told reporters here.

The Council has been set up with an aim to create occupational standards and competency levels for job roles as well as to issue guidelines and facilitate training and certificate of trainers and assessors.

“We want to ensure that competency-based training is delivered through all training institutions in the country. We also want more and more such institutes to be set up to create skilled labour. To begin with, our aim is to train and certify nearly 3 lakh workers in the next one year,” he said.

The Council has embarked on a plan to develop skills for the sector with six specific trades of mason, bar bender and fixer, scaffolder, carpenter, laboratory technician and assistant laboratory technician.

“Every year the programme will scale-up adding new skills, ultimately taking to about 500 odd skills to be developed in the construction sector. We will set up training standards and facilitate training institutes across the nation,” Gulabchand said.

CSDCI will work jointly with large private companies and institutions to devise industry-based curriculum, set training standards, offer good quality vocational training, and provide industry-endorsed certification.

“We will work out training mechanisms to develop modules for trainers and eventually conduct certification of trainers as well as for workers. We plan to certify around 1.14 crore trainees and train 1.98 lakh trainers over 10 years.

Source : http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/csdci-to-train-3-lakh-workers-in-next-1-year-114032700952_1.html

With the target to train 3 lakh workers in the next fiscal out of the current 3.5 crore unskilled workers, the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) is dreaming big. And, the Construction Skills Summit held last week in Mumbai unveiled the council’s training plans for the next fiscal.

Mumbai: To address the long burgeoning challenge of availability of skilled workforce, the Construction Skills Development Council of India (CSDCI) today announced plans to train around three lakh workers over the next year.

“Ours is a country which puts large workforce without training them,” states Ajit Gulabchand, Chairman of the CSDCI adding that the council is trying to create competency standards for training.

One of 18 Sector Skill Councils approved by the National Skill Development Corporation till date, CSDCI would focus on developing the skills for the construction sector with six specific trades of mason, bar bender and fixer, scaffolder, carpenter, laboratory technician and assistant laboratory technician.

“Every year the programme will scale-up adding new skills, ultimately taking to about 500 odd skills to be developed in the construction sector,” informs Gulabchand.

CSDCI aims to develop, establish, standardize and sustain industry competency frameworks, skill levels, occupational standards, create and deliver capacity, investment and skilling outcomes which shall meet or exceed construction industry expectations.

“The objective of CSDC is to create national occupational standards for trainers and assessors,” states Gulabchand.

The council would focus on the manpower requirements of the real estate (residential, commercial, and industrial as well as SEZ) sector, and infrastructure arena, utilities like power and irrigation, urban infrastructure, and transportation (railways, civil aviation, roadways, and ports).

“Hiring of the best competent worker for a particular function has to be performed is the only criteria prescribed by National Skill Development Corporation. We need best people to be deployed so that the quality, timeliness and cost come out effectively,” opines  S Ramadorai, Chairman of National Skill Development Corporation.

The Council will set up training standards and facilitate training institutes across the nation. It will work jointly with large private companies and institutions to devise industry-based curriculum, set training standards, offer good quality vocational training, and provide industry-endorsed certification.

“It will help create a skill development plan, set specific competency standards, work out training  mechanism to develop modules for trainers and conduct certification of trainers as well as for workers,” highlights Gulabchand.

CSDCI, with a corpus of Rs 140 lakh with grant of Rs3.2 crore from National Skill Development Council, plans to certify around 1.14 crore trainees and train 1.98 lakh trainers over a 10 year period.

“A wonderful programme has been launched today making it successful is our job,” opines Gulabchand.

This skill development council is being promoted by four industry bodies i.e. CREDAI, Builders’ Association of India, Construction Federation of India and National Highways Builders Federation.