Govt to identify skilled manpower needs; ropes in NSDC for skilling of urban poor
Updated: Oct 14, 2014 01:46:05pm
New Delhi, Oct 14 (KNN) The Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation (MHUPA) has convened a conference on October-20 of about one hundred leading employers to assess their skilled manpower requirements so as to undertake necessary skill development programmes for urban poor.
The meeting with leading employers, particularly, in manpower intensive sectors will help in identifying the different kinds of skills required by the different sectors, both qualitatively and quantitatively. Thereafter, Ministry of HUPA, in association with the states would plan for training and skill development programmes across the country, an official release said.
Over hundred companies from different sectors including automobiles and auto services, construction and infrastructure, electronics and electronic services, health care, ITES/BPO, retail, food processing, transport and logistics, facilities management, HR management, tourism and hospitality, STPs etc., besides industry associations have been invited for the Round Table Conference.
The initiative is a part of the ‘Deen Dayal Antyodaya Yojana (DAY)’ which the Central Government announced the launch of on September-25.
Under DAY, the Ministry of HUPA intends to undertake skill development of five lakh urban poor per year based on identified market needs. An expenditure of up to Rs 15,000/-per person is admissible under the ‘Employment through Skills Training and Placement (EST&P)’ component of DAY. First phase of DAY in urban areas is to be implemented till 2016-17.
Further, for effective and time bound execution of quality training programmes, the Ministry of HUPA has signed a Memorandum of Undertaking (MoU) with National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC).
“As per the MoU, NSDC will assist in training of urban poor as per market needs through its 90 Training Partners and 2,200 Training Centres spread across the country. NSDC will also help in identification of beneficiaries besides certification of training programmes through 31 Sector Skill Councils (SSCs). SSCs are industry led bodies that define the Occupation Standards and curriculum for different training programmes. So far, SSCS have created about 750 Qualification Packs and 2,200 National Occupation Standards,” the release said.
For the National Urban Livelihoods Mission (NULM), launched in September 2013, a provision of Rs 6,600 crore has been made under the 12th Five Year Plan. Most of this has to be utilized during 2014-17. For 2014-15, an expenditure of Rs 1,000 crore is targeted out of which Rs 500 crore is for skill upgradation. (KNN/ES)
The meeting with leading employers, particularly, in manpower intensive sectors will help in identifying the different kinds of skills required by the different sectors, both qualitatively and quantitatively. Thereafter, Ministry of HUPA, in association with the states would plan for training and skill development programmes across the country, an official release said.
Over hundred companies from different sectors including automobiles and auto services, construction and infrastructure, electronics and electronic services, health care, ITES/BPO, retail, food processing, transport and logistics, facilities management, HR management, tourism and hospitality, STPs etc., besides industry associations have been invited for the Round Table Conference.
The initiative is a part of the ‘Deen Dayal Antyodaya Yojana (DAY)’ which the Central Government announced the launch of on September-25.
Under DAY, the Ministry of HUPA intends to undertake skill development of five lakh urban poor per year based on identified market needs. An expenditure of up to Rs 15,000/-per person is admissible under the ‘Employment through Skills Training and Placement (EST&P)’ component of DAY. First phase of DAY in urban areas is to be implemented till 2016-17.
Further, for effective and time bound execution of quality training programmes, the Ministry of HUPA has signed a Memorandum of Undertaking (MoU) with National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC).
“As per the MoU, NSDC will assist in training of urban poor as per market needs through its 90 Training Partners and 2,200 Training Centres spread across the country. NSDC will also help in identification of beneficiaries besides certification of training programmes through 31 Sector Skill Councils (SSCs). SSCs are industry led bodies that define the Occupation Standards and curriculum for different training programmes. So far, SSCS have created about 750 Qualification Packs and 2,200 National Occupation Standards,” the release said.
For the National Urban Livelihoods Mission (NULM), launched in September 2013, a provision of Rs 6,600 crore has been made under the 12th Five Year Plan. Most of this has to be utilized during 2014-17. For 2014-15, an expenditure of Rs 1,000 crore is targeted out of which Rs 500 crore is for skill upgradation. (KNN/ES)
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