(a) whether there is shortage of skilled/unskilled manpower in the Country particularly
in the real estate and infrastructure sectors;
(b) if so, the details thereof and the action taken in this regard;
(c) whether this shortage has affected the progress of major infrastructure projects in
the country;
(d) if so, the details thereof during each of the last three years and the current year; and
(e) if not, the corrective measures taken by the Government in this regard?
MINISTER OF STATE FOR LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT (SHRI KODIKUNNIL SURESH)
(a) National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) has got studies conducted to assess,
incremental requirement of skilled manpower in 21 high sectors including real estate and
infrastructure structure sector. The sector wise incremental requirement of people by the
year 2022 estimated by these studies is at Annex-I.
(b) to (e) Government has taken various steps to ensure skilling of large number of people
in country including:
(i) A Cabinet Committee on Skill Development has been constituted on 10th June, 2013
(ii) National Skill Development Agency has been constituted on 07th June, 2013.
(iii) Target for skilling 5 Crore people in12th plan period has been set.
(iv) A decision has been taken to set up Credit Guarantee Fund to encourage Banks provide
credit to needy candidates for taking up vocational courses.
(v) National Skill Qualification Framework has been launched to provide upward mobility to
candidates doing vocational courses.
(vi) Training capacity to train 15.23 lakh candidates has been created through operationalizing
10,750 ITIs in the country.
(vii) 3.54 lakh seats have been identified for on the job training in various industries under
the Apprentices Act, 1961.
(viii) 8574 Vocational Training providers have been registered under Skill Development
Initiative Scheme under Modular Employability Skill for training in modular pattern and
23.14 lakh candidates have been trained and tested under the scheme from year 2007.