(a) whether any assessment has been made regarding the requirement of
additional skilled manpower to achieve the target of power generation in the
Twelfth Five Year Plan;
(b) if so, the details thereof; and
(c) the steps taken by the Government to meet the shortage of manpower in
the power sector?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF POWER
( SHRI K.C. VENUGOPAL )
(a) & (b) : Yes, Madam. The Working Group on Power for formulation of the
12th Five Year Plan has made an assessment of manpower requirement for
achieving the target of power generation in the 12th Five Year Plan. It has
projected additional requirement of 3.13 lakh technical personnel and 0.95 lakh
non-technical personnel during 12th Plan.
(c) : Government in 2009 has formulated a National Policy on Skill
Development to cater to skill manpower requirement in all traits. The policy
mandates skilling 500 million persons by 2022 which was distributed among
various Ministries and Departments with major share of responsibility of
training falling on National Skill Development Corporation (150 million), Ministry
of Labour and employment (100 million) and Ministry of HRD (50 million). States
and Union Territories have been requested to set up their own State Skill
Development Missions (SSDM). Planning Commission has informed that all
States have set up SSDM under their Chief Ministers or Chief Secretaries.
The Ministry of Power and the Central Electricity Authority (CEA)
has `Adopt an ITI` initiative. As per the information available with the CEA,
Central Power Sector Undertakings (CPSUs) have adopted 60 ITIs. For the
training and skill development of in-service personnel and induction training of
new entrants, there are seventy three training institutes recognized by CEA
across the country. Among these, there are nine Institutes of National Power
Training Institute.