Question : Shortage of Skilled Manpower

(a) whether there is a shortage of skilled workers in the Civil Aviation sector in the country;

(b) if so, the details thereof and the reasons for the same along with the efforts being made by the Government in this regard;

(c) whether the Airports Authority of India has entered into a strategic partnership of skill development in the aviation sector and if so, the details thereof;

(d) the financial support extended during each of the last three years and the current year for the said purpose; and

(e) the number of youth benefited from said training during the said period?

The Minister of State in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION
(Shri Jayant Sinha)

(a) & (b): Due to the phenomenal growth in the civil aviation sector during last few years, a rising need for aviation-skilled manpower has been felt. In pursuance of the comprehensive skill-gap analysis conducted through a reputed management consultancy by the Ministry in 2016, which has projected a direct requirement in the civil aviation sector of about one million personnel by 2035, a road map for ''Aviation Education and Skill Building'' was incorporated and notified in the National Civil Aviation Policy in 2016. A number of initiatives have been taken to meet the requirements of industry-ready workforce which include establishment of the Rajiv Gandhi National Aviation University, launch of a standard and an accelerated Aircraft Maintenance Engineering (AME) Apprenticeship Programmes, a first-of-its-kind Aviation Multi Skill Development Centre (AMSDC) at Chandigarh supported by the National Skill Development Council (NSDC) and the Aerospace and Aviation Sector Skill Council (AASSC), and development of 38 job roles for aviation sector in accordance with the National Skill Qualification Framework (NSQF) in order to expand the pool of civil aviation professionals and to extend the reach of affordable vocational training in various aviation disciplines to students throughout India. The public and private corporates in the aviation sector also have a strong skilling ethos.

(c) to (e): Airports Authority of India (AAI) has signed a tripartite Memorandum of Agreement with NSDC and National Skill Development Fund (NSDF) and the AMSDC at Chandigarh has been set up under the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) obligations of AAI for the skill development of about 2,400 youth in eight aviation job roles over the next 3 years. AAI has provided financial support of Rs. 1.25 crore in 2017-18 and made a provision for Rs. 2.00 crore for 2018-19. A total of 81 candidates during 2017-18 and 386 during 2018-19 so far have benefited from the training.