Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Rajiv Pratap Rudy launched the Human Resource and Skill Requirement reports across 24 sectors in India which will serve as the baseline for all skill development initiatives being planned across the country.

According to the findings of the reports, the incremental human resource requirement across these 24 sectors is nearly 109.73 million. The top 10 sectors account for about 80 percent of the requirements.

Speaking on the occasion, Rudy said that in line with the Prime Minister's vision of making India the skill capital of the world, this is yet another endeavour from his ministry. The idea behind the Skill Gap Studies is to understand which sectors are likely to face the biggest gaps. These reports are supposed to be used for the implementation of the recently announced Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY); for State Skill Missions, and for various other skill initiatives being planned across the country.

According to the implementation schedule for the National Skills Qualifications Framework (NSQF), a competency based framework that organises all qualifications according to a series of levels of knowledge, skills and aptitude, after 27th December, 2016 government funding would not be available for any training, educational programme, course which is not NSQF-compliant. All government funded training and educational institutions shall define eligibility criteria for admission to various course in terms of NSQF levels.

Rudy further stated that the recruitment rules of the government of India and PSUs of the Central Government shall be amended to define eligibility criteria for all positions in terms of NSQF levels. The State Governments and their PSUs shall also be encouraged to amend their recruitment rules on above lines. He said, after 27th December, 2018 it shall be mandatory for all training and educational programmes and courses to be NSQF compliant.

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