To empower youth for gainful employment, Haryana Government has set a target to provide skill-based training to 21,000 youths at a cost of Rs 25 crore in the year 2016-17.
More than 80,000 people in Haryana have been imparted skill development training under the Haryana Skill Development Mission during 2015-16. This was informed in a meeting of the Governing Council of Haryana Skill Development Mission held under the chairmanship of Chief Secretary, DS Dhesi on Tuesday.
The Chief Secretary also launched the Mission website www.hsdm.org.in to provide information regarding training providers, training centers, courses and various skill schemes to stakeholders. Different skill schemes were also approved and decisions were taken for the smooth functioning of the Mission, said an official spokesman.
According to the Skill Gap Survey conducted by the NSDC, there was an estimated shortfall of 3.5 lakh skilled and five lakh semi-skilled manpower in retail, healthcare, construction, Information Technology (IT) and IT-enabled Services, transportation and logistics, manufacturing, banking, financial services and insurance (BFSI), automotives, sports, green jobs, beauty and wellness, agriculture and allied sectors in all the districts of the State.
It was informed that the Mission aims to provide skill training to 1,000 youth from each district in 2016-17 in various sectors as per skill gap survey and local industry requirements. The estimated training cost per trainee, including assessment and certification charges, would be between Rs 12,000 and Rs 15,000.
The future action plan of the Misison also includes the setting up of a Skill Development Centre (Swaran Jayanti Kaushal Vikas Kendra) in each district, establishment of Skill University in district Faridabad and setting up of Multi Skill Development Centres at Dhamlawas in Rewari, Sector 26 in Panchkula and in eight upcoming new Government Polytechnics.
It also includes establishment of a Technology Centre at newly constructed Government Polytechnic, Neemka in Faridabad by National Small Industry Corporation (NSIC) for imparting training to local entrepreneurs and skill training to unemployed local youth. It further includes setting up of three Centres of Excellence by Siemens Industry Software (India) Private limited, the proposal for which has been submitted to competent authority after concurrence of Chief Secretary, said the spokesman.