India has potential to emerge as world’s skill capital “

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Bhubaneswar, Sept 26

 

Union Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship

Rajiv Pratap Rudy on Saturday claimed that the Country has the potential to emerge as the human resources skill capital of the world.

He said only 4.5 per cent of its total workforce is skilled now.

Rudy’s observation came while addressing the 50th convention of Federation of Hotel and Restaurant Association of India (FHRAI) here.

He said, though China has moved forward in manufacturing, India’s strength lies in its diversity, talented human resources and English language base.

The country has the potential to emerge as the world’s human resource skill capital. And nobody can stop us, Rudy said.

Noting that Korea’s 96 per cent workforce is skilled, the minister said only 4.5 per cent of India’s work force has been considered as skilled. China has 46 per cent skilled man power, USA 58 per cent, Germany 70 per cent, UK 68 per cent and Japan 80 per cent, Ruddy said.

He said that only basic degrees are not sufficient to get employment.

Twelve years in schools and colleges may not provide employment, but the skill training of 12 months ensures that, the Union Minister said adding India required a huge investment in the skill development sector.

 

While 250 million people working in different sectors

immediately require skill training, every year 12 million join

them. Therefore, the country required to train at least 310

million people in next five years which involved a huge

investment.

As 70 per cent of the workforce is not in a position to

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finance their skill development training, the government would take care of it, he said.

He said Rs five lakh crore will be required to train 310 million people If Rs 20,000 is spent per head in five years.

He urged the hotel owners to impart training to youths in hospitality sector.

 

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