Government is about to set in motion, a VIRTUOUS circle ,
·
Starting with “ Apprenticeship
“
·
Moving on to “ On
the Job Training “
·
Leading to “ Employability “
·
Culminating in “ Jobs
“
Following news report describes how this circle will
get going :
Highlights :
#
Ministries involved ……………… HRD – Labour - Skill Development
# Eligibility…………………………… Final year Degree students in Humanities and
non-
technical courses
#
From …………………………………. Private and government-funded
higher education
institutes
# Apprenticeship Period………….. 6 – 10 months ( including “ On the Job “ training )
# Target …………………………… ……. 1 Million student in the
2019-20 academic session
# Govt
contribution to Stipend … 25 % upto Rs 1,500 per month
# Linkages
…………………………. …… Central PSUs – Sector Skill Councils – Big Industry
#
Long term Goal ………………… .. National
Integrated Apprenticeship Program for 8 million
students / year
# Funds
Provided …………………….. Rs 10,000 crore set
aside for National
Apprenticeship
Promotion Scheme
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Dear
Shri Dharmendra Pradhanji ,
Congratulations
on this long overdue initiative , which incorporates some of my suggestions
emailed to you earlier !
But
, this still falls far short of the target set by Shri Modiji while announcing the amendments to the
Apprenticeship Scheme in June 2016
At that time , Shri Narendra Modiji had said :
" LET'S MAKE INDIA THE SKILL CAPITAL OF THE WORLD "
He went on to add :
" By next decade, India will have 50 MILLION SURPLUS MANPOWER FOR EXPORT "
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This
should be read in the context of the Skills Development target that NSDC had set for itself in
2015 , which is :
“ To impart skills to 300 MILLION YOUTH BY 2022 ( approx 50 million / year ) “
It was in this context that in my email ( dt 06 June 2016 ) , I had suggested following :
[ source : Skill
Capital of the World ? ]
[ A ] What was “ missing “ in the
Amended Scheme ;
# Offset against
CSR ,( of the expense incurred by Companies on
Apprentice Scheme ) was NOT restricted
to only those Companies
which engaged apprentices in excess of
mandatory 2.5 % of employee
strength
# For 6 trades , training duration was NOT
reduced from 3 to 2 years
# Stipend payable was lower than specified 70%
/ 80 % / 90 % of
Semi-Skilled minimum wages
( of approx Rs 6000 per month )
# Minimum Mandatory limit was raised from 2.5
% to 5 %
# There was NO upper limit for engaging (
currently 10 % of employees )
[ B ] I had further suggested :
·
Turn this entire
exercise into a PROFIT MAKING proposition in the
hands
of PRIVATE SECTOR ( Individuals + Corporate + Start Ups )
·
Enable BLACK
MONEY to be invested in private sector SPVs called,
" XYZ Manpower Skilling SPV ",
with no questions asked as to the source of
funds invested ( domestic
or Foreign )
·
Grant INDUSTRY status to such
SPVs
·
In order to attract PRIVATE Individuals / Corporate, to
come forward
and set up these 50,000 SPVs ( before March
2018 ), provide a 10 year
TAX HOLIDAY , to " Manpower Skilling Industry "
- much in the same
way NITI Aayog has recommended for companies
investing in Electronics manufacturing
activities . And as against
expected creation of 20,000 jobs due to
this proposed policy in
Electronic Industry , my suggestion would
create 50 LAKH jobs @ 100
jobs / SPV !
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