Starting a Virtuous Circle
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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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