Indian textiles sector to employ 62mn by 2022: Report

The overall employment in the Indian textile and clothing sector is expected to increase from the current 33 to 35 million to about 60 to 62 million by 2022, according to a latest report.
‘Human Resource and Skill Requirements in the Textile Sector (2022) – A Report’ prepared by the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) states that there would be an additional human resource requirement of about 25 million persons, of which the mainstream textile and clothing sector has the potential to employ around 17 million people incrementally till 2022.
The mainstream textile and clothing sector comprises of spinning, fabric manufacturing, fabric processing and garmenting. The related industries include handloom, woolen, sericulture, handicrafts and jute sectors.
“The human resource requirement in mainstream textile and clothing sector is expected to be closely related to market driven textile and apparel industry growth,” the report states.
However, the human resource requirement in areas such as handloom and handicrafts would have to be supplemented by initiatives from the Indian Government and the textile and apparel industry, according to the report.
It states that the total employment in fabric manufacturing in India is estimated to reach 11 million by 2022. Similarly, fabric processing is expected to employ 600,000 people, garmenting is estimated to employ around 16 million, while the employment in the spinning industry is expected to reach 3 million by 2022.
The addition of human resource into other related sectors would be at a much lower rate compared to the mainstream sectors due to need for significant support for earnings, scope for enhanced technology intervention and automation as compared to current levels, the need to add value, and attractiveness of the sector among the human resource supply, mentions the report.
Fibre2fashion News Desk – Indiasource: http://www.fibre2fashion.com / Home> News / August 30th, 2013

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  1. Rejoice You Jobless !

    In Aug 2013 , India’s Finance Minister announced a scheme called ,

    “ National Skills Certification and Monetary Reward Scheme “

    Here are the highlights of the schame :

     To impart skills to 500 million youth by 2022 ( i.e. 50 million / year )

     Of these,

    • Private Sector to train 150 million

    • 18 Central Ministries to train 350 million

     Scheme will provide employment as well as post-placement hand-holding for 1-2 years

     A youth trained by an accredited institution will be required to appear for a national skill test before getting a certificate and reward of Rs 10,000 from the Government . Towards this , Govt has set aside Rs 1,000 Crores / year for 1 million trainees

    Now , could the Minister be ignorant of the following ?

     For some 62 years , we have a Apprentice Act ( 1951 )

     Under this Act , private / public sector companies are required to train apprentices in different trades / crafts , for periods of 1 /2 / 3 years

     At the end of such training , trainees are required to appear for their NCTVT exams and pass , to get certificates

     Already thousands of Central / State Govt Industrial Training Institutions ( ITI ) are also imparting such skills training to youths who may or may not have passed 10th standard

     Most companies are using this Act/Scheme to engage such “ Trainees “ in place of permanent workers , to reduce labor costs

    But the Minister does admit that , notwithstanding past efforts on such a massive scale , country as a whole , created only 20 million jobs in 5 years ( 2004-2009 ) ! A meager 4 million / year !

    May be the Minister hopes that this time around , the Magic Wand of a reward of Rs 10,000 , will create a miracle !
    Only his arithmetic does not seem to add-up !
    Every year , 50 million trainees will add-up to a reward of Rs 50,000 Crores !
    Hopefully , the arithmetic will get corrected in time for 2014 National Elections !

     hemen parekh

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