Government of India has, taking into account the existing vocational training facilities and realistic demand for skilled workers in the country, introduced a new Skills Policy.
‘A New Era of Social Justice’.
Its e emphasized that providing social security benefits to the unorganized sector workers was the biggest challenge before the Government of India.
A number of steps have been taken to achieve this goal, notable among them being the flagship programmes like RSBY and MGNREGA, establishment of Labour Welfare Funds and enactment of legislation to provide Social Security to unorganized workers.
- The aim of the Policy is to achieve rapid and inclusive growth through enhancing individuals’ employment prospects and ability to adapt to changing technologies and labour market demands, improving productivity and living standards of workers and strengthening global competitiveness of the country.
- In is expected that the ageing population phenomenon will globally create a skilled manpower shortage of approximately 56.5 million by 2020 and if skill development schemes of India succeed we would have a skilled manpower surplus of about 47 million by this time. India has set a target of creating 500 million skilled workers by 2022.
‘A New Era of Social Justice’.
Its e emphasized that providing social security benefits to the unorganized sector workers was the biggest challenge before the Government of India.
A number of steps have been taken to achieve this goal, notable among them being the flagship programmes like RSBY and MGNREGA, establishment of Labour Welfare Funds and enactment of legislation to provide Social Security to unorganized workers.
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