Lok Sabha Question No. 1952 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-13
Subject: Shortage of Workforce
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: M. P. Abdussamad Samadani

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1952

TO BE ANSWERED ON 13.03.2023

## SHORTAGE OF WORKFORCE

1952   Dr. M.P. ABDUSSAMAD SAMADANI:

Will the Minister of SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has identified the countries facing a shortage of workforce;
- (b) if  so,  whether the Government has any plan to train and supply the workforce to these countries through Indian missions of respective countries; and
- (c) whether the Government plan to consider and giving priority to the returned expatriates in this regard?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

(SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

- (a) Yes  Sir,  NSDC-  International  under  the  aegis  of  MSDE  has  conducted  a  study  to ascertain skilled workforce requirement in the following 16 countries: Australia, Bahrain, Canada, Germany,  Japan,  Kingdom  of  Saudi  Arabia,  Kuwait,  Malaysia,  Oman,  Qatar,  Romania, Singapore, Sweden, United States of America, United Arab Emirates, and United Kingdom. It is estimated that there will  be  global  demand  of  3.7  million  skilled  and  trained  workforce  in  the coming five years in these countries.
- (b) Indian Missions in the identified focus countries are a pivot to this Ministry's outreach to the foreign Governments/organizations for bilateral engagementsG2G  and B2Bfor cooperation in the field of Skill Development.  Through such engagements MSDE aims to ease mobility of skilled workforce from India to bilateral partners. NSDC under the aegis of MSDE has also  signed  Business  to  Business  Agreements  with  business  entities  of  various  countries  to facilitate  overseas  mobility  of  Indian  skilled  workforce,  capacity  building  of  trainers,  employer engagements, etc.

Further, in consonance with the budget announcement for the current FY, the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) has proposed to set up 30 Skill India International Centres  across  different  States  to  skill  the  youth  for  international  opportunities  and  Indian Missions will play critical role for facilitating employer connects in destination countries.

Further,  Ministry  of  Skill  Development  and  Entrepreneurship  (MSDE)  along  with  Ministry  of External  Affairs  (MEA),  Ministry  of  Commerce  and  Industry  (MoCI)  and  Ministry  of  Education (MoE) jointly organized the 1 st Virtual Global Skills Summit on 15 th of November 2022 with the Indian Ambassadors/High Commissioners representing Indian Missions of ten countries, namely Australia,  France,  Germany,  Japan,  Malaysia,  Mauritius,  Singapore,  Tanzania,  United  Arab Emirates, and United Kingdom.  In the summit the way forward to position India as a Skill Hub of the world by leveraging its demographic advantage and vibrant skill ecosystem was discussed.

- (c) MSDE is providing up-skilling and reskilling opportunities to the youth, including returned expatriates,  through  various  skilling  initiatives  such  as  Pradhan  Mantri  Kaushal  Vikas  Yojana (PMKVY),  Jan  Sikshan  Sansthan,  National  Apprenticeship  Promotion  Scheme  (NAPS)  and Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs).

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