(a) whether the Government has assessed the likely requirement of skilled labour force
in the country including the real estate services in the near future;
(b) if so, the details thereof, sector-wise;
(c) the measures taken by the Government to provide the required skilled labour force in
the country particularly in these sectors;
(d) whether any special scheme is being initiated in this regard; and
(e) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?
MINISTER OF STATE FOR LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT (SHRI KODIKUNNIL SURESH)
(a & b) A study has been conducted by National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) according
to which the incremental requirement of skilled labour in 21 high growth sectors by the year
2022 including real estate services is estimated to be 3470 lakhs by the year 2022. Sector-wise
detail is at annex-I.
(c to e) National Policy on Skill Development (NPSD) approved by the Government in February,2009
has set a target to skill 500 million persons by the year 2022 for all sectors, including real
estate Industry. This target is distributed amongst different Ministries & National Skill
Development Corporation (NSDC). Detail is at annex-II.
Various Ministries / Departments and National Skill Development Corporation have introduced
and are implementing various schemes to achieve targets assigned to them.