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March 29, 2024

KARWAR MIRROR

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Can Skill development solve the problem of unemployment ?

Those days are gone where we used to say that for greater production we were in need of only four factors namely land, labour, capital & organisation. Because, at that time production was said to be the outcome of all these factors. However it is said to be the traditional system of production. There was coordination between all these factors for only greater of production, but not the better production. At that time only production of more quantity than quality was given due regards. However now a days there is a need of producing goods suiting to the needs of modern generation. That too in the 21st century man is more interested in innovative products. It is mainly because of change in the wants of human beings for producing such goods there is a need of modern machineries, qualitative raw materials, innovation & skill. In these the more importance is given to skill.
Meaning of Skill :
Skill means an ability to do any work in a perfect manner. It is mainly applicable to any work which a person undertakes for the sake of livelihood. It may be either technical or managerial. In other words, it is the talent to do any work without any trial and error with intelligence, competence, accomplishment and knack. Such labour becomes an asset on the part of nation, because it maximises output by minimising cost of production. As a result commodities and services can be sold at a reasonable price both in domestic and international market.
It encourages further production by raising the profit margin of the producers. So GDP rises leading to rise in the total income of the country.

Earlier, in India general education was given importance in the process of production. But now skill has been given very much  importance. The present  Government is of the opinion that  for our good  health, better happiness and best  prosperity, skill development is the only  alternative.

Establishment of New Ministry :
To give importance to the skill, the present Government has established a separate ministry called Skill development and Entrepreneurship
Ministry. At present it is working with 37 Regional Skill Boards, 235 Trainee Partnership Organisation and 3611 Training Centres spread all over the country.
Labour rich country :
India is a labour rich country. Not only that we have 50% of population consists of youths below the age of 25 years. And they are eager to do any work suiting to their requirement and skill. But they need opportunity to develop skill and training. All of them come under working group and therefore they are in need of skill and training in that skill if at all we have to solve the problem of their unemployment and to stop the waste of man days.
In India every year nearly 30 lakh people come under the category of working group. We have to provide proper training to them to include under the productive labour group. So providing them proper training in the name of skill development is the need of the hour. We have to call such training as skill development plan in India. Here afterwards it will be a supplementary programme to other programmes like “ Make in India”, Digital India and Smart India programmes.
Nature of Labour market:
It is unfortunate to say that in Indian labour market, organised labour consists of only 17% of the total labour force. But those of unorganised labour around 83% know only reading & writing and lack basic any skill. They go for different type of manual works and earn a meager amount of wages .There is a need of providing basic knowledge and training depending upon their field of work. However skill development and training is not only for the educated persons but also to other unskilled manual labour. They include potters, carpenters, agricultural labourers, fishermen, dairy farmers, bee keepers, blacksmith, goldsmith, photographers etc. By getting such training they can improve their business.
In 2013, Government passed National skill eligibility Framework, to bring together both higher education & common profession. In that if we try to include railway infrastructure, Dept.of defence, and agricultural sector etc, it is possible to bring wonderful change in the quality and quantity of output that we produce. Then there will be fall in the cost of production on the one hand and raise the speed of growth in our GDP. By that way it is possible to solve the problem of unemployment, problem of adverse balance of payment on the one hand and inflation and stagnation in growth on the other.
Some of the skill development schemes includes:
*Craftsmen training Scheme
*Craft instructor training scheme
*Apprenticeship training under apprenticeship Act 1961
*Advanced vocational Training Scheme
*Voctional Training programme for women
*Trade Testing
*Polytechnics
*Pradhan Mantri Yuva Yojana
*Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana
*Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act etc.
Conclusion :
Any way Skill development is the need of the hour. It can act like a panacea for all sorts of problem haunting India from different angle. Of course, Government has made a beginning in this regard by introducing subjects like Business communication and computer basics in curriculum of schools and colleges. In the new education policy also Government has assigned importance to the skill development programme. Further, there is a need of establishing some study centres for training the candidates for competitive examination like IAS, IFS, Banking examinations etc. If it is done one day India would be a Hub or “Capital City for Human Resources” to the entire World.

Dr.S.D.Naik,
Professor of Economics
K.H.B,Karwar.