Local administration will be asked to help deploy unskilled labour locally while the skilled workforce will be re-skilled and connected to relevant industries over the next few months after certification.
The government has begun drawing up a plan to register over 10 million migrant workers as per their skills in states including Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Jharkhand.
The mapping plan will attempt to classify them as per their skill sets and a skilling plan would be drawn accordingly.
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A government official told ET that the ministry of skill development and entrepreneurship is in talks with the rural development ministry to assist them in carrying out the mammoth exercise.
The exercise will be carried out with the help of local administration, the official said.
Local administration will be asked to help deploy unskilled labour locally while the skilled workforce will be re-skilled and connected to relevant industries over the next few months after certification.
This will help workers earn a livelihood and may immediately provide industries the much needed workforce to kick-start full production.
Source: Economic Times
