With automotive industry as an integral part of the growing economy of India, the government is bracing up for electric mobility by assigning a special workforce, which is expected to introduce 10 million jobs in the electrifying transport sector.
Eyeing global market for mobility solutions, the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship is formulating a program focussed to fulfil the growing demand in the electric mobility industry. This includes working professionals skilled in various verticals of electric vehicles — design, battery, testing, manufacturing and management, and services and infrastructure — to transform the existing mobility system in India.
The EVs can ramp up the economic opportunities to 80%, ET Auto reported.
The initiative comes in the back of the National Electric Mobility Mission Plan introduced in 2013 that aimed to get nearly 7 million e-vehicles on road by 2020. Given that, the Automotive Mission Plan 2026 is expected to increase the workforce headcount in the auto sector to 65 million.
Source: Business Insider
