Chennai : Tamil Nadu foresees a whopping 48 per cent shortfall in workforce by 2025. This was revealed in “Skill Gap Assessment and Action Plan for Tamil Nadu”, a first-of-its-kind comprehensive study conducted by Tamil Nadu Skill Development Corporation (TNSDC). The study, a copy of which is available with Express, estimates that the State will have an incremental skilled labour demand of around 5.34 lakh during 2019-21 and 7.99 lakh during 2022-25 in priority sectors. This totals to an additional demand of around 13.33 lakh skilled workers. Concurrently, semi-skilled demand will be 7.81 lakh and 11.64 lakh for these years respectively.
Vishnu Venugopalan, Managing Director, TNSDC, told Express, on the sidelines of Investment and Skill Development Conclave, where Chief Minister Edapaddi K Palaniswami released the document, said TN is the only State which has carried out such an exercise and has come-up with a definitive plan to address the problem.
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Demand for skilled labour may touch five lakh, says Skill Gap Assessment and Action Plan report released
Tamil Nadu will have an incremental skilled labour demand of around 5.34 lakh in the short term during the period of 2019-2021 and 7.99 lakh in the long term during 2022-2025 in various sectors, according to the Skill Gap Assessment and Action Plan report released by Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami.
The overall incremental demand is largely driven by high demand in manufacturing, construction, education and health, allied sectors of agriculture, communication, trade and logistics sector, it added.
The report said large investments in the manufacturing sector would be the key growth drivers for employment generation. Sub-sectors such as auto-components, engineering, textiles and apparel, food processing are more labour-intensive. Sub-sectors such as automobile and electronics would be relatively less labour-intensive resulting in higher demand for highly skilled persons, it added.
With twelve smart cities planned in Tamil Nadu, the construction sector is expected to contribute to the economic growth of the State and provide employment opportunities for many, it added.
The report said given the rapid changes in the socio-economic context, the re-validation of the estimates would be required after five years, viz 2024-25.
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