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generally include farm labourers, grocery any formal training nor do they possess any
clerks, hotel maids and general cleaners and specialised skill set. Our country could benefi t
sweepers. substantially from investing in vocational
education and in training these unskilled
Unskilled Human Resources in India human resources. In the wake of the changing

India is a huge country with a very large economic environment, it is necessary to
population. Yet, only fi ve per cent of the focus on inculcating and advancing the
Indian population is trained and skilled. Th e skill sets of the young population of the
rest of the population has not undergone country.

Various Programmes Run by Some Corporations in the Country

Company Dr. Reddy’s BOSCH Wipro Hindustan Axis Bank
Laboratories India Unilever

Sector Pharmaceutical Automobile IT/ITES FMCG BFSI
Programme Dr. Reddy’s One of the Mission 10× Project Shakti Sustainable
Foundation BOSCH India is a not-for- is a micro- Livelihood
runs the Foundation’s profi t trust entrepreneurship programme
Livelihood core areas of started by rural distribution is focussed
Advancement intervention Wipro as initiative on remedial
Business is skills and part of its targeted at education,
School livelihood sustainability underprivileged vocational
designed for training. initiatives rural women. training and rural
those between and works to entrepreneurship.
18 and 35 years Programmes increase the It provides
and provides usually spans employability livelihood Th e livelihood
industry for 2–6 of engineering enhancing programme
specifi c and months and graduates in opportunities currently runs in
soft skills to are focussed India. through basic 26 states and 239
students. In on hands-on- business districts of the
2014, there learning. Mission 10× management country and aims
were 75 centres reaches out training to provide one
across 19 Th eir to students of ‘Shakti million people
states. programmes by training Entrepreneurs’ with sustainable
are closely the faculty who distribute livelihood
Th ey also have linked to in various HUL products options by 2017.
two specifi c market colleges across which they
wings of this demand. 25 states in purchase at
programme India. discounted rates.
focussing on
persons with
disabilities and
farmers.

inculcate: teach (someone) an attitude, idea or habit by persistent instruction

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