Shortage of skill in Various Sectors in India

The projected growth rates in industry and services sectors are expected to generate 60 millions job opportunities during 2006-12 and 156 million during 2006-16, 96 million during 2013-2016

• Semi-skilled and skilled labour: The shortage of factory workers and construction labourers is already being felt across industries.

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• Engineering industry is growing at a fast pace will be major requirement of skilled/talented manpower in this sector
• Food industry is fast-expanding, need professional food scientists and technicians in great number.
• Media and Entertainment: The demand for animation production services from India is growing. This has opened up innumerable opportunities for students of Design, Fine Arts and Mass Communication.
• Biotechnology sector: 80 % shortfall of doctorate and post doctorate scientists.
• Food processing sector: 65 % shortfall of refrigeration mechanics, electricians’ etc. 70 % shortfall of food safety personnel Additional 21 million new jobs in merchandise trade
• IT and BPO sector could employ 9 million persons directly and indirectly
• Raising the rate of growth of manufacturing to 12 % could create 1.6 to 2.9 million direct jobs annually, and another 2-3 times that number indirectly.
• Retail Sector - demand of 3-5 lakh trained people in the northern region alone. This sector would throw up 2 million employment .
• Leather - Based on increased targets for export and domestic demand, it would generate 3 million additional jobs by 2022
• Civil Aviation - Needs 5400 pilots by the end of the 11th plan. Thereafter, there would be requirement of at least 150 pilots per year as replacements for retirements and normal attrition.
• Construction sector with a current employment of over 30 million is to witness boom by an annual growth rate of 30% in infrastructure. It would translate large no. of jobs far short of the employable skill available
• Health sector: Shortage of 5 lakh doctors and 10 lakh Nurses.
• IT sector : Shortage of 5 lakhs (half a million) engineers.
• Education sector: Faculty shortage of 25-40 percent.
• Automobiles: employment expected to increase to 25million by 2015-16 from current 10.5 million, majority in the shop floor of auto manufacturing
• Logistics: will grow in tandem with growth in trade, aviation and tourism
• Banking and Finance sector: 50-80 percent personnel shortage.
• Aviation sector: Severe shortage of pilots and ground duty officials.
• Textile sector: employ 35 million directly, besides 55 million in its allied sector. Expected to generate additional 14million jobs
• Pharma sector: Severe shortage of top pharma scientists as research expenditure by pharma companies has quadrupled in the last 5 years. Thus there is a shortage of middle-level and junior scientists too. This has made salaries of top pharma scientists rise to US levels.
• Project Management Services-this labour intensive sector will grow with growth in corporate structure, infrastructure & retail industry
Source: Data compiled from (FICCI report, New Delhi); (NASSCOM); (NASSCOM McKinsey Report 2006); (Press Release, Ministry of Com. & Ind. April 7, 2006); (Presentation made by NMCC to National Advisory Council, February 18, 2006) (IL&FS, 2008)