The National Manufacturing Policy (NMP) notified by the government on 4th November, 2011 identifies employment intensive industries like textiles and garments; leather and footwear; gems and jewellery, food processing.

 It is estimated that approximately 4,50,00,000 people are employed directly in the textile sector; 25,00,000 people in leather sector; 34,00,000 people in gems & jewellery sector; and 65,00,000 in food processing industries.

 Under the Indian Leather Development Programme, existing employees in shop-floor operations in the Indian Leather sector, in both organized and unorganized sector, are provided skill upgradation training irrespective of their educational background. In the Food Processing Industries sector two institutes namely National Institute of Food Technology, Entrepreneurship and Management and Indian Institute of Crop Processing Technology under Ministry of Food Processing Industries are conducting short-term training in various areas of food processing for industry personnel, entrepreneurs, self-help groups, youth etc. In the Textiles sector, to address the trained manpower needs of textiles and related segments including Handicrafts, Handlooms, Sericulture, Jute, Technical Textiles etc, by developing a cohesive and integrated framework of training based on the industry needs, Ministry of Textiles launched the Integrated Skill Development Scheme for the Textiles and Apparel Sector including Jute and Handicrafts Scheme in 2013.

 The Government has recently launched the scheme of Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) to provide outcome based skill training in various sectors.

 This information was given by the Minister of State (Independent Charge) in the Ministry of Commerce & Industry Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.

National Manufacturing Policy promotes sectoral skill development to align training with industry needs and boost manufacturing employability. National Manufacturing Policy identifies employment intensive industries such as textiles, leather, gems and jewellery, and food processing and emphasises sectoral skill development. Targeted initiatives include the Indian Leather Development Programme for shop floor upgradation, food processing institutes providing short term industry training, the Integrated Skill Development Scheme for Textiles and Apparel (including jute and handicrafts), and the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana for outcome based training aligned with industry needs.