Last Updated till: 06 July 2023

6 July 2022: Manish Sisodia launched ‘Mission Kushal Karmi’ to upgrade the skills of construction workers in partnership with Delhi Skill and Entrepreneurship University (DSEU)^[1]

Get paid with free training: Each construction workers will be compensated with Rs 4,200 (Rs 35 per hour of training) after training completion for the loss of wages^[1:1]

Target: The government aims to train 2 lakh workers in a year under this programme^[1:2]

¶ Benefits^[1:3]

This will boost workers' incomes by upto Rs 8000 as they become skilled category workers

• Construction companies will also benefit from these skilled workers
  • Increase in workers' productivity by 40%
  • Increase quality of product by 25%
  • Decreases in wastage of materials by 50%
• Government Certification will open up opporunities to abroad or next level higher-level training courses^[2]
• Improvement in domain skills and soft skills thereby making the worker more proficient and confident^[2:1]
• Improvement in the understanding of standard safety norms thereby increasing the longevity of work and social security^[2:2]

¶ Courses^[2:3]

The following five courses have been selected and their course content finalized:

• Assistant Mason
• Assistant Bar Bender & Steel Fixer
• Assistant Shuttering carpenter
• Assistant Electrician
• Assistant Construction Painter & Decorator

¶ Features^[1:4]

• 15 days (120 hours) special training programme, workers will undergo upskilling
• DSEU, along with Simplex, NAREDCO and India Vision Foundation will provide on job training at their workplaces
• DSEU is running training centres at 3 places currently and more centres will be added in the coming days
• DSEU and Delhi BoCW(Building and Other Construction Workers) Welfare Board

References:

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1. https://theprint.in/india/kejriwal-govt-launches-mission-kushal-karmi-to-hone-skills-of-construction-workers/1028272/ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎

2. https://dseu.ac.in/construction-workers-skill-development-program/ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎