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
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