District Skill Gap Study for the State of Uttarakhand Table of contents 1. Introduction ................................................................................................................. 13 1.1 Background ........................................................................................................... 13 1.2 Scope of work ........................................................................................................ 13 1.3 Key definitions used in the report ............................................................................. 13 1.4 Our approach and methodology ............................................................................... 14 1.5 Limitations ............................................................................................................. 15 1.6 About this report ..................................................................................................... 15 2. Socio-economic profile of Uttarakhand ........................................................................... 16 2.1 Macro-economic overview ....................................................................................... 16 2.2 Demographic profile ............................................................................................... 17 2.3 Economic sectors overview ..................................................................................... 19 Further analysis for the three sectors is given in the subsequent sections. ............................. 20 2.3.1 Primary sector .................................................................................................... 20 2.3.2 Secondary sector ............................................................................................... 20 2.3.3 Tertiary sector .................................................................................................... 23 2.4 Infrastructure ......................................................................................................... 24 2.4.1 Physical infrastructure & connectivity .................................................................... 24 2.4.2 Industrial infrastructure ........................................................................................ 26 2.4.3 Social infrastructure ............................................................................................ 27 2.5 Labor market overview and key Government policies ................................................. 30 2.6 Other Skill Development Programs ........................................................................... 35 2.7 Migration in Uttarakhand ......................................................................................... 36 3. Skill gap scenario for Uttarakhand .................................................................................. 42 3.1 Human resource requirement .................................................................................. 42 3.2 Human resource supply .......................................................................................... 59 3.3 Estimating the gaps in Human resource demand and supply ....................................... 61 4. Stakeholders perspective : Available opportunities and issues to be addressed ................... 64 5. Recommendations and Action Plan ................................................................................ 76 5.1 Government .......................................................................................................... 76 5.1.1 Strengthening the Institutional Mechanism ............................................................. 76 5.1.2 Set up of multi-purpose centers for skill development .............................................. 80 5.1.3 Giving a boost to the local economy in hilly region .................................................. 81 5.2 Training providers................................................................................................... 81 5.3 Industry ................................................................................................................. 82 5.4 NSDC ................................................................................................................... 84 6. District Level Skill Gap Assessment ................................................................................ 88 6.1 Almora .................................................................................................................. 88 6.2 Bageshwar ............................................................................................................ 99 6.3 Chamoli .............................................................................................................. 109 6.4 Champawat ......................................................................................................... 119 6.5 Dehradun ............................................................................................................ 131 6.6 Nainital ............................................................................................................... 140 6.7 Haridwar ............................................................................................................. 149 6.8 Pauri Garhwal ...................................................................................................... 159 6.9 Pithoragarh ......................................................................................................... 169 6.10 Udham Singh Nagar ............................................................................................. 180 6.11 Rudra Prayag ...................................................................................................... 189 6.12 Tehri Garhwal ...................................................................................................... 199 6.13 Uttarkashi ............................................................................................................ 209 2 District Skill Gap Study for the State of Uttarakhand 1. Annexure I: List of Respondents .................................................................................. 219 2. Annexure II – Details of Institutions where focused group discussions were carried out. ..... 222 3. Annexure III : HR requirements (demand) for each Districts and sectors – 2012 ................ 224 4. Annexure IV : HR requirements (demand) for each Districts and sectors - 2017................. 226 3 District Skill Gap Study for the State of Uttarakhand List of Tables Table 1: Socio economic indicators of the State ......................................................................................... 17 Table 2: District wise comparison on various indicators ............................................................................. 18 Table 3: Major Manufacturing industries in Uttarakhand ............................................................................ 21 Table 4: Large scale industries in Uttarakhand........................................................................................... 21 Table 5: Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises in Uttarakhand ................................................................. 22 Table 6: Trend of tourist arrival in Uttarakhand vis-a-vis India ................................................................... 23 Table 7: Road infrastructure in Uttarakhand ............................................................................................... 24 Table 8: Education Infrastructure (Number of Institutes) ............................................................................ 27 Table 9: Enrolments in Primary and Upper Primary School ....................................................................... 28 Table 10: Student’s enrollment in Polytechnic and ITIs .............................................................................. 28 Table 11: Performance against Health indicators ....................................................................................... 30 Table 12: Share of employment by broad industry group (2010-2011) ...................................................... 30 Table 13 : Percentage of workers engaged in secondary and tertiary sectors ........................................... 31 Table 14: Government promoted skill development schemes .................................................................... 36 Table 15: Percentage of migrants to total population 2001 ........................................................................ 37 Table 16: Percentage distribution of the streams of migration 0-9 years 2001 .......................................... 37 Table 17: Percentage distribution of reasons for migration by sex for duration 0-9 years 2001 ................ 38 Table 18: District wise number of Migrants per 1,000 populations ............................................................. 38 Table 19: Sector wise break up of total human resource requirement ....................................................... 43 Table 20: Skill level wise break up for growth sector .................................................................................. 44 Table 21: Sector Share in Incremental human resource requirement ........................................................ 48 Table 22: HR requirements (demand) for each Districts and sectors - 2022 ............................................. 57 Table 23: District wise labor force supply ..................................................................................................