pune a national skill development corporation nsdc study has shown that the state will require more than 15 crore skilled people by the year 2022 but a majority of the workforce available will be in the unskilled category rajiv pratap rudy minister of state for skill development and entrepreneurship told toi in an email interview it is imperative that we have a jobready skilled workforce in maharashtra to meet the high requirement the nsdc has around 400 centres in maharashtra alone that provide training in sectors like telecom apparel agriculture banking financial services and insurance building and construction electronic and it hardware the nsdc report prepared after compiling data for the year 2015 also hinted at excess supply of human resource at the minimally skilled levelthis workforce will need to be trained and upgraded to meet future requirements but a majority of the migrant labour force is found at the minimallyskilled level thus the state will struggle to find enough people at the semiskilled and skilled levels said rudy it is imperative that we have a jobready skilled workforce in the state to meet the high demand besides training the youth the nsdc will provide hem employment opportunities said rudy the sectors such as building construction and real es ate organized retail banking financial services and insurance it ites are the areas which are high in demand in maharashtra the study shows so far the union government has identified 11 highdemand trades in the state construction production and manufacturing textile automobile hospitality healthcare banking financial services and in surance retail pharmaceuticals and chemicals it ites and agro processing a maharashtra state skill development society has also been formed as a single nodal agency for a skill development initiative said rudy for a city like pune which has a large number of young employable population it is imperative that the government and the industry are able to provide them apt skills training the minister said according to the nsdc report 418 lakh individuals in the state have been trained of which 223 lakh have already secured jobs in pune 28712 candidates have been trained of which 11918 have been placed taking benefit of the pradhan mantri kaushal vikas yojana 34334 candidates have completed their training in maharashtra in job roles in sectors like automotive agriculture beauty and wellness food processing among othersin pune 7198 candidates have completed their training in more than 19 sectors out of which 1043 have already been certified officials said that the nsdc had signed a memorandum of understanding mou with savitribai phule pune university sppu for skillbased training at the student level to train around 1 lakh students the training is provided to undergraduate and postgraduate students as per nsdc a knowledge management center has also been proposed to be setup at the yashwantrao chavan academy of development administration pune