mumbai nearly 15 million 15 crore people are expected to be employed in automobile sector directly in the industry by 2022 according to a report by national skill development corporation nsdc the report suggests that the state of haryana leads in the production of passenger cars motorcycles tractors and accounts for 50 of total passenger cars and twowheelers production in india the key growth drivers according to report are that india and other bric nations would emerge as major manufacturing hubs due to the availability of cheap labour and other favourable investing environment as more companies are looking at india as a manufacturing base and shifting their operations from europe to india and other southeast asian countries as many global auto component manufacturers have manufacturing presence in india either through joint ventures or otherwise they are focusing on exports as excise duty is very less in complete knocked down ckd units industry growth changing technology growing economy larger income at disposal and lowering first hand lifecycle of cars have triggered requirements for fresh skilling and upskilling in the sector out of 76 million employed in manufacturing 72 of the employees are working in component subsector even in auto component manufacturing companies a majority of the workforce is employed in tieriii and raw material manufacturing companies over 19 million people are employed in the automobile sector directly or indirectly this includes manufacturing in oem auto components raw material factories automobile dealers service centres and other enabler sectors dilip chenoy managing director ceo nsdc said according to industry estimates the automobile industry accounts for 2225 of the countrys manufacturing gross domestic product fdi in the sector is allowed to 100 under the automatic route therefore an addition of one manpower at the oem would lead to generating eight jobs at the vendors end so much is happening in the sector due to a push by the government initiatives to meet the incremental human resource requirement in the sector the entire ecosystem has been scaling up its training initiatives in this sector and aligning themselves to industry recognised national occupational standards chenoy however said there was an urgent need to update the courses with the change in technology implemented at the plants at present more than 70 of the auto component companies are smes the automotive sector has 56 of workforce which is second highest after telecom sector