With a vision to strengthen the growing logistics sector with skilled manpower, Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Hon’ble MoS for E&IT, Skill Development & Entrepreneurship and Jal Shakti felicitated 11 candidates from the first batch of a project under the SANKALP Programme, implemented in the Medinipur district, West Bengal. The Logistics Sector Skill Council (LSC) will train 960 candidates in warehouse management, supervisory, and associate roles within a year, offering placement opportunities within the region and beyond upon completion and certification.
West Bengal, India’s fourth most populous and second most densely populated region is a vital human resource hub with the potential to provide trained and quality manpower for the rest of the country. Private vocational training providers targeting districts with potential for organized employment growth and low vocational training densities, such as West Medinipur, are operating in both B2C and B2B sectors.
The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship is enhancing candidates’ outcomes through industry partnerships, aiming for 70%-75% placement rates, promoting sustainable livelihoods and extending across India. Shri, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Hon’ble MoS for E&IT, Skill Development & Entrepreneurship and Jal Shakti, said, “It is because of such efforts over the past 10 years that we have been able to skill, reskill, and upskill young Indians to build “Aaj Ka Bharat” and “Naya Bharat.”
