Centre to develop labour index of skilled manpower: Union Minister

UP and Bihar accounted for the largest number of migrant workforce in India

The central government was preparing an index of skilled labour that will give national and international markets a database for hiring, said union minister Mahendra Nath Pandey on Friday.
 
Pandey, minister for skill development and entrepreneurship, said the ‘Labour Management Information System’ will have labour data categorised according to industry and geography.

“We have already working on this idea at the central level and have asked the state governments to also take it forward for optimising the skill development mission,” he said.
 
Pandey said after his ministry was formed, more than 5 million youth had been trained