CII's inclusive growth plan to co-opt social sector
Our Bureau
Skill development, governance will be thrust areas
Mumbai, May 11:
Inclusive growth seems to be on top of the mind when corporates come
together. The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) will this year
focus on the social sector by giving them more jobs, procuring more
from their businesses as well as imparting skills to the backward
communities.
Speaking at a media briefing after the meeting with the CII Western
Region, Mr B Muthuraman, President of CII, said that affirmative
action, skill development and governance will be the key focus areas
of the industry chamber's work in 2011-12.
"In affirmative action, our chamber members will voluntarily look to
hire 50,000 people from scheduled caste/scheduled tribe (SC/ST)
communities. Member companies will also increase procurement from
SC/ST entrepreneurs by 20-30 per cent. For this, we are working with
the Dalit Chamber of India which will provide us the list of reliable
entrepreneurs," said Mr Muthuraman.
Skill development hubs
He added that 50,000 SC/ST youth will also be trained during the year
through CII's skill development initiatives. The CII President also
announced creation of four new CII Skill Development Hubs and setting
up of 30 new district level skill Gurukuls that are Skills Development
Centres of which five will be in Western Region.
"The gurukuls will have a capacity to train 100-300 people per quarter
and initially, they will be given training in the manufacturing
sector," said Mr Chandrajit Banerjee, Director-General of CII.
Better governance
Commenting on the need for transparency and governance, Mr Muthuraman
said that for an inclusive development model, the quality of
governance must be improved. "Simplification of rules and procedures
for transparent operations, carrying out police and judicial and
electoral financing reforms are necessary for improving governance,"
he said.
Mr Muthuraman said the CII would develop a code of conduct on
integrity and transparency and encourage its members to adopt the
code. In addition, he also mentioned that a CII task force on
integrity and transparency in governance, chaired by Mr Adi Godrej,
President-Designate, CII, would spearhead CII's and industry efforts
in this area.
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