Manufacturing to be big recruiter in Orissa by '15

With an investment outlay of nearly Rs 3.5 lakh crore, Orissa is all set to create huge employment opportunities across the sectors.

According to a report on ‘Skill Gap Analysis’ for Orissa, prepared jointly by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and PriceWaterHouseCoopers, metal and manufacturing, mineral and mining, chemical and fertilizer, power, IT & ITeS, tourism, retail, health care and port sectors would be the major employment generators by 2015.

The metal and manufacturing sector would witness a capacity addition of nearly 58 million tonne by this period, which is projected to lead to an additional requirement of 60,000 skilled manpower like engineers, diploma holders and ITI passed technicians.

As per the report, the state government has signed memorandum of understanding (MoU) for production of nearly 75 million tonnes steel. This is going to generate additional employment of nearly 1 to 1.25 lakh.

Similarly, power sector would see an additional requirement of nearly 30,000 persons. The sectors like chemical and fertilizer are expected to experience a growth of about 10-12 per cent.

The growth in the manufacturing sector would boost the service sector particularly organized retail, healthcare and tourism. That apart, the service sector growth would be fueled by the growth of IT and ITeS sector in the state. After recovery from the current slowdown, the state will require additional 10,000 to 12,000 skilled hands in the IT and ITeS sector by 2015.

On the other hand, the organised retail sector would grow by over 150 per cent by this time and an additional 10,000 jobs are expected to be created.

Tourism sector which is now facing a negative growth would turn around and there would be an addition of nearly 3000 hotel rooms in the state leading to creation of employment opportunity for nine to twelve thousand more people. Demand for professionals related to healthcare sector would grow as corporate hospitals like Apollo and Care are setting up their facilities in the state, the report forecast.