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As per Clause 6.13 of "Governance Structure and Financing" under National Policy for Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, 2015 - "To attract funds from industry, companies will be encouraged to spend at least 25% of their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) funds on skill development initiatives directly or through NSDF. Further, industry should earmark at least 2% of its payroll bill (including for contract labour) for skill development initiatives in their respective sectors. These funds can be channelized for skill development activities either through respective SSCs or through NSDF"
As per Point No. (ii) under schedule VII of Companies Act, 2013 – "Promoting education, including special education and employment enhancing vocational skills especially among children, women, elderly, and the differently abled and livelihood enhancement projects are covered under CSR activities.
Food Industry Capacity & Skill Initiative (FICSI) is an industry led autonomous body mandated to create skilled manpower for Food Processing Industries and to establish and promote food processing related knowledge and improve skills of the food handlers/workers in the Food Processing sector. FICSI is also registered under NCVET as an Awarding Agency.
Upskilling of SHG's: FICSI proposes to upskill self-help groups through training and capacity building with an aims to provide enhanced livelihood opportunities and inculcate entrepreneurial qualities in the beneficiaries.
Upskilling of Street Food Vendors: This project aims to provide enhanced livelihood opportunities and inculcate entrepreneurial qualities in the beneficiaries. FICSI is planning to take up 5 such projects which will require a funding of 20 lakh each.
Under Recruit-Train-Deploy model FICSI would train candidates for meeting specific manpower needs of one or a group of companies. The candidates will undergo a hands-on-training as required by the partnering factories and post training these candidates may be absorbed as apprentices by them.
FICSI aims to upgrade existing street food hubs across the country and provide safe & Hygienic local cuisine experiences through Training and Capacity building of these street food vendors. After the training, credibility will be provided by recognizing such streets as 'Clean Street Food Hub'.
Food processing sector has witnessed larger participation of women and youth at household level. FICSI proposes to provide training to women entrepreneurs/aspirant entrepreneurs in food processing so that they can be encouraged to start their own venture.
FICSI proposes to provide skilling in rice fortification for millers and provide technical skill. FICSI has already developed curriculum and training structure of the program.
FICSI proposes to set up skilling infrastructure in training institutes specially in Women NSTI. The equipment and machineries used for this skilling program may be funded by the CSR organization.
FICSI has taken up projects across India to implement the Recognition under Prior Learning Program for 85,000 Food Handlers in Bihar, Jammu and Kashmir, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh. Amongst those 45,000 food handlers were also trained in FSSAI-FoSTaC training and certified as Food Safety Supervisors.
Training and certification of 6,000 fish and seafood processing technician under RPL mode in coastal areas.
Training and Certification of 3,000 food handlers in 25 Adarsh Gram as part of World Bank funded projects of SANKALP Program of MSDE.
Short term training of 630 candidates (preferably women) in food processing job role with the objectives of women empowerment and livelihood opportunities under Maharashtra State Skill Development Society.
Target allocated of 5000 candidates have been received for food processing sector for placement linked skill training.
Projects including fresh skilling and RPL for food handlers are going on across the Nation.