Taking note of the growing demand for trained manpower in the hospitality and tourism industry, the Government of India on October 9, cleared a proposal for setting up new educational institutes and strengthening of the existing ones in these key areas.
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved the proposal of the Tourism Ministry for enlarging the scope of its scheme that provides for creation of institutional infrastructure necessary for hospitality and tourism specific education, reports IANS.
The industry faces a shortage of over two lakh trained persons annually. The existing institutes currently churn out 12,000 trained manpower.
Now, with this approval, a statement issued here said.
The approval would entail a plan outlay of Rs 495 crore, which is over three times the actual expenditure of Rs 147.2 crore during the 10th Five-Year Plan, it said.
It would also mean strengthening of the existing 28 Institutes of Hotel Management (IHMs) and food craft institutes and setting up of new ones.
Also, the Central Financial Assistance for setting up of the IHMs has been increased to Rs 12 crore from Rs 10 crore million.
“The scheme, as approved now, provides for the setting up of the 19 new state IHMs and 25 state food craft institutes during the 11th Five-Year Plan. The total supply of 12,000 trained manpower consists of 78 per cent at managerial level and 22 per cent at skill level, whereas requirement is in the ratio of 34 and 66 per cent, respectively,” the statement said.
The scheme got a go-ahead as the idea was to turn these institutes into the institutes of excellence to spur and stimulate similar efforts in the private sector, it said.
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