INDIA TRAINING NETWORK LAUDED FOR EASING LABOUR SHORTAGES
March 15th, 2014
THE RAPID expansion of India’s Apparel Training & Design Centre (ATDC) network – from 39 units in 2009 to 190 in 18 Indian states today - has helped significantly counter an acute labour shortage in the sector, Dr Darlie O Koshy, the centre's director general, told just-style.com. From October 2010 to March 2014, the ATDC trained 100,000 candidates, far exceeding the target of 88,000 set by India’s ministry of textiles, Dr Koshy said. Now, “there is a target to train another 150,000 candidates 'till March 2017, with a cumulative target of 250,000 ...
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