Retail store operations management skill development

In DDUGKY, the candidate enrolment for retail sector stood at 56,200 - the highest amongst all sectors - till August 2017. This is. On the other hand, in PMKVY, 1,04,650 candidates have been enrolled for short-term training programmes and 12,000 employees were registered for Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) certification by August 2017.

Besides DDUGKY and PMKVY, many states have launched their own skill development programmes. Further, corporations are also training people under their corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives. Another 30,000-35,000 are estimated to be enrolled under these programmes by 2020 as per a Gurgaon-based business consulting group.

The challenges are identified to be the lack of keen interest from the industry members to pay premium for trained individuals, the physically, mentally straining long work hours and the pessimistic perception of the trainees.

The constantly growing industry gives hope of new employment generation in the future.