India’s building, construction and real estate sector by 2022 will add 7.65 crore new jobs according to a report by National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC).

The NSDC that studies 24 sectors said that, building, construction and real estate will have the maximum incremental human resource requirement over the next seven years.

Dilip Chenoy, MD & CEO at NSDC said,”There is a huge need that the industry has to cater to.”

“We need manpower, proficient with excellent skills on technical abilities. The industry and the  government need to pay a special focus on this segment of workforce.”

“Over the last five years, under NSDC, more than 5 million (cumulatively) workers have been skilled and more than 1,537,657 (cumulatively) placed,” he added.