The coastal community is considered as one of the key stakeholders of the Sagarmala Programme and hence, ensuring their socio-economic well-being as one of the major objectives. 81 projects at cost of Rs. 11,573 Cr. have been undertaken for implementation. Out of total 81 projects, 21 projects worth Rs. 1,559 Cr. have been completed and 32 Projects worth Rs. 6,166 Cr. are under implementation.

Skill Development:

To identify existing skilled manpower base, availability of training infrastructure, expected skilled manpower requirement for the implementation of various projects and the skill gap, Human Resource and Skill Requirement Study for 21 coastal districts of India (2 from each Coastal State and 1 from each of 3 Union Territories) was carried out.

Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) and MoPSW have entered a MoU during May 2017 to enable skilling of coastal population under DDU-GKY Sagarmala Convergence Programme. Under this convergence, the entire funding support is being provided by MoPSW and implementation and management is carried out by MoRD.

• Phase I of this convergence was implemented on pilot basis between 2016-2018 in 5 States viz. Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha and Tamil Nadu. 2079 candidates have been trained out of whom 1243 have been placed.
• Phase II of the above project is under implementation in 22 coastal districts of 9 States and 3 UTs. Training has commenced for 1555 candidates in 4 states. Out of which, 1022 candidates have been trained and 490 have been placed.

Sagarmala has conducted skill gap studies for 21 coastal districts in India. Skill Development programmes in these 21 districts is being undertaken in convergence with DDU GKY programme of the Ministry of Rural Development. The overall skill gap report and the reports of the individual districts in these states can be seen at the below links: Click Here