Delhi govt's worker training scheme: A wait for compensation, better wages

Mission Kushal Karmi, launched by Delhi govt in July, aims to train 200,000 workers in one year

“It was the money that attracted us to the training,” says Jitendra (<he gives only his first name>), an assistant shuttering carpenter trainee. He is talking about Mission Kushal Karmi, Delhi government's scheme to improve construction workers' skills. The state government has promised to pay Rs 4,200 to every worker who completes the 15-day training programme, which was launched on July 6 with the aim of upgrading the skills of 200,000 construction workers in a year.

Unemployed for three months, Jitendra and his brothers – who came to Delhi from Madhya Pradesh with their families in tow to work as