Nurturing skills

The steel pioneer TATA ,had nurtured its labour , whose strained skills then helped sustain the later day PSU giants .The prosperous private steel makers, then grew on this rich skill base built over time .It takes an eon to learn skills ,together with the foresight to nurture them.Modern day approach to skilling is hollow .The Japanese management jargon of the Maruti plant of the ' 80s , had for decades misted its labour policies ,with 40 % of workers employed on temporary basis for cost savings ,with scant regard to preserve skills .Managements would rather think of shifting plants elsewhere than interact with with the worker to safeguard his interests and in the process, the skill banks that need constant upgrade on the job .Why lament the lack of skill, /dedication in Indian labour ,when we treat them as mere wage earners and not as artisans .Without a wider perspective as this,no program can be fruitful .