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New Delhi, Sept. 7 The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry, along with CRISIL Infrastructure Advisory group, would be submitting to the Ministry of Power next week its recommendations on the looming threat of power crisis that could drag down the growth of Indian businesses.

The joint study on ‘Indian Power Sector: Holistic Capacity Building’ estimates that with peak electricity demand deficit estimated at13 per cent and energy shortage of 6 per cent, there needs a concerted action on building adequate capacity in terms of manpower, material and resources.

The report stated that close to 2 million trained people would be required for the electricity sector during the 11th and 12th Plan periods, which have laid down the target of generating an addition of at least 161 GW of capacity during the period.

“Meeting the manpower requirement of this magnitude would require creation of more Industrial Training Institutes, other specialised training institutes and carrying out nationwide specialised training programs for generation, transmission and distribution, including training program on IT-enabled applications,” said the FICCI-CRISIL Infrastructure Advisory study.

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