According to a report by National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC), India will need around 28.4 million strong workforce in the booming transportation, logistics, warehousing and packaging sector. The sector, which currently employs over 16.74 million is slated to employ more than 28.4 million employees by 2022. Hence, this sector will have one of the highest incremental HR requirement of 11.7 million from 2013-2022 across the 24 sectors that have been mapped for assessment. The report states that key growth drivers are the logistics activities which are currently outsourced and growing rapidly at a rate of 52%. Commenting, Dilip Chenoy, MD & CEO, NSDC said, “The biggest challenge for the sector is that it sees poor working conditions and low pay scales in comparison to other career options because of poor or non-existent manpower policies. With more organised approach towards transport and logistics activities, the demand for trained employees with specific skill sets is expected to further increase”.