Haryana Government on Thursday claimed to have provided employment to 40,802 unemployed youth from October 1, 2014 to May 31, 2018

Only 50,753 youth were given placement from March 2004 to September 30, 2014 during the tenure of previous government, said an official spokesman.

In October 2014, total number of unemployed youth registered with Employment Exchanges as per the Live register was 7,70,763 which has reduced to 7,26,640 as on May 31, 2018. During October 1, 2014 to May 31, 2018, a total of 6,47,895 persons got themselves registered in Employment Exchanges in the entire State, out of which 4,06,896 were registered in the 15 districts, the spokesman added.

After coming to power, the present government has provided employment to 28,000 youth in various Government Departments. Haryana Skill Development Mission (HSDM) has provided employment to 5,428 youth by providing skill training to 30,192 youth, he said.

The spokesman said that 301 job fairs have been organized by the Employment Department either by itself or in association with other Departments up to August 31, in which 25,368 unemployed youth have been provided jobs.

Apart from this, various departments and organizations have been provided employment opportunities to youth by imparting skills training, he said.

In order to provide jobs to maximum number of youth, Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs) have been signed with Ola and Uber for providing jobs to unemployed youth, who knew driving in June and July 2018. During a period of four months that is from July to October, as many as 12,889 unemployed youth have been provided jobs, of which 9,710 by Uber and 3,179 by Ola, the spokesman added.

He said, “In addition, 388 youth have been provided job by another organisation, namely G4S Secure Solutions (India) Pvt. Ltd. during August-September, 2018 as Security Guards.”

He further said that thousands of job opportunities have been created for unemployed youth by providing them skill training by Haryana Skill Development Mission under its skill training schemes and by other Departments or Organizations that is Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojna (DDUGKY), Haryana State Rural Livelihood Mission, Haryana Knowledge Corporation Ltd, Haryana Urban Local Bodies, Technical Education Department, HARTRON and Haryana Tourism Corporation Ltd.

According to the latest India Skill Report, 2019 conducted with renowned partners like UNDP, AICTE and Association of Indian Universities, the employability of the unemployed youth of Haryana has gone up significantly, he added.