Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said, “Madhya Pradesh is such a state in the country which has the lowest rate of unemployment. It is our endeavor that gradually the state should be made unemployment free. No youth should be disappointed on the land of Madhya Pradesh, education along with employment will be made available here.”
It is the resolve of the Madhya Pradesh government to ensure that every month about 2.5 lakh people should be linked with livelihood through various programme. With these words, Chouhan was addressing the Rozgar Diwas programme at Amardas Hall, Indore on Saturday. Chouhan distributed cheque and loan approval letter to beneficiaries under self-employment schemes. Assistance of Rs 466 crore was made available to more than 75 thousand beneficiaries for self-employment in the programme. Certificates of benefits were also distributed to select beneficiaries by the Chief Minister.
On this occasion, Chouhan laid the virtual foundation of the first toy cluster of Central India constructed at a cost of Rs 2.84 crore in Indore. He also launched an e-learning module for entrepreneurship development training. Chouhan said that under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, efforts are being made to establish the country on the world stage. In this direction, the Madhya Pradesh government is also trying to provide better self-employment opportunities to its youth.
On January 12, 2022, the first Rozgar Diwas was organized in Madhya Pradesh, in which more than 5 lakh people of the state were provided employment under different schemes. Till March 31, 2022, loans worth Rs 7 thousand crore were sanctioned to about 13 lakh beneficiaries by giving benefits of various schemes.