Members of Jan Sangharsh Morcha (JSM) met Uttarakhand Governor Dr Aziz Qureshi in Dehradun on Monday and demanded his intervention for providing job to the unemployed youths to the industrial units of the State.
The members lamented that the State industry department has failed to provide job opportunities to the unemployed youths of the State despite the fact that as per the government orders, the department concerned is bound to reserve minimum 70 per cent of seats for the unemployed youths of Uttarakhand. A delegation headed by JSM State president Raghunath Singh Negi met Uttarakhand Governor at Raj Bhawan, today morning and apprised him about the problems being faced by the unemployed youths of the State.
Negi that the despite the fact the seats are reserved for the unemployed youths of the State in the industrial units, which are operational in Garhwal and Kumaon divisions of Uttarakhand, the unemployed youths are not getting job opportunities. Negi said that as per the data compiled by the industry department, 31,707 youths from Uttarakhand and 15,167 youths from neighbouring State have been given employment in the State run industrial units, which is nearly 67 per cent of the total employment whereas 20,087 youth out of 25,823 youth from the State are employed on contractual basis, which is nearly 78 per cent of the total recruitment.
After terming the data is accurate, Negi demanded to strictly follow the 70 per cent rule for the employment of the youth in the industrial units in the State. He also urged from the Governor to monitor the employment policies in the State and to boost the small and cottage industries in the remote areas of the State. Akash Panwar, Amardeep Jaiswal, A Gupta, Hemchander Sakhlani and S Jaidi were part of delegation.