As many as 625 youths from the insurgency-hit Narayanpur district registered their name in the two-day Rozgar Mela (Employment fair) which concluded here on Wednesday.
In the district-level employment fair, organised by the district administration with the assistance of Chhattisgarh laghu Udyog Bharti in Narayanpur, youths from Abujhmarh region participated with enthusiasm.Organised for the first time in the district for providing employment in the industrial units and other private sector enterprises, youths, including women, have shown interest in registering their name for employment.
During the job fair organised on the Boys’ Higher Secondary School premises, vice-chairman of Chhattisgarh laghu Udyog Bharti Gopalkrishna Agrawal, entrepreneurs and businessmen from Raipur, Durg and Bhilai gathered information about the educational qualification, job interest, technical experience of the candidates etc and registered their name.
Chhattisgarh laghu Udyog Bharti officers have given necessary guidelines to the youths interested in setting up their self-employment establishments. Officers and employees of Antyavasai Sahkari Vikas Nigam and District Industries Centre have given detailed information about the self-employment schemes to the youths, whereas, superintendents and training officers of the Entrepreneur Development Training Institution and the Industrial Training Institution encouraged the youths to acquire technical training.
In the concluding session, Assistant Commissioner, Tribal Development, GR Sori appealed to the youths to participate in the self-employment workshop scheduled at Narayanpur on June 1.
In-charge CEO of District Panchayat Chandrakant Kaushik, officers of district administration and Chhattisgarh laghu Udyog Bharti, media representatives and youths from various parts of the district were present on the occasion.