State Government has plans to open 105 ITIs in the State and earmarked RRs 700 crores for promoting skill development during the current financial year.
Informing this, Chief Secretary Rajbala Verma said that this year the Government has sanctioned setting up as many as 105 industrial technical institutes (ITI) in the State apart from many polytechnic institutes.
Verma was addressing inthe augural session of Employers' Conclave at Hotel Ramada in Bistupur on Friday. Rajbala said that Raghubar Das-led Government is inviting investors making the youth force of the state technically skilled the prime object.
“Jharkhand Government has framed policies to provide technical education and skill development. We have to just ensure that these policies are implemented. The need is to bridge the skill gap between the industry and the skill provider,” said Verma. She noted they are stressing for the skill development at a grand scale.
Verma highlighted the fact that that the State itself has a huge talent pool, which is un- explored. She said that there are ample opportunities in industries like, animal husbandry, food and beverage, tourism, education and professional trainings. She also urged the importance of the industry role in talent development.
later replying to questions, the Chief Secretary said that the state was making steady progress in making it one of the vibrant states in the field of industrial development.
"We received an overwhelming response during two investors' summit Ranchi and Jamshedpur in February and August respectively this year for wooing investors from the country and outside followed by ground breaking ceremony for MoUs were held. We had fixed a target of attracting investment worth over Rs 2 lakh crore. But we had come across 70 projects worth Rs 2100 crore, including domestic ones. We are progressing to achieve our goal," said Verma while talking to the media.
In August this year, Chief Minister Raghubar Das laid foundation of about 74 projects that began their journey during the ‘Momentum Jharkhand Global Investors Summit’ at Ranchi in February this year. Das in the presence of Union information and broadcasting and textile minister, Smriti Irani clicked the button to perform ground breaking ceremony of the projects that have an estimated direct investment inflow of more than Rs 2100 crores and a potential of generating over 10,000 direct jobs.
Others who attended the Employers' Conclave Amar Jha, CEO, Jharkhand Skill Development Mission Society (JSDMS), Rajiv Ranjan, director, JSDMS and Ajay Kumar Singh, director Higher Technical Education and Skill Development, Jharkhand. Apart from the government officials representatives of various industrial houses as well as corporate sectors and trainees of technical institutions also attended the conclave.