Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Wednesday reiterated his resolve to provide maximum employment opportunities to the youth of the state through their skill development and said that the State Government is working with a vision to ensure that no youth remains unemployed in Haryana.
Apart from imparting quality education to the students, the State Government is also laying special emphasis on their skill training so as to make them employable, he added.
Khattar said the State Government has made a decision to draft a legal provision to provide jobs to 75 per cent youth of the state in the private sector. However, in case the industrial establishments provide more jobs to the state youth, the Government is ready to incentivize such units, the Chief Minister said while speaking after inaugurating the Rozgar Bhawan constructed at a cost of about Rs 9.50 crore in Sector 14, Panchkula.
Khattar also unveiled the Rozgar portal and Call Centre of Employment Department and also launched ‘Mistri Haryana’ app of Skill Development and Industrial Training Department. He also felicitated seven private establishments with “Saksham Saathi Award” for engaging more than 5 per cent apprentices under the Apprentice Act 1961.
Speaking on the occasion of World Youth Skills Day, he said that skill training of youth is necessary for employment. Keeping this in view, the State Government has established Shri Vishvakarma Skill University at Dudhola village of Palwal district besides setting up a Skill Development Mission. He said skill development courses have not only been included in the Curriculum of the University but are also being taught in government and private ITIs. At present there are more than 700 government and private ITIs in the state, he said.
Khattar said that to provide financial support to the educated unemployed youth, Saksham Yuva Scheme has been started in the State under which monthly financial assistance of Rs 9000 for Post Graduates and Rs 7500 for Graduates is being provided in lieu of 100 hours’ work.
He said that the private industries should also be given access to the Placement Cell of the Sakshyam Yuva Scheme so that they could hire youth as per their requirement.
While referring to the ‘Rozgar Portal’ which he unveiled, the Chief Minister said that the portal would prove to be useful in providing job opportunities to youth in government as well as in the private sector as the private aggregators have also been integrated with this portal.
Saksham Yuva, youth from ITIs registered on the portal would also be informed about various job opportunities in both government as well as private sector. Similarly, more than 7000 ITI pass outs from all 22 districts of the state have registered on the ‘Mistri App’. Initially services in six trades namely electrician, refrigeration and mechanic, plumber, beautician, wireman and carpenter would be provided with the help of this app, he added.
Earlier, the Employment Department has also signed MOUs with six private aggregators to provide employment opportunities to the youth of the State.
These included AV Growth Skill Private Limited, Bandhoo Solutions of Services Private Limited, Global Vision Technologies, Team Lease Services Limited, Xeam Ventures Private Limited and Quess Corp.
Speaking on this occasion, Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala said that through skill development and better infrastructure facilities, we could provide maximum jobs to the youth of the State. He said that there are 66 employment exchanges in the state and they have been asked to organize job fairs every three months to provide maximum job opportunities to the youth.