Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Tuesday said that the State Government prioritises providing employment opportunities to the Youth along with imparting skill development. Apart from recruiting employees on an outsourcing basis in government departments through Haryana Kaushal Rozgar Nigam Limited (HKRNL), manpower will also be made available to the private sector as per their requirements, said Khattar while addressing the corporate during a ‘Corporate Vaartha’ programme held at Gurugram. Notably, HKRNL had organised the corporate talk programme to provide employment opportunities to the youth of the state in the private sector.
The Chief Minister said that Haryana has opened Shri Vishwakarma Skill Development University in Dudhola, Palwal, apart from setting up Haryana State Skill Development Authority under the Chairmanship of the Chief Secretary. He said that along with skill development, several initiatives were also taken in the direction of providing employment opportunities. About eight lakh youth of the state are registered on the HKRNL portal. The private sector can meet its manpower requirements through this portal.
Clusters would be formed in every block under the PADMA Yojana. Under this 14,000 units will be encouraged in the MSME sector and 3.5 lakh employment opportunities will be generated, said Khattar.
The Chief Minister said that today Haryana has become the first choice for investors across the world. Due to the policies of the present State Government and the hardworking residents of the state, today the state is at the forefront in terms of per capita income among the big states of the country.
He informed that through HKRNL, the data of registered youth in categories like skilled, unskilled and management etc. will be shared with the corporate sector. The data will be available according to the standards set by the industry like education, experience etc. There will be no interference from the government in the recruitment work. However, facilities like ESI, PF etc should be taken care of, he said.
Interacting with the corporate representatives, the Chief Minister said that a database of families has been prepared on the basis of income in Haryana through Parivar Pehchan Patra (PPP). In this database, there are 13 lakh families whose income is less than Rs 1 lakh per annum and 29 lakh families whose income is less than Rs 1.80 lakh. It is the priority of the government to provide self-employment, government and private sector employment to these families. He said that due to the availability of manpower through the HKRNL portal, the industry would also get ease in its work. He also said that the unique program of PPP in Haryana is being appreciated across the country and many states are also following it.
The representatives of two companies handed over cheques worth Rs 4.61 crore to Khattar in Gurugram. He said that the amount received by the Haryana CSR Trust would be used for the renovation of ponds and opening of libraries in the state. He was given a cheque of Rs 4 crore by the representatives of Indus Tower Private Limited and Rs 61.06 lakh by Pernod Ricard India. Khattar gave instructions regarding the proper utilization of this amount received by the Haryana CSR Trust.