Himachal Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Friday inaugurated Rozgar Mela at Mandi, organized under the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojna by the National Kaushal Vikas Nigam and Himachal Pradesh Kaushal Vikas Nigam.
"Skill development was one of the major thrust areas of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the State government was also ensuring skill upgradation of the youth of the State to make them skilled as per the demand of the industry," he said.
Thakur said the State government was also ensuring that maximum employment opportunities were generated in Government sector, adding that it was not possible to provide Government employment to every youth of the State so the effort of the Government was to ensure employment to the youth in private sector. He said stress should be laid on the fact that all the training programmes were employment oriented and the youth getting training also gets employment immediately.
Thakur said it should also be ensured that the trainees get employment as soon as they complete their training for which the HP Kaushal Vikas Nigam must maintain better coordination with the industry. As many as thirty companies were participating in this Rozgar Mela and the target has been fixed to provide employment to at least two thousand youth of the region.
National Skill Development Corporation State Head Jitender Sharma said 24000 youths have been trained under the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojna in the State, till date.