Punjab Government on Friday claimed to have facilitated employment to more than 15 lakh youth of the State during the period from April 1, 2017, to September 30, 2020, under its flagship programme, with a view to ensure job avenues for harnessing the potential of technically skilled manpower of the State.
A spokesperson said that the State Government, during its 42-month tenure till September 2020, made dedicated efforts with focused approach in providing enormous employment opportunities to the youth through ‘Ghar Ghar Rozgar and Karobar Mission’, job fairs, District Bureau of Employment and Enterprise (DBEEs) besides apprising the unemployed youth about Self Employment Schemes through distribution of DBEE’s information manuals or brochures.
Giving the breakup of the jobs provided to the youth, the spokesperson said that out of the total 15.08 lakh jobs provided to the youth, 58,709 have been given government jobs (including contractual) and 5.70 lakh placed in the private sector besides 8.80 lakh youth have been facilitated to take up self employment ventures during the aforesaid period.
Referring to the employment generated under the MGNREGA scheme from April 1, 2017, to June 30, 2020, the spokesperson said that 28.70 lakh households have been provided employment with 794.54 lakh mandays.
Meanwhile, a State Employment Plan 2020-22, to fill vacant jobs in government departments, boards, corporations and agencies in a phased time-bound manner has been approved by the Cabinet on October 14, 2020, in order to fulfill the Government’s promise to provide one lakh government jobs to youth in its remaining term.