Punjab State Commission for Scheduled Castes on Thursday joined hands with Dalit Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DICCI) for skill development of unemployed SC youth to increase their employability in the industry besides preparing them for self employment.
Chamber chairman Chandra Bhan Prasad and coordinator Shammi Kapoor called on Punjab SC Commission chairman Rajesh Bagha to discuss the problems faced by industry in recruiting unemployed SC youth. It was decided to launch district-wise skill development program for them to increase their employability in the industrial sector. It was also decided to explore different centrally-sponsored schemes of skill development to help maximum unemployed youth in minimum time.
It was also decided in the meeting that DICCI would provide requisite technical training and educate the youth regarding emerging trades of industry where there were more chance of employment. Youngsters would also be provided training in entrepreneur development program so that they could opt for self-employment ventures, besides educating them regarding process of availing credit facilities from the institutional banks and other financial bodies.
DICCI would also organize camps in assistance with Punjab SC Commission in different parts of state to identify the unemployed SC youth and later on these camps would be fanned out to tehsil level.Bagha expressed gratitude to DICCI for focusing on Punjab in their nationwide endeavour to uplift the life of SC youth.