launching ‘Ghar Ghar Rozgar and Karobaar Mission’, Punjab Government on Tuesday signed 34 memorandums of understanding (MoUs) with various Industry Associations and employers, to create job opportunities for as many as 2.8 lakh State’s youth.
Industry doyens from the region led by Walmart India CEO Krish Iyer, Vardhman Textiles limited chairman Shri Paul Oswal, International Tractors limited (Sonalika Group) vice-chairman AS Mittal, Trident chairman Rajinder Gupta, amongst others, and Punjab Government Ministers led by Finance and Employment Generation Minister Manpreet Singh Badal attended the government’s ambitious Ghar Ghar Rozgar Yojana employers’ meet.
Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh, who had cancelled his programmes including Cabinet meeting a day before due to health issues, skipped the meet held at Mohali’s Indian School of Business. Along with Manpreet, the state Technical Education Minister Charanjit Singh Channi, local Bodies Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu, and Irrigation and Power Minister Rana Gurjit Singh were present.
Dubbing corruption and unemployment as the “biggest enemies of mankind”, Manpreet said, “We are the make generation of Punjab... and we need to rebuild Punjab by creating an economically robust Punjab by working collectively.”
Manpreet assured the industrialists that the State Government would extend fulsome support for their existing as well as their new ventures they are planning to establish in the state with a view to create numerous job opportunities for our youth.
“We will not let the youth of our state to shift to foreign countries in search of employment,” he said with a stress.
Urging the employers to join hands with ‘Ghar Ghar Rozgar Mission’ to accelerate Punjab’s development and contribute as a driving force for the employment growth, Manpreet asked them to work collectively to boost the state’s economy besides ensuring constructive growth of human resources.
Announcing that Punjab Government would set up a University of Vocational Education, Channi said: “The University will particularly try and bridge the gap between academic qualifications and vocational education and on the other hand, between the industry and academia.”
He said that the Punjab government has successfully completed the goal of providing employment to about 50,000 youths by organizing employment fairs at 21 different places across the state.
The Minister also called upon the industrialists to work in tandem with Punjab government for the advancement of technical education besides ensuring golden fortune for our youth.
later, Manpreet Badal and Charanjit Singh Channi unveiled the approach and strategy framework for ‘Ghar Ghar Rozgar and Karobaar Mission’ laying emphasis on synergizing skills, employment and enterprise development to achieve the Mission objectives.
Notably, the Government has planned to set up District Bureau of Employment and Enterprise, which will extend all necessary assistance to youth in finding jobs or setting up own enterprise.
Each district will prepare its own roadmap and Employment Bureaus at Mohali, ludhiana and Jalandhar will facilitate and set up three Model Career Centers in partnership with the Confederation of Indian industries (CII).