To meet the target of creation of 20 lakh jobs in five years, the Arvind Kejriwal Government will focus on eight sectors including retail, food and beverage, logistics and supply chain, travel and tourism, entertainment, construction, real estate and green energy.
The Government has set a target for every department to create employment opportunities in the next five years. Kejriwal and his deputy Manish Sisodia on Friday held a meeting with senior officials of the departments concerned to review the progress of Delhi’s Budget.
Kejriwal also shared details on Twitter and wrote, “We have set a target of creating 20 lakh jobs in the next five years in Delhi’s Budget. Such work is being done for the first time in the country. I chaired a meeting of all departments today on this. Targets and timelines were set for each department. Everyone is very excited.
I believe that we will definitely achieve our goal.” Under the ‘Rozgar Budget’ blueprint, redevelopment of popular retail markets will be carried out on the lines of Lajpat Nagar and Kamla Nagar, in order to promote the iconic markets and to create a brand around them. This will help increase the sales and attract more customers from Delhi and the rest of the country. The Redevelopment of Popular Retail Markets project has a potential to generate 1.5 lakh jobs in five years through the promotion, branding and infrastructural facelift of popular markets in Delhi. The Dilli Shopping Festival has a potential to generate 1.2 Lakh jobs in five years.
The Grade A Retail and Food Spaces scheme will utilise existing land on bus depots for setting up world- class food and retail hubs with a potential to generate 50,000 jobs in five years.
Similarly, the Food Truck Policy will be looked after by the tourism department with an objective to promote business opportunities for restaurants and cafes in Delhi, increase the market size through gourmet offerings and unique food concepts. This scheme can generate 15,000 jobs in five years. The cloud kitchen policy has the potential to generate 30,000 jobs.
The number of cloud kitchens in Delhi has been increased from 15,730 to 22,000 over a year. The industry creates a significant number of jobs per Rs 1 lakh revenue generated (both direct and indirect gig jobs).
Under the Redevelopment of Dilli Food Hubs project, promotion, branding and renewal of iconic food hubs in Delhi will be taken up with a potential to generate 6,000 jobs in five years. The Gandhinagar redevelopment and promotion scheme is expected to generate 43,000 new jobs. The Government will rebrand and reposition the hub as "The Garment Destination of Delhi;" with a homegrown tag of "Readymade in Dilli'" as a unique identifier of quality. By redeveloping Non-Conforming Notified Industrial Areas, the Government will provide support for redevelopment of 25 notified non-conforming industrial areas with a potential to generate over six lakh new jobs.
By setting up Delhi's Electronic City, the Delhi Government will set up clusters of electronics design and manufacturing units to satisfy both Delhi's and all India demand for electronics with a potential to generate 85,000 jobs.
Under the Delhi Startup Policy, the Government aims to make it the hub of startups by developing a niche startup policy for the Capital with a potential to generate nine lakh jobs. Under the Delhi Wholesale Shopping Festival, promotion of wholesale trade in Delhi by hosting a large-scale shopping festival in the city would be done.
“There are 1.68 crore people out of over 2-3 crore in Delhi who are eligible to take up jobs. However, merely one-third of the 1.68 crore eligible people are employed at present.
The Delhi Government aims to take this 33 per cent employment figure up to 45 per cent over the next five years. This is the first time a budget with focus on details and practical aspects on such a micro-level has been made in the country,” he added.