The Central Government has started inviting project proposals under Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) in Chhattisgarh to provide a major boost to skill development of rural youth.
It may be recalled that Technical Education Minister Prem Prakash Pandey had informed during budget session of Chhattisgarh Assembly recently that a total of 93,264 youth were trained in 2016-17 in all the 27 districts of the State under the Skill Development Programme.
In a written reply to BJP member Shivratan Sharma, the Minister had informed that out of 93,264 trained youth, 27,116 got employment.
The State Public Works Department (PWD) has also embarked upon the work of constructing 17 new buildings for Polytechnic colleges at a cost of Rs 139 crore in 15 districts in the current fiscal 2016-17.
PWD Minister Rajesh Munat had stated that four Polytechnic college buildings at a cost of Rs 31 crore had already been completed.
The construction works on the other 13 college buildings had been going on at a rapid pace. The Polytechnic college buildings had been completed at Mahasamund, Rajnandgaon,Baloda Bazar-Batapara districts and expansion plans are underway at Durg district, he said.
Munat said that 13 Polytechnic colleges buildings are being constructed in 12 districts at a cost of Rs 107.95 crore.
New Polytechnic colleges were sanctioned for Chhattisgarh during April 2015.
The colleges were established under the 11th Five Year Plan as part of Central Government's Sub-mission on Polytechnic under the coordinated action for skill development.
The Polytechnic colleges are being established in states having less number of such colleges, officials informed on Monday.
Officials further said under this scheme already nine out of 11 Polytechnic colleges have already been established in Koriya, Jashpur, Kanker, Narayanpur, Bijapur, Ramanujganj, Bilaspur, Raipur and Bastar.
In Dantewada the Polytechnic College has been established with help of NMDC while in Janjgir Champa the State Government has set up the college.
The Central government last year announced that it will open one new Polytechnic colleges each in Kondagaon and Surajpur districts.
The Central government has provided assistance of Rs 12.30 crore for opening these colleges. Out of sanctioned amount Rs 8 crore would be invested for building construction while Rs 4.30 crore would be spent on equipment, furniture etc.
The State Government for academic session 2014-15 has already started a Polytechnic college in Baloda Bazaar and Bhatapara each.
The State Government had also announced that it will open as many as 17 new Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) in 15 development blocks during financial year 2015-16.
Out of the 17 ITIs, a total of 12 would be opened in tribal dominated regions.
The State government has made a provision of Rs 19.3 crore for the purpose.
It may be recalled that a budget provision of Rs 10 crore had been made by the State Government for 2015-16 for investors in the form of capital investment and interest grant. Skill development in the State Budget for the Electronics and IT sector is set to provide a major boost to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Make in India’ campaign.
The budget announcement is in consonance with the new IT & Electronics policy of the State Government, officials stated.