o create 12 to 15 lakh new employment opportunities in the next five years, the government on Saturday decided to form a Chhattisgarh Employment Mission.
Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel will be its Chairman, Chief Secretary Amitabh Jain its Vice President while the Chief Executive Officer will be Principal Secretary Alok Shukla, an official communication said.
In the last three years, many innovative programmes have been started to generate employment in all the districts.
These include Chhattisgarh Herbals, Godhan Nyay Mission, Tea-Coffee Board, giving agriculture status to fisheries and lac production, rural industrial parks, the Millet Mission and commercial plantation.
Still more opportunities have to be tapped.
The services of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Indian Institute of Management (IIM) and the National Institute of Technology (NIT) in state will be roped in for expertise and skill development programmes in urban and rural areas for creating new employment opportunities.
An action plan will be readied within a month.