The Employment and Training Directorate has invited applications from eligible unemployed persons to avail the financial assistance under State Government’s ‘Educated Unemployed Allowance Scheme’ .
The applications need to be deposited with the respective janpad panchayats and civic wards latest by May 31 this year for seeking assistance under the scheme, according to an official press release issued here on Monday.
The applicantions can also be send by post by attaching a copy of the required documents or even submit them personally to the concerned offices of panchayats or civic wards. The detailed information on the scheme had been made available by the Directorate on the website www.cgemployment.gov.in.
The Directorate officials informed that the applicants need to be domicile of Chhattisgarh and must have attained age of not less than 18 years and more than 35 years as on January 1, 2013.
The applicants must have been registered with the Employment Office for the past two years as on January 1, 2013 besides holding a Higher Secondary Certificate or having higher qualifications.
Those applicants who are from poverty line category without any of their own source of income with dependent father or guardian would be eligible to receive an unemployment allowance of Rs 1,000 per month.
The applicants can submit the applications in the prescribed proforma in office of the Janpad Panchayat while those from urban areas can submit the same in the offices of Municipal Corporation, Municipality or Nagar Panchayat in their respective regions by attaching copy of necessary documents by May 31 this year.
A committee formed at the level of Janpad Panchayat and the Civic wards would offer approvals for grant of unemployment allowance based on the eligibility of the applicants.
The applicants would be called for an interview by the concerned committee after separate notices are sent to them. During the interview the applicants would have to produce proof of their educational qualification, age certificate, registration letter of the Employment office and age certificate.
The applicants would not be paid any to and fro fare to appear in the interviews. Moreover, the unemployment allowance would first be approved for only a year and during the period, if the applicants or any of his family member secures the job, the benefits would cease automatically.
The selected applicants would be provided a training opportunity under a set of employment oriented and self employment oriented schemes of the State government.
If the applicants refuse to take up the training programme, the unemployment allowance would be stopped. After completion of the first year of receiving the allowance, if the applicants desires to continue receiving the same would have to re-appear before the committee for the renewal of his application.