leader of Opposition in the lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj will participate in a two-day job fair to be organised exclusively for women at Government Science College ground Raipur on March 9.
Addressing media persons at her official residence on Wednesday, Woman and Child Development minister lata Usendi claimed that the two-day job fair, which will start on March 8, will be first of its kind in India.
The Women and Child Development Department was organising the job fair for empowering women, she added.
The minister said the function would be graced by chief minister Dr Raman Singh and other senior party leaders. Around 7,000 beneficiaries would be given away bicycles, sewing machines, agriculture equipment etc, she added.
Chhattisgarh assembly speaker Dharamlal Kaushik will inaugurate the fair on March 8 at 11 am which will witness participation of thousands of educated girls from schools and colleges.
During the fair a Mahila Utthan Shivir (Women Uplift Camp) will be held, in which members of Women Self-help Groups, women public representatives, Panchayat representatives, Mitanin etc will be present to make the girls and women aware of various government welfare schemes. They will also inform women about their legal rights provisioned under Prevention of Domestic Violence Act and Criminal law Amendment Bill 2012.
Online registration of girls and women visiting the camp will be done by the employment office.
Companies from private sectors, including ICICI Prudential, TATA, Birla life Insurance, Giriraj Hydrolic, Monet, Jindal, Grasim, lafarge, Jayaswal Neco, which have so far confirmed 700-800 vacancies in their establishments, were setting up their stalls in the fair for selecting eligible candidates, the Minister said.
Human Rights law Network, New Delhi representatives, will specially visit the fair to make aware the girls and women of the Domestic Violence Act and Criminal law Amendment Bill 2012.