Collector Bhim Singh said that the youths should seriously attend the skill development training classes and prepare themselves for starting their own business.
He was addressing trainees after inaugurating the District Project livelihood College in presence of District Panchayat Chief Executive Officer PS Elma here. On the occasion, Chief Minister’s Skill Development Program Director S P Goswami said that, at present, in livelihood College the Pace Foundation is providing training to 58 youths in hospitality. A total of 40 youths among them are being trained in the tailoring job and other 40 are being given computer training by the instructors and master trainers. The Collector also interacted with the trainees. Notably, as many as 51,416 youth have undergone training in different trades under the Central Government’s skill development programme and the Chief Minister’s Skill Development Scheme till October last year.
According to officials, livelihood Colleges were started in 13 districts mainly -Dantewada, Bijapur, Sukma, Bastar,Kanker, Kondagaon, Rajnandgaon, Raipur, Raigarh,Bilaspur, Korba, Surguja and Jashpur. The students are trained in construction, fabrication, electrical services, readymade garments manufacturing, computer training, electronics, automotive repair and hospitality professions. About 600 youth were trained last year. This apart, about 1,000 youth will be trained in each college during 2014-15 according to their field of interest.
About 4,200 youth are being trained in 12 livelihood Colleges in the current year, officials informed. Notably, the State Government had also been aggressively deploying financial resources for renovation as well as creation of new infrastructure facilities for promotion of training related to handicraft development. As a consequence, as many as 220 workshops and office-cum-warehouse buildings have been renovated at the cost of Rs34. 68 lakh in the State.
This apart, about 193 new workshop buildings have been constructed at the cost of Rs54.83 lakh, officials informed. Under Integrated Handicraft Development Scheme of State Government’s Rural Industry Department, as many as 1130 beneficiaries have been benefited in the previous financial year 2013-14. Officials informed that total 140 beneficiaries have attended the new ‘Weaving Training Session.’
An amount of Rs45.69 lakh have been spent on organising the training programme. Under Skill Improvement Training Programme, nearly Rs3.60 lakh have been spent on 20 other beneficiaries. A total of 44 Handloom weavers have been provided with financial aid of Rs22 lakh, 210 advanced equipment worth Rs29.38 lakh and 276 supportive equipment worth Rs7.58 lakh. In the previous financial year, Rs50,000 were spent on promotion of schemes.