Chief Minister Raghubar Das has stressed that country would shed its image of consumer and establish a producer at world level and underlined the role of Jharkhand into this. Speaking on signing of a MoU between National Skill Development Corporation and Jharkhand Skill Development Society on Sunday, the CM mentioned about all prerequisite with the State to go ahead with ‘Make in Jharkhand’ theme.
“India would not be a market only but a producer country and the world would be consumer of our products. For the success of ‘Make in India’ we have to bring ‘Make in Jharkhand’ on ground so that dream of the youth can be fulfilled. Jharkhand is filled with natural resources along with human resources and it has to be made skilled,” said the CM.
He added that in the age of globalisation the society need skill over degree and 17 Departments of the State Government is running different training programmes in that direction. The CM also directed officials of all Departments to work for skill development which can also play a deterrent against Naxalism. “If we do that I am sure that Jharkhand would become a developed State in next five years and in the next 10 years it would be amongst the richest States of the country,” said Das.
Also present on the occasion was Minister of State for Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (Independent Charge) Rajiv Pratap Rudy who said that skill development is a necessity for development of the country. “If there is skill, there is respect. The mindset that ‘only a Government job has a future’ is to be changed. I am waiting for the moment when matrimonial advertisements seek master plumbers or master craftsmen,” said the Minister. RP Singh from the State and Atul Bhatnagar signed over the MoU.
Rudy also mentioned about mass level migration of youths from the States like Bihar and Jharkhand as unskilled workforce to bigger cities. He added that National Skill Development Corporation was in talk with Railway and Defense Ministries to engage youths of the families work there. MoS Sudarshan Bhagat, Rural Development Minister of Jharkhand Neelkant Singh Munda, Chatra MP Sunil Singh, State Chief Secretary Rajiv Gauba, Development Commissioner RS Poddar and Planning and Development Secretary Arun Kumar Singh were also present on the occasion.