Apart from the mining sector in the State, the government has special emphasis on creating employment in other areas. For this, the government is moving ahead in a phased manner to employ more and more people through different mediums, said Chief Minister Hemant Soren during a programme here on Tuesday where he handed over appointment letters for employment in the textile industry Ms Kishore Exports, Kulhi Industrial Area, Ormanjhi (Ranchi) to 22 girls of the State, who were rescued from Tamil Nadu.
The CM said that there is a huge potential in the textile industry in Jharkhand. In the coming few days, the target is to connect about eight thousand people in this sector. He said that companies wishing to provide employment to young men and women here will be fully supported by the government. On this occasion, the CM was entrusted a letter of intent in connection with providing one lakh N-95 masks by Arvind Group of Companies. He was also presented a memento by the Association of Apparels Association.
Soren said that lakhs of people from Jharkhand turn to other states for employment, it was not known to the government, but fearing the Corona crisis and lockdown workers were forced to return to their State and their figures were received by the government. Only after this, the government decided that the migrant labourers will be provided employment in their own State. Initiative has been started in this direction and in the next two months more and more people will be employed in different sectors. For this, preparations have been started by the Department of Industries.
The CM said that even in the Corona crisis, more and more job creation is being done at the government level. Under this, besides the three big schemes under the MGNREGA, the Mukhyamantri Urban Shramik Yojana has been started for the urban labourers. Lakhs of mandays have been created through these schemes and this will continue in the future.
He further said that Jharkhand is a labour-intensive State. Millions of workers here work in other states. Nearly one lakh labourers here have experience of working in the textile sector. In such a situation, there is a huge potential in the textile industry in the State as well. “If we succeed in this, then about two lakh people will get employment in this area. The government is ready to help companies setting up textile industries in the state in every way,” he added.
The Chief Minister thanked Arvind Group of Companies and said that its cooperation in the ongoing fight against Corona is commendable. He said that with the cooperation of all, the State will be successful in beating Corona.
On this occasion, Chief Secretary Sukhdev Singh, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister Rajiv Arun Ekka, Pooja Singhal, Secretary, Department of Industries and Deepak Agarwal, Managing Director, Kishore Exports and Ankur Trivedi, Head, Corporate Affairs, Arvind Group of Companies were present.