Union minister of skill development and entrepreneurship ( Independent charge) Rajiv Pratap Rudy today said in Jharkhand they have decided to develop a network of Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Kendras and Drivers' Training Institutes.
Talking to newsmen here this evening the Union minister said President Pranab Mukherjee will inugurate online the state's first Drivers' Training Institute at Godda in the first week of April. The institute will provide training on driving heavy and medium vehicles.
The minister said that there is a need of six lakh drivers in each of the parliamentary constituency of the country. " By providing training to youths on heavy vehicles and equipments we can ensure that they earn a handsome salary ranging between Rs 30,000 to Rs 50,000 in big cities," he said.
He said that his ministry has set a target of providing training to 40 crore youths in the unorganised sector in
five years. " My ministry is pretty new, it is two years old. We have lot of work to do for promoting short term skilling of youths in order to make them employable,"said Rudy.
In the quest to scale up skill initiatives in Jharkhand, Rudy, said that he had a meeting with chief minister , Raghubar Das discussing in length the contribution
that the state can make to the newly announced National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme by ensuring that the corporates in the State engage with more apprentices and
given them an opportunity to work hands on in the industry which can help increase their employability.
Referring to a query on demonetization the minister said the demonetisation was an act commitment as per the promise given in the 2014 lok Sabha election to abolish black money.