Srinagar,March 3 (Scoop News) – Chairman Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council and Chairman Expert Group on Jobs Plan for Jammu and Kashmir, Dr. C. Rangarajan presented the jobs plan report to the Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah at an impressive function held at SKICC today this morning.
Minister for Higher Education & Employment, A. G. Malik, Minister of State for Tourism, Nasir Aslam Wani, Dr. K. P. Krishnan, Secretary, T. Nanda Kumar, Member, Shakeel Qalander, Member, Tarun Das, Member, Mrs. Sushila Panjwani, Private Secretary to the Chairman, Expert group were also present on the occasion.
Mrs. Haripriya Rangarajan was accompanying Dr. C. Rangarajan.
Addressing on the occasion, Dr. C. Rangarajan shed light on various recommendations of the report made by the expert group setup in the context of enhancing the employment opportunities in Jammu and Kashmir with particular emphasis on youth.
He said the expert group has recommended two pronged strategy for creating large number of jobs. He said the strategy comprises skill development and direct employment initiatives envisaging improvement in skill sets through access to education and focused placement oriented training. Dr. Rangarajan said the expert group has also identified sectors having large employment potential to kick start the growth process in the state.
He said the group has also recommended skill and placement linked training for 50000 to one lakh youth in 3 to 5 years adding that some probable private sector partners have evinced interest for the purpose which include IL&FS, KUONI, DON BOSCO and Dr. Reddy’s Foundation. He said he has also recommended Rs. 257 crore to be allocated for this scheme.
The other companies that have expressed interest for launching special industry initiatives in PPP for enhancing skill and employability for 40000 youth in five years, he said, are INFOSYS Technologies, TATA Consultancy Services, Godrej & Boyce, BILT, Crompton Greaves, Avanthe Group, Bajaj Auto, WWFI, JCB India, Tata Motors, Tata Global Beverages and Apollo Hospitals. For this scheme, Rs. 500 crore have been recommended by the committee, he added.
Dr. Rangarajan also made special reference with regard to special scholarship scheme for 25000 students, micro-projects under Agriculture and Animal Husbandry sectors, Tourism, Handicrafts, Micro Small and Medium Enterprises and ITES and BPO. He said the Group has recommended Rs. 1200 crore for scholarship scheme.
The Chief Minister, in his address, welcomed Expert Group and expressed his gratitude to Prime Minster for constituting Expert Group headed by Dr. Rangarajan and the recommendations made by the group for creating employment and employability in the Jammu and Kashmir state. He said the report when implemented would go a long way in tackling the unemployment challenges in the state. He said the youth of the Jammu and Kashmir would get an opportunity for serving in various parts of the country which would help them to exhibit their talent.
Omar said that his government would ensure that the youth are selected in a transparent manner so that the talented youth get their due share. He said it would be the primary responsibility of the government to implement the recommendations in letter and spirit in the state.
Earlier, Minister for Higher Education and Employment, A. G. Malik welcomed the guests.
Later, an interactive session was also held between media and other representative of various traders associations.
The media persons and representatives of various traders and hotel associations, members belonging to social organizations and office bearers of KCCI and FCIK were also present. www.scoopnews.in