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Identify poorest of poor jobless in villages: Punjab CM
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SME Times News Bureau | 05 Oct, 2019
Giving an impetus to the government's flagship 'Ghar Ghar Rozgar and
Karobar Mission' scheme, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on
Saturday declared all-out efforts to identify the poorest of the poor
jobless in villages for employment.
He announced a free coaching scheme for candidates to prepare for Group C exams for public sector and government jobs.
Under
the unique '10 unemployed per village' initiative, 10 of the poorest of
the poor jobless are being identified in every village, he said, adding
so far 134,104 such jobless youth had been identified, with 32,420
placed in private employment and 12,114 successfully skill-trained.
The
Chief Minister was speaking at Chamkaur Sahib town while handing over
appointment letters to some of the 116,556 youths selected for jobs and
identified for self-employment or skill training.
He also interacted with successful students, most of whom have received salary packages of up to Rs 20,000 at job fairs.
Describing
these jobs as stepping stones for the future success of the youth, the
Chief Minister said the bulk of the jobs less than Rs 10,000 had gone to
school drop-outs, thus helping to bring them out of the unemployment
cycle in which they were caught as a result of their failure to complete
their education.
He recalled that he himself had started his
career in the Indian Army with a meagre salary of Rs 325, with just Rs
50 as high-altitude allowance.
Amarinder Singh expressed his
appreciation at the success of the job fairs, which have so far seen
10.70 lakh placements or recruitments or self-employment opportunities.
The
private sector has absorbed 3.75 lakh candidates, while 40,000 have
been taken in by the government against vacancies, and the remaining
have been facilitated self-employment, since the first job fair was held
in August-September 2017.
The Chief Minister noted with
satisfaction the growing success rate of these job fairs, pointing out
that the rate had gone up from 5 per cent in the first job fair to 56
per cent in the fifth, indicating the high level of enthusiasm among the
candidates as well as the companies in search of talent.
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