SRINAGAR: Admitting that State was confronting with the challenge of unemployment, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today said the Government was working through various initiatives to create employment avenues for the youth.
“I know unemployment is one of the biggest challenges for all of us and the government is working on various fronts to create adequate employment avenues for the youth,” the Chief Minister said in the Legislative Assembly while responding to supplementaries on a related question during the Question Hour.
She said instead of indulging in blame-game over the issue of unemployment, “all of us should put in collective effort to confront this challenge.” Ms Mufti said the Government has already made various interventions on this front and said besides fast-tracking the recruitment in Government departments, corporate houses have also been involved in creating employment opportunities for the local youth.
“We have asked these corporate houses to train and engage the local youth through productive employment,” she said and added that even private educational institutions have been asked to engage J&K’s meritorious sportspersons in various capacities. The Chief Minister said everyone can’t get a Government job and other income generating avenues shall have to be explored to create economic avenues for the youth. (AGENCIES)
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