Excelsior Correspondent
Jammu, Apr 17: Political Advisor to the Chief Minister Devender Singh Rana today said that National Conference is committed to the welfare of the youth of the state and the Coalition Government headed by Omar Abdullah in its three years has brought in many innovative schemes for the gainful employment as also the employability of the youth of the state.
Rana, who was addressing a series of public meetings in Panchayat Showa, Jandyal Upper and Dhanu in Block Bhalwal here today, said that special emphasis has been laid on fast tracking the process of recruitment within the state Government as also creating new viable opportunities for self employment of the youth within and outside the state. He said the initiatives taken by the Government in respect of providing seed capital and arranging mortgage free loan at nominal interest rates has given a lot of fillip to employment generation within the state.
He said “our state is a consuming state and as such the focus on import substitution by production within the state has already started showing tangible results with the import slowly declining and being replaced by production from within the state.” He said the creation of Overseas Employment Corporation is another futuristic step which will lead to the manpower from the state being absorbed in foreign countries to ensure that the youth of the state compete with the youth of other states for foreign employment. He said capacity building has been a great focus of the State Government from the last three years and the coming up of 55 ITIs and 22 polytechnic is a step in that direction.
Rana said that on the recommendations of the Rangarajan Committee the Uddan and Himayat schemes have opened up avenues of employment for the youth of the state in other parts of the country. He said that first time in the history of the state a visionary scheme like SKEWPY was rolled out. He said the creation of District Employment and Counseling Centres at all district headquarters as a ‘one stop centre’ for comprehensive information, guidance, finance and handholding of the youth is a historic initiative which has already started showing results.
The Political Advisor said that the Coalition Government unlike other political parties did not indulge in only hollow sloganeering and political gimmickry to exploit the youth but instead took concrete initiatives which will have far reaching impact on the development of the youth of the state.
Rana said the Voluntary Service Allowance (VSA) started for the unemployed youth of the state while they are unemployed is a step that is being adopted by new governments in Punjab and Uttar Pradesh now.
Addressing the gatherings at these places, Rattan Lal Gupta, Provincial President National Conference, Jammu province said that National Conference is committed to the equitable development of all the sections of the society with special focus on the development of the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe.
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