JAMMU, Apr 3: Chief Minister today said that over 4 lakh youth are presently unemployed in the State. “Presently over 4 lakh youth are unemployed in the State and the Government intends to appoint more than 70,000 youth in Government services from this year,” Mr Abdullah said while addressing placements-handing-over function under ‘Himayat’ programme at General Zorawar Singh Auditorium at University of Jammu University here. “We have also to create opportunities for more than 3 lakh young people, as such, Himayat, Udaan, SKEWPY and other projects are under implementation to expand the job market for unemployed youth”, the Chief Minister said while underlining the importance of these projects to tackle the problem of unemployment in the State. Reaffirming his Government’s determination to tackle unemployment crisis purposefully by providing ample avenues to youth both in the Government and the private sectors, Mr Abdullah urged the jobless young boys and girls to utilize the opportunities created by the Government in this regard to the fullest. “Besides, creating employment opportunities in the Government sector we have initiated various schemes like SKEWPY, Himayat and Udaan to generate employment avenues for youth in bulk”, he said adding that skill development and enhancement of employability has been flagged as focused area to enable youth to get freely absorbed in the open job market or enter into entrepreneurship arena. “Youth have to snatch every opportunity being created by the Government for them to get employment,” he added. Assuring handholding of under training youth by the Government till the logical conclusion of providing them jobs in the private sector under ‘Himayat’ and ‘Udaan’, the Chief Minister asked them to come forward and take full advantage of these initiatives sponsored by the Government of India exclusively for Jammu and Kashmir youth. Union Minister for Rural Development Jairam Ramesh also attended the function. (AGENCIES)
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