SRINAGAR: Chief Secretary Dr Arun Kumar Mehta while reviewing the overall implementation of Employment Generation Schemes by different government departments in association with financial institutions in the UT, said the next major goal of the UT administration is to provide employment to all job seekers.
On the occasion, the Commissioner Secretary, Labour & Employment, Rehana Batul informed the meeting that in the current financial year under different Self Employment Schemes implemented by different Departments, 19733 units were established to generate employment for more than 95000 persons. She further informed that in addition 36 job fairs were held during this time at different locations providing employment to 614 persons.
Moreover, it was revealed that the Department has registered 251336 educated youth including 85540 women for counseling and other relevant assistance for securing employment. It was given out that till July this year, a total of 15807 counseling sessions were held which were attended by 44433 persons, besides 180 awareness camps attended by 13809 candidates.
During the meeting the Chief Secretary maintained that J&K has been successful in providing basic amenities like roads, drinking water and electricity to most of its population besides access to important services such as health and education. ” Now the focus is on providing employment to all those who are desirous to avail such opportunities.”
He maintained that the gap between the demand and target of schemes should be properly studied and measures taken to bridge the same. He noted that the section of the population desirous of taking any kind of should be catered to as per the aspirations of these people.
Dr Mehta further impressed upon all the concerned Departments to reposition their targets to saturate demands in their sectors. He called for the creation of Panchayat-level employment plans for reflecting the actual ambitions of youth regarding the kind of engagements they want for themselves as per their strengths and available opportunities that are viable.
The meeting was also apprised that under the National Career Service project, 17 District Employment & Counselling Centers were upgraded as model career centers. These Model Career Centers are expected to connect job seekers with all available job opportunities in addition to offering counselling and other related services to unemployed youth in the UT.
