23.8.13

Of Skill Development....


Finance minister P Chidambaram unveiled the National Skill Certification and Monetary Reward scheme that hopes to encourage youths to acquire skills and make them employable. “This will help the country reap demographic dividend...Young men must come forward to take the advantage of the scheme to upgrade their skills,” Chidambaram said while launching the scheme. The minister said that during 2004-05 and 2009-10, 20 million jobs were created in the country and the unemployment rate had declined to 6.6% from 8.3%.
The National Skilling Mission envisages adding 500 million skilled Indians by the year 2022. While 150 million are expected to be contributed by the private sector working under National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC), 350 million will be contributed by 18-odd ministries at the Centre.
Speaking on the occasion, minister for rural development Jairam Ramesh said the government will provide skills training to at least one youth from each family that had availed of 100 day employment under the under MNREGA scheme. Ramesh said the scheme will also provide employment as well as post-placement handholding for 1-2 years.
Deputy Chairman Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia the scheme has been created as an inclusive mechanism to benefit people in all walks of life.

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