The Chief Minister N.Kiran Kumar Reddy will launch the Rajiv Education and Employment Mission the “Rajiv Yuva Kiranalu” at the Port Stadium, Visakhaptnam today on the occasion of the birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.
The Chief Minister said that the Government is committed to provide manifold and enhanced avenues to the youth of Andhra Pradesh for accessing employment/placements both in the public and private sector. This requires addressing the issue of increasing employment opportunities by pursuing a growth path that balances GDP growth with the growth in employment. It also improves the employability of the youth by aligning their knowledge, skill and aptitude as per the requirements of the economy. The labour market demand is shifting towards ‘skilled’ and ‘highly skilled’ categories, whereas most of the youth are unskilled. This calls for a massive initiative for training the youth in the desired skill sets with the active partnership of private sector.
The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) estimated that a potential of 8 million new jobs (4.5 million skilled/highly skilled, 3 to 3.5 million unskilled) will exist in the Construction, Textiles, IT & ITES, Health Care, Tourism, Pharmaceutical, Bio-tech, Financial services, Para Military and Security, Engineering, Retail Management, Gems and Jewellery sectors by 2015. A study by Indian Institute of Economic Services (IIES) revealed that out of the technical manpower coming from the higher and technical educational institutions, nearly 1/3rd remain unemployed, primarily because of the mismatch between the curriculum and the industry requirement.
With a view to utilize the expanding opportunities offered by the growing economy and to bridge the skill gap, Government has constituted the ‘Rajiv Udyogasri’ Society in 2007 with the mandate of achieving placement of 10 lakh youth in 2 years by coordinating the efforts of various departments engaged in skill up-gradation. Employment Generation and Marketing Mission (EGMM) was started for training and placing the youth from rural poor households in the nonfarm sector jobs. Similar initiatives have been launched for the urban slums by the Mission for Elimination of Poverty in Municipal Areas (MEPMA). The Welfare departments have been organising training programmes for specific disadvantaged social groups. After a performance review, it was felt that these efforts need to be substantially revamped and fine-tuned to achieve the objectives defined by 2014. Therefore, it is decided that the employment generation program shall henceforth be taken-up on aMission Mode to provide at least 15 lakh jobs for the unemployed youth and the students coming out of the educational institutions before 2014. The programme is to be named as “RAJIV YUVA KIRANALU” –after the youth icon late Rajiv Gandhi and also denoting a new hope and beginning in the lives of the youth.
The Chief Minister said that the Government is committed to provide manifold and enhanced avenues to the youth of Andhra Pradesh for accessing employment/placements both in the public and private sector. This requires addressing the issue of increasing employment opportunities by pursuing a growth path that balances GDP growth with the growth in employment. It also improves the employability of the youth by aligning their knowledge, skill and aptitude as per the requirements of the economy. The labour market demand is shifting towards ‘skilled’ and ‘highly skilled’ categories, whereas most of the youth are unskilled. This calls for a massive initiative for training the youth in the desired skill sets with the active partnership of private sector.
The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) estimated that a potential of 8 million new jobs (4.5 million skilled/highly skilled, 3 to 3.5 million unskilled) will exist in the Construction, Textiles, IT & ITES, Health Care, Tourism, Pharmaceutical, Bio-tech, Financial services, Para Military and Security, Engineering, Retail Management, Gems and Jewellery sectors by 2015. A study by Indian Institute of Economic Services (IIES) revealed that out of the technical manpower coming from the higher and technical educational institutions, nearly 1/3rd remain unemployed, primarily because of the mismatch between the curriculum and the industry requirement.
With a view to utilize the expanding opportunities offered by the growing economy and to bridge the skill gap, Government has constituted the ‘Rajiv Udyogasri’ Society in 2007 with the mandate of achieving placement of 10 lakh youth in 2 years by coordinating the efforts of various departments engaged in skill up-gradation. Employment Generation and Marketing Mission (EGMM) was started for training and placing the youth from rural poor households in the nonfarm sector jobs. Similar initiatives have been launched for the urban slums by the Mission for Elimination of Poverty in Municipal Areas (MEPMA). The Welfare departments have been organising training programmes for specific disadvantaged social groups. After a performance review, it was felt that these efforts need to be substantially revamped and fine-tuned to achieve the objectives defined by 2014. Therefore, it is decided that the employment generation program shall henceforth be taken-up on aMission Mode to provide at least 15 lakh jobs for the unemployed youth and the students coming out of the educational institutions before 2014. The programme is to be named as “RAJIV YUVA KIRANALU” –after the youth icon late Rajiv Gandhi and also denoting a new hope and beginning in the lives of the youth.
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