3 min readChandigarhSep 10, 2023 06:16 AM IST
First published on: Sep 10, 2023 at 05:00 AM IST
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Saturday announced that the state government will organise 200 job fairs this year.
Khattar made this announcement while interacting with the youth in “CM ki Vishesh charcha” programme through audio conference on Saturday.
During the interaction, Khattar said, “Since January 2019 till now, 1,450 job fairs had been organised in the state and employment assistance had been provided to 31,217 youths. Apart from this, appointment letters for employment were also handed over to the youths in these fairs. Till now, 1.14 lakh government jobs have been provided and 56,000 more jobs will be provided to the youths. Efforts will be made to ensure employment to 2 lakh youths.”
The CM also talked about skill training for empowering the youth. “To save the youth from multiple applications and fees, a provision has been made for single registration facility and common eligibility test for competitive examination.
Under the Chief Minister Antyodaya Parivar Utthan Yojana, youths from families with annual income of less than Rs 1 lakh have been ensured employment through Haryana Rozgar Kaushal Nigam on the basis of merit. The youths of families in which no member is in government jobs are being given priority of 5 additional marks in the recruitment of contractual employees through Haryana Kaushal Rozgar Nigam. Jobs in the government sector are limited.
In such a situation, it is not possible to provide jobs to 100% youths. Therefore, the government has taken the initiative to empower the youth by providing them skill training and quality education so that they become job providers instead of job seekers,” Khattar said.
During the interaction the Haryana CM said the government has paid special attention to apprenticeship training in the state. “Under the Haryana Skill Development Mission, more than 80,000 youths have been provided skills to make them self-reliant. Shri Vishwakarma Skill University has also been established to impart training and industrial-oriented education among the youth. Haryana is the first state in the country where educated unemployed youth are being given 100 hours of honorarium every month under the Saksham Yuva Yojana. Under this scheme, honorary work was provided to about 4 lakh youths. At present, industries need such youths who can meet the demands of the industries according to the latest technology. For this, through apprenticeship, students are being made to acquire skills as per the demand of the industry. The government has paid special attention to apprenticeship training in the state and on a per lakh population basis, the maximum number of apprentices has been placed in Haryana in the entire country,” Khattar said.
Khattar made this announcement while interacting with the youth in “CM ki Vishesh charcha” programme through audio conference on Saturday. (Express File Photo) 
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