AMN / New Delhi
Union Minister of Rural Development, Panchayati Raj and Mines, Narendra Singh Tomar Sunday said that unemployment has become a major problem today as we did not adopted skilling mission earlier.
He said, “If India would have adopted the skilling mission soon after it got independence, the problem of unemployment would not have achieved such a dimension as it is today.” Addressing an event ‘Bharat ke Kaushalzaade’, honouring beneficiaries of its key skilling programmes, on the eve of Antyodaya Diwas 2017, organized by Rural Skills Division, Ministry of Rural Development, Mr Tomar lauded the vision of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi to create a new Ministry of Skill Development after it came to power in 2014 and expressed the hope that in coming years more and more youth will be provided training for gainful employment through various skilling missions.
He also exhorted the youth present on the occasion to encourage and make aware the rural youth and fellow friends to register on Kaushal Panjee launched at the event from 1st to 15th of October, 2017 for getting quality training and jobs. In his address, the Minister of State for Rural Development Ram Kripal Yadav said that it is a matter of great pride that after getting training through RSETIs and DDU-GKY, the youth are getting monthly income of Rs 10,000 to Rs 30,000.
He said that quality training imparted at these institutes will make them stand not only at Indian job market, but they can also excel in foreign lands. The event was graced by almost 800 plus candidates and alumni to celebrate and honour beneficiaries from both of MoRD’s flagship skill development programmes i.e. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) and Rural Self Employment Training Institutes (RSETI). The event was significant as it was on this day 3 years ago that the Ministry of Rural Development announced DDU-GKY with a focus on building capacity of rural youth to address the needs of domestic and global skills requirements.