Job letters were handed over to 1,000 youth skilled and placed by Rajya Sabha MP Vikramjit Singh Sahney during a ceremony held here on Sunday.
Handing over the job letters to the skilled youth, assembly speaker Kultar Singh Sandhwan said, “I urge Sahney to carry out this employment drive in the entire state. Whatever assistance is needed from the Punjab government, chief minister Bhagwant Mann and his cabinet are there to support the noble cause. Unemployment drives youth towards drug menace,” he added.
Agriculture minister Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal said this initiative will stop the migration of the youth to foreign lands. He offered land to Sahney for opening more skill centres across the state.
Speaking on the occasion, Local bodies minister Inderbir Singh Nijjar said multi-skill is the requirement for jobs for the youth of Punjab. Cabinet minister Harbhajan Singh ETO also lauded the efforts made by the Sun Foundation.
Going ahead with his endeavour to provide jobs to the youth of Punjab, Sahney said a corpus fund of ₹50 crore is being proposed to the state government which would be spent on creating 25 centres of excellence across the state.
“My goal is to give 50,000 jobs to the trained students in these ITIs. All the present ITI would be upgraded to world-class skill centres with the latest machinery according to the present industry standards and training as per the industry needs. ₹20 crore will be given by the Government of India under the Skills Strengthening for Industrial Value Enhancement scheme (STRIVE), ₹10 crore has been already provided by the state government for the renovation of ITIs and one more instalment of ₹10 crore will be released by the finance minister for ITIs on my request. The balance amount of ₹10 crore will be released by me through the MPLAD fund and my personal contribution. These centres would be having the advanced facility for the placements of the students and the professional industry connect,” he said.
Sahney said, “It’s my dream to see the youth of Punjab employed and self-sustained because unemployment gives encouragement to many other serious problems in society. Today we are handing over 1,000 job letters to skilled students from our centre in Amritsar and the students are placed locally in different sectors like industry, call centres, hotels, hospitality and hospitals,” he added.
{{/usCountry}}Sahney said, “It’s my dream to see the youth of Punjab employed and self-sustained because unemployment gives encouragement to many other serious problems in society. Today we are handing over 1,000 job letters to skilled students from our centre in Amritsar and the students are placed locally in different sectors like industry, call centres, hotels, hospitality and hospitals,” he added.
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