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Hello Jammu News at 8:16:00 PM 0

1500 youth to be targeted annually
SRINAGR, JULY 17: The State Administrative Council (SAC) which met here today under the chairmanship of Governor, Shri N N Vohra approved the launch of a big-ticket Employment Generation programme namely “J&K Rural Employment Generation Programme (JKREGP)" with an annual outlay of Rs 50 Crore to start with.
The new scheme will target 1500 unemployed youth annually in the initial phase and will be implemented by J&K Khadi Village & Industries Board (KVIB) from the financial year 2018-19. The scheme is being launched with an objective to harness and channelize energy and entrepreneurial skills of rural unemployed youth towards productive enterprise in micro industrial sector and to create employment opportunities for them.
The Scheme shall be a Direct Benefit Transfer / Credit Linked Subsidy Scheme with term loan equivalent to 60% of the project cost to be provided by the financial institutions with the Government subsidy in the shape of Margin Money of 35% in rural areas/villages across all categories. The beneficiary shall be required to put his share, equivalent to 5% of the project cost up to Rs.25.00 lakh.
The Scheme covers around 18 activities under Agro& Food Processing Industry, 12 activities under Forest Based Industry, 7 activities under Handmade Paper/Fiber Products, 8 activities under Mineral Based Products, 8 activities under Polymer & Chemical Based Industry, 14 activities under Rural Engineering & Biotechnology, 27 activities under Service Industry and 17 activities under Textiles. The Scheme provides detailed guidelines relating to eligibility of persons for availing benefits.
Over the years several initiatives like UDAAN, HIMAYAT, Seed Capital Fund Scheme, Youth Start-up Loan Scheme and Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) have been taken up to provide gainful employment and employability to youth of Jammu and Kashmir, where the unemployment rate is highest in the country followed by states like Kerala and Assam. 
Of these PMEGP is the most sought programme implemented by KVIB and District Industries Centres (DICs).  The programme though having shown good results has faced a limit of annual targets vis-à-vis the number of aspirants.
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Hello Jammu News at 8:06:00 PM 0

Skill Development under Himayat

Urges students to equip themselves with skills to earn good livelihood
JAMMU, APRIL 04: Minister for Rural Development, Panchayati Raj, Law and Justice Abdul Haq today visited various training centres to get first hand appraisal of the facilities and training being provided to the youth of the state under Himayat Scheme.
The Minister visited Teamlease Services Limited, a Project Implementation Agency imparting training to the youth of the state in various job-oriented skills including Electricals and Information Technology.  287 youths from various districts of Jammu province are undergoing training in the centre including 113 females.
The Minister was accompanied by Additional Mission Director JKSRLM Kapil Sharma, Project Head Teamlease Services Limited, Mukhtar Nabi and other senior officials of the department.
Abdul Haq visited the lecture rooms, laboratories, Computer labs and online monitoring systems installed in the training centre. The Minister also inspected the boarding and other facilities being provided by the PIA to the students.
Most of the students of undergoing batch hail from very far of places of Jammu division including Kishtwar, Padder, Doda and other hilly areas.
While interacting with the Minister, the students expressed satisfaction over the facilities being provided to by the trainers and the teaching staff of the Teamlease Services.
The Minister urged the students to work hard to get trained well in their respective trades so that they can prove their mettle in market and get jobs easily to earn their livelihood.
Addressing the students, Abdul Haq said Himayat is a skill development cum placement programme for unemployed youth in J&K under the umbrella of DeenDayal Upadhyaya GraminKoushalaya Yojana (DDU-GKY), Union Ministry of Rural Development with focus on sustainable employment for rural poor youth. He said JKSRLM has been entrusted with the responsibility of training and placing over 1.24 lakh youth with an allocation of Rs 1601.51 crore for a period of 3 years.
The Minister said Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti has launched the remodelled Himayat scheme last year with an aim to train the unemployed youth in different sectors so that they get employment at the earliest.

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Hello Jammu News at 7:16:00 PM 0

KARGIL, JANUARY 15: Jammu and Kashmir Entrepreneurship development institute (JKEDI) conducted Entrepreneurship Development programme(EDP) at Kargil under Self employment component of HIMAYAT which concluded today.
A batch of 43 aspiring entrepreneurs including eleven females passed out from JKEDI Kargil after completing the three-week training programme.
The main objective of the program is to help the participants, to imbibe the required entrepreneurial and managerial skills so that they can start and run their own business ventures successfully.
Kachoo Ahmed Ali Khan, Chief Executive Councilor, LAHDC Kargil, was the Chief Guest at the valedictory function. Haji Mohammad Shafi, political advisor to CEC, LAHDC Kargil was the guest of honour of the occasion. Deputy Director Employment Kargil and District officers from different departments were also present on the occasion audience.
 District Nodal Officer JKEDI Kargil, Yash Paul in his welcome address highlighted the various schemes being implemented by JKEDI for the welfare of youths. He emphasized on the need of entrepreneurship and skill development in the State and urged the participants to become entrepreneurs and create jobs.
On the occasion, entrepreneurs also shared their views regarding the three-week long fruitful training provided by JKEDI.

Kachoo Ahmed Ali Khan in his speech lauded JKEDI Kargil for organizing such programs and providing a platform to the unemployed youth of Ladakh. He wished the participants for their successful future, adding various opportunities and resources are still to explore in Kargil.
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BANDIPORA, AUGUST 31: The 21-day training camp at J&K Entrepreneurship Development Institute (JKEDI) Bandipora under Seed Capital Fund Scheme (SCFS) and Youth Startup Loan Scheme (YSLS) concluded here today.
          Around 68 candidates completed their training in manufacturing, services and agriculture allied skills. As many as 50 candidates including 5 female candidates qualified the programme and will be provided with financial assistance to establish their income generating units.
     Nodal Officer JKEDI Bandipora said that an amount of Rs. 4.80 crore have been disbursed by JKEDI among 120 candidates during this financial year who were trained under HIMAYAT Scheme. He said that the 2nd batch of the training at the Institute shall start in September.

          Assistant Commissioner Revenue, who was the chief guest, interacted with the candidates and urged them to take good advantage of the training programme by way of opening their ventures.
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Hello Jammu News at 7:04:00 PM 0
'JKSRLM to raise over 1.24 lakh skilled manpower under Himayat'


           NEW DELHI, JUNE, 21: Minister for Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Abdul Haq today chaired a meeting of Project Implementing Agencies (PIAs) under Himayat scheme to review the progress and implementation of the scheme.
          The meeting was attended by Commissioner Secretary RDD, Nirmal Sharma, Mission Director JKSRLM Bakshi Javid, Regional representative North from DDU-GKY GoI Mr Murtaza, representatives of three champion employers - Apollo Medskills Limited, Manpower Group Services India Pvt Ltd and Surya Wires Pvt Ltd.
            Abdul Haq reviewed the progress and the proper implementation of Himayat by the implementing agencies and received the feedback from the officers and the recruiting agencies regarding the implementation of the scheme.
          On the occasion Minister said around three projects have been sanctioned by JKSRLM and first installment is released to the project implementing agencies Surya, Apollo and Manpower for the mobilization of candidates which is under progress.
          He said First batch of trainings will commence by the end of June 2017 in different training centres located at Bangalore, Raipur, Jammu and 9751 candidates are to be covered in the present round of four project applications.
            The Minister, while addressing the gathering, shared the vision and mission of the Government for raising skilled manpower under various skill development programmes. He asked the PIAs to come forward and share their responsibility of helping the youth to prove their worth in the field of their choice as they just need a hand holding to show their talent.
          Abdul Haq said Himayat is a skill development cum placement programme for unemployed youth in J&K under the umbrella of Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gramin Koushalaya Yojna (DDU-GKY), Union Ministry of Rural Development with focus on sustainable employment for rural poor youth and JKSRLM has been entrusted with the job of training and placing over 1.24 lakh candidates with financial allocation of Rs. 1601.51 crore for a period of 3 years.
                    He said it is a challenge before the state government to train the youth of the state in various skills so that they are able to earn their livelihood. He hoped that the initiatives taken by the state government with the support of the ministry of Rural Development GOI would yield desired results within shortest period of time. He said the training of selected youth will be rolled out as early as possible by the end of June, 2017.

          Representatives of proposed champion employers which has been recommended by NIRD and PR and one non champion employer for sanction by SLPRC, Orion Edutech Pvt. Ltd., Team lease services Ltd. ICA Educ, Skills Pvt. Ltd. were also present in the meeting.  In addition, the meeting was attended by PIAs eligible for additional targets in terms of the notification No 17/2017 for better performing PIAs.
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