Tribune News Services

Chandigarh, Might 25

Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Tuesday asked the Work Technology amd  Training division to give a even more press to attain the concentrate on of 1 lakh government positions at the earliest.

While reviewing the development of Work Generation and Training office, the Chief Minister lauded its attempts in facilitating 17.61 lakh jobs in governing administration, non-public in addition to self-employment since March 2017 even for the duration of the attempting circumstances of Covid-19.

He also requested the department to give distinctive thrust on the ability advancement education as it would be instrumental in building our youth experienced as per the wants of the local industry.

Meanwhile, Main Secretary Vini Mahajan claimed the Employment Era and Training department has created tremendous contribution in facilitating youth to equip technically competent in order to maintain rate with the present position industry dependent on developments primarily in support and IT sector.

Earlier, creating a transient presentation about the pursuits of the Work Era and Training office, Secretary Rahul Tiwari up-to-date the Chief Minister that out of 17.61 lakh positions, 62,743 have been made available in govt, which include contractual appointments, 7.02 lakh in personal sector besides 9.97 lakh have been facilitated for having up self-work ventures.

Tiwari said considering that the second wave of Covid has poorly hit our strategies and in circumstance the problem improves the targets preset by the section would be certainly realized as all the aspects of employment and ability instruction had been staying meticulously monitored and on the correct observe. He informed that the department would shortly talk to the administrative secretaries of 40 departments to ship proposals for the remaining 39,000 vacancies (approx) to the Cabinet for its nod, once the full process for recruitment of 61,336 vacancies by now cleared by the Council of Ministers is done.

It was also informed that 6-mega task fairs have been organised so far and seventh was to be held in April 2021 was postponed owing to the the latest surge in Covid scenarios and as soon as the Corona relents it would be organised in July and a different mega fair likely in September or Oct.

He also up-to-date the Chief Minister about the Pink Sky Plan for rehabilitation of the drug abuse victims following honing their abilities so as to empower them to gain their livelihoods with the perception of dignity. This unique initiative would also be instrumental in bringing the youth in the mainstream which had absent astray due to medicines.

Tiwari also educated that the Foreign Research and Placement Mobile established up at ‘Punjab Ghar Ghar Rozgar and Karobar Mission’, Mohali has now attained Recruiting Agent and Travel Agent license for sending youth abroad on operate and research visa and has counselled 352 youth so far. Aside from this, the department has also started off a programme to impart foreign language education to the aspirants under which 15 master trainers are getting skilled to teach Japanese language to our youth as it would be effective for them to be a part of the forthcoming Japanese businesses in the point out. Furthermore, efforts are currently afoot to impart instruction in far more foreign languages to the youth so as to be globally employed, additional Tiwari.