Naidu asks pvt sector to participate in employment generation programmes

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New Delhi : The Vice President of India M Venkaiah Naidu on February 8, 2018, underlined the need to harness the potential of youth. He urged the private sector to participate in the faster implementation of government’s employment generation programmes. The Vice President was addressing the inaugural session of a conference on “Jobs & Livelihood Creation – Critical Growth Enablers,” organized by the NITI Aayog and the CII in the capital  today.

The Vice President said that there is a need to create appropriate opportunities to harness youth potential. He said that good education, training in tune with industry requirements, social safety net, health facilities and buoyant labour market are crucial for individual’s gainful employment. India’s demographic advantage is an opportunity to access gainful employment through appropriate skilling not just to meet the domestic requirements but also the requirements of the aging economies of the world, he added, according to a PIB release.

The Vice President said that unemployment and underemployment are a formidable challenge that needs attention of every citizen. Building a rich human capital, encouraging private investors, focusing on sectors that have greater growth potential and anticipating the future trends in the global geo politics, and preparing adequately to take advantage of the emerging opportunities can make a big difference, he added.

The Vice-Chairman of NITI Aayog Rajiv Kumar mentioned NITI Aayog’s initiative to have quarterly household-based employment surveys. He said that it would help generate unique, India-specific models of development. NITI Aayog is committed to evolve a model which captures the ground realities of India, he added.

Minister for Rural Development Narendra Singh Tomar noted that job creation should be the collective responsibility of the Government as well as the Industry. He emphasized that training and technical skills for different products are required and the self-help groups in rural areas should be facilitated so that the products created by them reach newer markets..

Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Giriraj Singh emphasized that Industry should don the role of social entrepreneurs and work in the rural areas to provide employment opportunities.

The second day of the conference on February 9 would include panel discussions on the challenges and solutions of job and livelihood creation.