Ministry of Rural Development approves 137 skill development projects
Updated: Mar 05, 2014 01:22:07pm
New Delhi, Mar 5 (KNN) In keeping with the government’s plan to skill 500 million by 2020, the Empowered Committee in the Ministry of Rural Development has approved 137 projects for skills development to benefit 4,88,680 rural youth with an outlay of Rs 1347.79 crore from central assistance, to be implemented in various states.
Out of these projects approved between October 2013 and February 2014, as many as 113 are Aajeevika Skills Projects and 24 are Roshni Projects under Aajeevika Skills.
Further, the Ministry is processing 535 proposals received till 10th February, 2014 for sanction after obtaining necessary recommendation from the state governments concerned and central technical support agencies. The Ministry proposes to issue necessary sanctions after obtaining Empowered Committee’s approval, according to an official notification.
Aajeevika Skills is the skill and placement initiative of the Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India (MoRD). It evolved out of the need to diversify incomes of the rural poor and to cater to the occupational aspirations of their youth. The programme’s focus is on skilling and placement in the formal sector for rural youth who are poor. Aajeevika Skills has its origins in the ‘Special Projects’ component of the Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY), according to the Ministry.
Besides helping to reduce poverty, it rides on the hopes and aspirations for a better quality of life in large sections of the rural poor. This has greater significance in the current context, where 430 million people in our country are in the age group 15-34 and constitute 35 per cent of the population (Census 2011). This age group is projected to increase to 464 million by 2021. This can result in a “demographic dividend” for India if the capabilities of the youth are also developed.
In addition, a special scheme called Roshni with separate guidelines has been launched that takes into account the peculiar situation in extremist affected districts. Roshni schemes are meant for most critical left-wing extremist affected areas.
In particular a Roshni Scheme provides for training programs over different time periods. Currently these are for three, six, nine and twelve months. In the twelve month format besides the normal, skill, IT and soft skill training, trainees are also provided National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) certification (8th or 10th) depending on the level at which they dropped out of the formal school system.
These guidelines will be applicable to Roshni projects in both AAP (Annual Action Plan) and non AAP states. Efforts will be made to orient Roshni towards addressing the infrastructure, education and health deficiencies in these areas, and leveraging the availability of natural resources and traditional skills and knowledge.
India is considered a young country as half of its population by 2020 will be youth. To address this situation, the government has initiated a plan to arm this vast number of future job-seekers with skills, hoping to achieve the double objective of empowering the youth, while at the same time making the country a manufacturing and services hub. (KNN/ES)
Out of these projects approved between October 2013 and February 2014, as many as 113 are Aajeevika Skills Projects and 24 are Roshni Projects under Aajeevika Skills.
Further, the Ministry is processing 535 proposals received till 10th February, 2014 for sanction after obtaining necessary recommendation from the state governments concerned and central technical support agencies. The Ministry proposes to issue necessary sanctions after obtaining Empowered Committee’s approval, according to an official notification.
Aajeevika Skills is the skill and placement initiative of the Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India (MoRD). It evolved out of the need to diversify incomes of the rural poor and to cater to the occupational aspirations of their youth. The programme’s focus is on skilling and placement in the formal sector for rural youth who are poor. Aajeevika Skills has its origins in the ‘Special Projects’ component of the Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY), according to the Ministry.
Besides helping to reduce poverty, it rides on the hopes and aspirations for a better quality of life in large sections of the rural poor. This has greater significance in the current context, where 430 million people in our country are in the age group 15-34 and constitute 35 per cent of the population (Census 2011). This age group is projected to increase to 464 million by 2021. This can result in a “demographic dividend” for India if the capabilities of the youth are also developed.
In addition, a special scheme called Roshni with separate guidelines has been launched that takes into account the peculiar situation in extremist affected districts. Roshni schemes are meant for most critical left-wing extremist affected areas.
In particular a Roshni Scheme provides for training programs over different time periods. Currently these are for three, six, nine and twelve months. In the twelve month format besides the normal, skill, IT and soft skill training, trainees are also provided National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) certification (8th or 10th) depending on the level at which they dropped out of the formal school system.
These guidelines will be applicable to Roshni projects in both AAP (Annual Action Plan) and non AAP states. Efforts will be made to orient Roshni towards addressing the infrastructure, education and health deficiencies in these areas, and leveraging the availability of natural resources and traditional skills and knowledge.
India is considered a young country as half of its population by 2020 will be youth. To address this situation, the government has initiated a plan to arm this vast number of future job-seekers with skills, hoping to achieve the double objective of empowering the youth, while at the same time making the country a manufacturing and services hub. (KNN/ES)
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