Thiruvanthampuram, July 27 (JNN) The Kerala government will soon roll out an employment guarantee scheme for overseas returnees with assured employment days in key selected industries.

The scheme titled NoRKA (Non-Resident Keralites Affairs) Assisted and Mobilised Employment (NAME) is first-of-its-kind scheme in the country for the overseas returnees in the country.

Speaking to The Hindu, NoRKA-Roots Chief Executive Officer K. Harikrishnan Namboothiri said the State government had set aside a corpus fund of Rs 5 crore to pilot the project this financial year.

As per reports, the Kerala government will provide a certain percentage of the wages of the employee for a certain period to the employer as part of the scheme.

The guidelines of the scheme, which will decide the ‘percentage’ of the wages to be shouldered by the government for a certain period, are being drafted. The NoRKA Roots will develop an online portal, where the returning expats and employers in various sectors can register, mentioning their area of expertise and requirements of employers respectively.

The project has been given administrative sanction and once the guidelines are drafted, the project can be rolled out in two to three months, said NoRKA-Roots officials.  (KNN Bureau)