CHANDIGARH:The government of Haryana has taken many initiatives to increase employment opportunities in the State. The government has set a target of organizing 200 job fairs every year to provide employment opportunities to the youth in the private sector.
Under this, it is mandatory to organize at least one employment fair or placement drive every quarter by the District Employment Office in every district of the state.
It is stated by the deputy chief minister, Dushyant Chautala.
He further said that a new employment portal has been launched to connect the youth of Haryana with employment in the private sector. The details of youth of Haryana have been compiled on the employment portal by collecting data from various
governmentdepartments, ITIs, polytechnics, and higher educational institutions to meet the
needs of youth with diverse skills in the private sector.
Not only this, private sector employers and job-aggregators have also been integrated on the employment portal. He said that a 35 seater call centre has been set up by the Employment Department to promote the details of the applicants on the employment portal and to connect these applicants with employment opportunities in the private sector.
He said that in view of the situation arising due to Covid-19, it was not possible to conduct
the actual job fair this time, due to which the online job fair module has been operated by
the Employment Department on the departmental portal.
The Deputy Chief Minister said that 50, 000 meritorious youth of the State would be able to clear competitive examinations for Government jobs in the State as well as in Central Government, Staff Selection Commission, Public Sector Banks, Indian Railways and Central
Paramilitary Forces. Free online special coaching and training is being given for the same.
Mr Dushyant Chautala also informed that on the occasion of Haryana Golden Jubilee, from November 1, 2016 under 'Saksham Yuva Yojana', Haryana will provide unemployment allowance and honorarium to eligible postgraduate unemployed people in
lieu of 100 hours of honorary work. Youth Allowance and Honorarium Scheme-2016' has been started. Eligible science, engineering and science equivalent, commerce and arts graduates have been included under the scheme. He informed that from August 2019,
eligible 10+2 pass candidates have also been included in this scheme. Under this scheme, Rs. 3000 per month is being provided to eligible post graduate unemployed, Rs. 1500 to graduate unemployed and Rs. 900 per month unemployment allowance to 10+2 pass
unemployed and Rs. 6000 per month in lieu of doing 100 hours of honorary work in addition
to the above.
The Deputy Chief Minister informed that online provision has been made on the
Saksham portal for skill training of youth. He said that this training would be given by
organizations like Haryana Skill Development Mission, Deendayal Upadhyaya Grameen
Kaushal Yojana, Haryana State Rural Livelihood Mission, Haryana Knowledge Corporation
Limited, Haryana Urban Local Bodies, Technical Education Department, Hartron and
Haryana Tourism Corporation Limited. Not only after skill training, the training provider will
also help in the appointment of the trainees.