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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Big corporates to train 1.1 lakh poor youth under NREGS by Gunjan Pradhan Sinha

Big corporates to train 1.1 lakh poor youth under NREGS by Gunjan Pradhan Sinha

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published Published on Jan 5, 2010   modified Modified on Jan 5, 2010

Companies such as L&T, IL&FS, Dr Reddy’s and NIIT will soon train and employ youths from Below Poverty Line (BPL) families, based on the success of a pilot project in Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh, implemented under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS).

The National Rural Livelihoods Mission, to be taken to the Cabinet by the Rural Development Ministry soon, envisages the training of 1.1 lakh unskilled youth over the next year.

“Under the scheme, private sector companies and non-government organisations (NGOs) will train such youths for 2-3 months. The government will spend Rs 10,000 per individual. The trainers will have the obligation to absorb at least 75 per cent of the people they train. The idea is to equip the youth with skills that will provide long-term employment with a starting salary of about Rs 4,000 a month,” Rita Sharma, Secretary, Rural Development Ministry, told The Indian Express.

The Ministry has projected an outlay of Rs 10,500 crore for the scheme in the next fiscal. The idea emerged after some states sought the expansion of NREGS to provide 150 days of employment in a year.

The Ministry has found partners in a host of companies including Anil Ambani’s NIS Sparta, Mukesh Ambani’s Tally Solutions Pvt Ltd., Lupin Labs, Construction Industry Development Council, Don Bosco and Drishtee Foundation, besides the ones mentioned above.

“It’s not just infrastructure and retail sectors, but even service sectors including private security, etc. that hold the key to providing employment to less educated poor youth,” Sharma said.

There is a huge demand for skilled labour in infrastructure projects in mining, oil exploration, drilling, roads and ports. Youths employed under NREGS can be trained for such works. “There is a need for such people and it is evident since infrastructure players are participating with us,” she added.

The skills acquired through training could be of use in areas ranging from healthcare to basic banking at the rural grassroots. Some agencies like Don Bosco will train people and send them abroad for services like housekeeping, Sharma said.


The Indian Express, 5 January, 2010, http://www.indianexpress.com/news/big-corporates-to-train-1.1-lakh-poor-yo.../563535/
 

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