OREANDA-NEWS. The Minister of State (IC) for Labour and Employment, Shri Bandaru Dattatreya has said that employment generation is both a cause and consequence of economic growth and is impacted by demographic shifts, technological transformations and skill base of the workforce and involves various stakeholders. The Government has sanctioned expanded National Career Service Project for implementation during 12th five year plan for connecting youth with job opportunities.

In a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today, Shri Bandaru Dattatreya said that Government has also set up a Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship to coordinate the skill training activities across ministries to enhance employability. The National Manufacturing Policy of the Government targets to create 10 crore jobs by the year 2022.The 12th Five Year Plan projects 5 crore new work opportunities to be generated in the non-farm sector and provide skill certification to equivalent numbers.

The Minister said that in addition to the public employment generation scheme, like Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) run by Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises, Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGA), Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) scheme run by Ministry of Rural Development and National Urban Livelihoods Mission (NULM) run by Ministry of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation, Government is also promoting labour intensive manufacturing and increasing employment opportunities by promoting tourism and agro-based industries.

He said that in order to improve the employability of youth, 21 Ministries run skill development schemes across 73 sectors. According to the latest data compiled by National Skill Development Agency (NSDA), about 76.37 lakh persons were given skill development training in the year 2013-14 under these schemes.