Sweet success: Employed rural youth, who were assured transit homes by Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, at a function in Hyderabad on Monday.
HYDERABAD: Transit homes will be arranged in and around the city for rural youth from remote areas who are provided jobs through the Employment Generation and Marketing Mission (EGMM) of the Rural Development Department.
This was announced on Monday by Chief Minister Y.S.Rajasekhara Reddy here on Monday while interacting with rural youth who were employed in the private sector.
Dr. Reddy said the transit homes will enable those who secured jobs to stay for three to six months before finding suitable accommodation. He stated that the Government’s aim was to ensure that every youth in rural areas was provided employment. Specialised training will be provided through 86 industrial training institutes (ITIs) according to marketing needs at a cost of Rs.100 crore.
He said the Government had taken up in a big way the mission of facilitating employment for 10 lakh youth every year. Some 1.5 lakh jobs will be provided through the Rural Development Department alone. An amount of Rs.120 crore had been allocated to the department this year for the purpose.
Rural Development Minister G. Chinna Reddy said the Government’s aim was to uplift the rural poor.
K. Raju, CEO, Society for Elimination of Rural Poverty, said a mapping of job opportunities in various sectors was completed and the EGMM had entered into MoUs with different companies. Earlier, Swaroopa of Hasanparthy (Warangal ) said she underwent computer training and got a job in HDFC bank where she was earning Rs.5,500 a month.
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