District Development Commissioner (DDC) Bandipora, Sajjad Hussain today inaugurated a day long job Mela at S K Sports Stadium Bandipora in which hundreds of educated unemployed youth participated.The Mela was organized by District Employment and Counselling Centre Bandipora in collaboration with various private and public-sector undertakings including corporates involved in UDAAN Scheme, besides line Departments under National Career Project.The Job Mela was aimed at to provide on spot training cum placement to the job seekers.The DDC went around the stalls established by different institutions including JKEDI, Agriculture, Handicrafts, Handloom, Industries, Sheep Husbandry, Floriculture, KVIB, Horticulture, Health, UDAAN and Youth Development Forum to inspire the educated unemployed youth towards developmental and welfare schemes.
Speaking on the occasion, the DDC appreciated the concerned department for establishing such a huge job fair at district headquarter and stressed for organizing such Fairs at tehsil and subdivision level also so that more and more youth could get necessary training and counselling regarding establishing of income generative units .He stressed upon the educated unemployed youth to come forward and take the benefits from the employment generating schemes devised by the Government from time to time. He said self-employment is the only way to tackle the unemployment problem. He asked Bankers to speed up the disposal of pending cases so that unemployed youth could prevail timely benefits of different schemes.On the occasion, it was informed that 2020 educated unemployed youth are presently registered with District Employment and Counselling centre Bandipora. Additional Deputy Commissioner Bandipora, Khursheed Ahmad Sanai, Assistant Director District Employment and Counseling center Bandipora, Shabnam Arif Mir, Principal Polytechnic College, District Officers, Bankers, Corporators, and a large number of educated youth participated in the Job Fair.