District Development Commissioner, Doda, Mubarak Singh asked youth of Trown to avail maximum benefits of various state and centrally sponsored self employment schemes while inaugurating a two days employment fair at Trown, that was organized by Department Employment Doda in collaboration with other line departments. Assistant Commissioner Development Doda, Rakesh Kumar, besides other District and sectoral officers were present on the occasion.While addressing the gathering, Mr. Singh impressed upon the youth of the area to come forward and take benefits of the self employment schemes and the opportunities being provided by the various Departments dealing in employment generation programmes. He also stressed upon the Sarpanches and panches of the area to disseminate information regarding various self employment schemes among the youth in their respective areas and motivate them to establish their own income generating units.
He also said that loan and other technical assistance is being provided to the intending candidates by the Employment and other sister departments for establishing their self employment units.During the fair various stalls were established by different department of Health‚ Social Welfare‚ District Industries Centre Doda, Handlooms, Agriculture, Horticulture, Handicrafts‚ Fisheries, J&K SC/ST/OBC, Development Corporation, Sheep & Animal Husbandry ‚ Sericulture‚ Army‚ Jammu and Kashmir Bank and other line departments.District Development Commissioner Doda Mr. Mubarak Singh also stressed upon the unemployed youth of the area to come forward and avail benefits of self employment schemes. He enjoined upon the officers, sarpanches and people of the area to motivate youth for setting up their own income generating units and become job providers rather than job seekers.
He said various benefit and welfare schemes have been initiated by the State and Central Government i.e SKEWPY, SES, VSA, PMEGP, etc for effectively tackling the growing unemployment problem in the District.Deputy Director Employment Doda, Shahida Parveen while speaking on the occasion said that the employment fair is a part of government initiative to create massive awareness among educated youth about the SKEWPY (Sher-e-Kashmir Employment and Welfare Programme for youth) and other self employment schemes initiated by the State and Central Government for benefit and welfare of unemployed educated youth of the District. She said that SKEWPY scheme also envisages overseas employment avenues‚ Voluntary Service Allowance (VSA) ‚ and skill upgradation for effectively tackling growing unemployment among the youth. Other District and sectoral officers also spoke on the occasion and gave a detailed account of the schemes, besides Sarpanches and other prominent citizens and a huge gathering of people of the area also participated in the employment fair. A colorfull culture programme was also organized in which school children participated that kept the audience spell bound.Earlier, DDC after inaugurating the employment fair inspected the stalls established by various Departments.