Ranchi: Under the initiative for skill development and entrepreneurship empowerment of tribal youth under the parliamentary cluster development project under the guidelines of the Union Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship on completion of training, the certificate distribution ceremony was organized in Ranchi University Auditorium on Thursday.
The grand convocation was inaugurated by Governor Ramesh Bais and Union Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajiv Chandrashekhar. In his address, the Governor said that Yuva Vikas Society and Seva Bharti Sansthan are training the tribal youth of the state at Gumla center since August 20 to make them self-reliant.
He said that stopping migration is also one of the main objectives of this program so that youth can create employment for themselves locally. He further said that projects are being run in many states of the country under the Parliamentary Cluster Project and the target is to benefit 77000 families across the country. Under this, thousands of families have been linked with Kisan Credit Card and Ayushman Health Scheme he said adding work has been done in the direction of stopping migration by giving benefits to 15000 farmer families.
At the same time, it is also being seen that many people are turning toward the village after getting disturbed by the filth of the cities and are looking at their future in agriculture the Governor said adding that when educated, well-trained people go to the village, run the business, then the development of the village will happen automatically.
Addressing the event Union Minister Rajiv Chandrashekhar said that its main objective is to ‘strengthen the local rural economy and reduce the migration from villages and dependence on cities for livelihood opportunities.
Reiterating Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of a self-reliant India he said that the aim is to create new opportunities for employment/ self-employment and entrepreneurship at the local level so that tribal youth can start their own business, livelihood for themselves and others to create more and more opportunities.