Ranchi : Labour Minister Satyanand Bhokta inaugurated the “Migration Assistance Centres” established in various cities of the country under the ‘Mukhyamantri Sarathi Yojana’ operated under the Jharkhand Skill Development Mission Society, Labour, Employment, Training and Skill Development Department, Government of Jharkhand. He said that the government will provide employment to 20,000 young men and women this year.
The circumstances are not such for all the youth living in remote villages and areas to come to the district headquarters and receive training, hence our aim is to connect the youth with training and employment through training centres in all 264 blocks of the state.
Bhokta informed that the “Migration Assistance Centres” established in 8 cities of the country include New Delhi, Neemrana (Rajasthan), Ahmedabad (Gujarat), Pune (Maharashtra), Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh), Bangalore (Karnataka), Chennai (Tamil Nadu), Tiruppur (Tamil Nadu).
Through these “Migration Assistance Centres”, provision has been made to provide all kinds of assistance to the migrant workers of Jharkhand state. In these “Migration Assistance Centres” there will be a free facility of food and accommodation for the workers for one month. Apart from this, career counselling, medical facilities and emergency facilities will also be provided.
The Labour Minister suggested to the Labour Department that like the existing 8 cities, “Migration Assistance Centres” should be established in Leh-Ladakh also, because a large number of migrant laborers from Jharkhand go there for employment. He also interacted with the migrant girls living in the “Migration Assistance Centre” through an online medium.
Labour Department Secretary Mukesh Kumar said that Migration Service Centres have been established for youth and workers going out of the state for employment. This initiative of the Labour Department in the form of Migration Assistance Centres is an attempt to provide an environment like home and state to our youth in other states also.
Secretary of the Industries Department Praveen Kumar said that the Migration Assistance Centre will prove to be very important for all migrant labourers in terms of information and assistance. This will prove to be very beneficial in creating skilled manpower.”
Sanjeev Kumar Besra, Labour Commissioner cum Mission Director, Jharkhand Skill Development Mission Society said that the migrant workers of Jharkhand do not have to face problems regarding language, living conditions, food habits in a new city, new place, hence “Migration “Help Centres” have been set up.