Punjab govt to start employment programme for urban youths: Amarinder
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh said Thursday the state government will soon launch a new employment generation programme for the urban youth, which will "ensure dignity of labour".
Titled 'Mera Kam Mera Abhiman', the programme is part of the state government's 'Ghar Ghar Rozgar and Karobar' mission, the chief minister said.
Singh congratulated the 265 youngsters who got job letters during the the 10-day-long job fair held in all 22 districts under the state's 'Ghar Ghar' mission.
The youths had been recruited or placed in different government and private sectors out of the total 40,517 selected for the jobs during the job fair, an official statement said.
Speaking on the occasion and giving details on the state-level mega job fairs, the chief minister said that under the 'rozgar' mission the state government was facilitating 808 youths per day in getting jobs and this number would be increased to 1,000 per day soon.
"The aim of this mission is to provide one job for each family