13/5/2018
PUNE (BHOPAL):
With
Assembly polls just a few months away, the Shivraj Singh Chouhan government in
Madhya Pradesh has roped in a private talent management company to shore up job
prospects and impart necessary skills to youths.The Opposition Congress has,
however, dubbed the move as an "eyewash" aimed at
"misleading" youths in the time of elections which are due by the
year-end.
Madhya Pradesh has created an average of 17,600 jobs every year
in the past 13 years of the BJP rule (2004-2017), according to an official data
presented in the Assembly during the budget session. Now, a private player has
been entrusted with the task of scouting employment opportunities in the
non-government sector and enhancing job-getting skills of the state's
unemployed.
Madhya Pradesh State Skill Development and Employment
Generation Board chairman Hemant Vijayrao Deshmukh said, "In a bid to
generate more jobs for youths, the state government has signed a memorandum of
understanding (MoU) with Pune-based Yashasvi Academy for Talent Management Pvt
Ltd.
"This company would turn the employment exchanges in 15
districts into placement centres under the public-private partnership (PPP)
mode." The MoU will cover 15 districts - Bhopal, Indore, Jabalpur, Rewa,
Gwalior, Sagar, Ujjain, Hoshangabad, Shahdol, Dhar, Khargone, Dewas, Singrauli,
Satna and Katni.
The Congress, however, said this step of the BJP government
would benefit only the private company. Leader of Opposition in the Assembly
Ajay Singh of the Congress said, "Why has the BJP government woke up after
14 years? It is just trying to mislead youths. In any case, the BJP is going to
be defeated in the coming elections.
"In the recent budget session, the government admitted
that unemployment has gone up by 16.4 per cent." Singh said the BJP
government has failed to deliver on the employment front. "Where are two
crore jobs that the BJP had promised. Youths are under depression due to lack
of jobs."
Deshmukh, however, believes the MoU with the Pune firm would
definitely benefit the state's unemployed youths. He said, "We have set a
target of facilitating jobs for one lakh youths. Apart from making job
opportunities available in the private sector, the company would also impart
skills in writing curriculum vitae (CV) besides working for personality
development of unemployed youths."
The agreement would boost the job sector as employment
exchanges were fast losing their relevance, the board chairman said. Apart from
preparing unemployed persons as per market demand, job fairs and career
counselling sessions will be organised by the company, Deshmukh said.
Jobs will be made available to applicants in their respective
area of interest, he said. Deshmukh said Yashasvi Academy would manage the cost
of running placement centres in coordination with companies which would provide
jobs. The Berojgar Sena, an outfit of unemployed youths, however, is not
enthused by the move. Instead of improving employment exchanges, the government
has been making efforts to shut them down, it said.
"According to private estimates, there are over 75 lakh
unemployed youths in the state and through this PPP agreement, the government
plans to provide jobs to one lakh youths. "So, it will take 75 years to
provide jobs to the current number of the unemployed," said Sena convener
Akshay Hunka.
More than five lakh unemployed youths are getting added every year, he said. "This MoU was signed only to mislead youths ahead of the Assembly elections. The state government has completely failed on the employment front," Hunka maintained. The Economic Survey-2018, presented during the budget session, said the number of registered educated unemployed in MP stood at 11.24 lakh by 2016-end.
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