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01/07/22 05:22 AM IST

Village engineers

In News 
  • Minister of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, Electronics and IT  distributed the certificates to the first batch of trainees under Pilot Project for Skilling Tribal Youth - Rural Tribal Technical Training or Grameen Udyami at Raj Bhawan, Bhopal.
Details 
  • Around 140 Tribal youth turned village engineers were conferred Skill Certificates at a ceremony.
  • Training was provided to the beneficiaries in 5 disciplines- electrical and solar energy, agricultural mechanization, e-governance, plumbing and masonry, two wheeler repair and maintenance.
  • The pilot project, under the Sansadiya Sankul Pariyojana , was launched on 13th May 2022 for training about 250 beneficiaries of 17 clusters of 17 districts selected from 6 states of India – Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Odisha. 
Significance 
  • This training will also enable the youth to start their own business, thus generating more employment opportunities for other youth as well.
  • The concept of Multi Skilling and turning unemployed youth into village engineers is first of its kind and shall be replicated in other districts.
  • The Central Government has appointed a Mahatma Gandhi National Fellow for each district, who will work with the local district collector as the district’s public representative in shaping skills according to local requirements.
  • This will be divided into farm economy and non-farm economy.
  • what type of skills are required there, what type of opportunities exist there, and for skills outside the local community in the state and within the country.
Source- PIB 

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