In 2011,
when his nephew Deepak Sharma sought career advice, Ramniwas (who goes by one name), a former production line worker at Maruti Suzuki’s manufacturing plant in Manesar, Haryana, asked him to enrol for a diploma course in one of Haryana’s polytechnic institutes.
“Technical line mein bohot scope hai [There are many opportunities for anyone with a technical education]
,” he told the 16-year-old
.
Sharma had just completed high school that year, in Guhna, an agricultural village in Haryana’s Kaithal district, about 200-km from Manesar, an industrial hub that is part of the larger National Capital Region of Delhi.
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Aim to bridge rural-urban gap, easy credit for business ventures: LG
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Govt to train 5000 young professionals
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SRINAGAR, Apr 10: The J&K Government is working on robust and efficient digital network infrastructure in the hinterland to provide transparent financial services to the people. The aim is to bridge the gap between rural & urban pockets, and ensure that easy credit is accessible to all those interested in starting their own business ventures.
Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha made these remarks during his address at a day-long conference on “Education to Entrepreneurship” here at SKICC.
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Unfortunately, Punjab has been in the throes of an employment crisis for some years now, but, gravely, the severe blow dealt by the pandemic-induced lockdown seems to have aggravated the situation. The educated youth engaged in or aiming for salaried placements have borne the brunt of job losses and contraction of the economy. This is apparent from the fact that 1,152 posts of patwari recently thrown open have drawn as many as 2.33 lakh aspirants. The huge number of overqualified youths seeking this comparatively low-level government job further reflects the desperate state of affairs.
The Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy study reveals volatile month-wise data of India’s unemployment rate. From September 2020 to February 2021, the unemployment rate has swung between a high of 9.1 per cent and a low of 6.5 per cent, with the average being around 7.4 per cent. (Notably, Haryana fared the worst, with the highest rate of 26.4 per