Education For Entrepreneurship Lt Governor Manoj Sinha during the signing of MoUs between Mission Youth, Government of J&K and BSE to spread financial literacy The Jammu and Kashmir Government is going to train 5000 young professionals this year, and equip them with the requisite skill sets of the Financial Services Sector in order to create employment opportunities for them. The government also announced a new scheme – Tejaswini under Mission Youth, through which financial assistance of Rs 5 lakhs to the girls between the age group of 18-35 years will be provided to start their businesses. During the recently held Back to Village programme, around 9000 youth were identified for financial support for starting their enterprise. The expected target has been exceeded and 18,500 youth have been extended the financial support to start their own business units. Also, two IT Towers, one each in Jammu and Srinagar would be ready in their estimated timeframes. The government under Mission Youth is aiming to engage 80 per cent of youth in livelihood generation by 2025. The recent report of the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy has also stated that Jammu and Kashmir has less unemployment rate than States and UTs like Delhi, Goa, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand and Rajasthan. The unemployment rate in the UT has gone down to 9 per cent from 16.1 per cent in September 2020. The information was delved by Lt Governor Manoj Sinha last week.