Centre to provide employment opportunities to 1.4 lakh youths in J&K

The Centre is in the process of providing employment opportunities to one lakh 40 thousand youths in the State of J&K  by imparting various skill development courses. Some more youths will be provided jobs in security establishment. 

The Home Ministry sources said nearly one lakh youths, who are mostly under-graduates, will be given various job oriented training under a Centrally sponsored scheme called Himayat in next five years. The youths will be provided short-term training for at least three months, in a range of skills for which there is good



market demand. At the end of the training, the youth are assured of a job.

Under another programme Udaan, 40 thousand youths, mostly graduate and post graduate, will be provided skill development course. 

Meanwhile, the Centre is also in the process of recruiting 5 thousand youths in five newly created India Reserve battalions in Jammu and Kashmir. Another 1,300 youths will be hired from the state by different paramilitary forces in next six months. Besides, ten thousand Special Police Officers will also be recruited in next one year.