Driving Naari Programme launched in Chandigarh
Chandigarh, September 2:
The Punjab Government would formally launch “Ghar Ghar Rozgar”, its employment Mission on September 5 at SAS Nagar. The launch will be kicked off with an Employers Meet at ISB, SAS Nagar from 11 AM to 1 PM to be followed by State level Job Fair at GMADA Stadium, SAS Nagar from 2:30 PM to 4 PM.
Divulging the details, a Spokesperson said that the Employers Meet will serve as a platform to get insights from the Industry and Employers on various aspects of employment generation strategies. The objective of this initiative is to have wide ranging conversation with the Industry directly in exploring the existing opportunities and creating future opportunities for employment.
He said that the conference will draw Employers from different segments MSME, Large and Mega Industry and different sectors of industry such as manufacturing, construction, retail, food processing, hospitality, IT etc.
Participation
The Event will have participation from the leading industry experts:-
Ms. Isher Judge Ahluwalia, Chairperson, India Council for Research on International Economics
Mr. KrishIyer, India CEO, Walmart
Mr. Shri Paul Oswal, Chairman, Vardhman Textiles Ltd.
Mr. Rajinder Gupta, Chairman, Trident Group
Mr. A.S Mittal, Vice Chairman, Sonalika International Tractors Ltd
Mr. BhavdeepSardana, Senior Vice President & CEO, Sukhjit Starch & Chemicals Limited
Mr. SarvjitSamra, Founder & Managing Director, Capital Small Finance Bank
Mr. Sandeep Jain, Executive Director, Monte Carlo
Dr. P.J. Singh, Managing Director, Tynor Orthotics Ltd
Mr. Jitender Jain, Founder &Managing Director, Kochar Infotech Pvt Ltd
Apart from the employers, it will also have select invitees from the Sector Skill Councils, Skill Training Agencies and University representatives.
Key themes covered during the event
Lessons for Punjab from successful economies to meet the challenges of unemployment
MSMEs as a growth engine for employment
Role of large units to develop ancillary units and facilitate jobs
Creating brands for regional & global supplies from within the State
Attracting global retailers to Punjab – and retail jobs
Can Punjab tap the IT and ITeS industry?
Banking and financial services – Opportunities for Punjabi youth
Food processing industries – Unlocking the great potential
Creating global companies from Punjab and quality jobs
Moving up the value chain in textiles and creating new avenues for jobs
Expected Outcomes
The Event will help the State achieve the following key outcomes:
Setting the stage for regular interaction with employers.
Conveying to the employers support of the State in their efforts to create more jobs for State’s youth.
Understanding how the State can facilitate the Employers in their efforts to recruit State’s youth particularly to align District Bureau of Skills, Employment and Enterprise being set up with the needs of the employers and their convenience.
Understanding the gaps and concerns of industry in the existing labour pool and tailoring the skill development / technical education programs accordingly.
Understanding future opportunities in different sectors so that State could take necessary policy initiatives.
Approach and Framework for the State Employment Strategy
The Government is committed to provide every household in the State with at least one job to the eligible youth in the family.
Strategic Goals
1 – To strengthen supply side by empowering our youth with skills
2 – To strengthen demand side by generating quality jobs
3 – To bridge industry academia gap
4 – To strengthen institutional structure
5 – To devise strong implementation and monitoring framework
Punjab government is working on evolving a comprehensive strategy in this regard, which would inter-alia include the following:
Jobs for all sections of society – It will encompass strategies for creating jobs for all sections of Punjabi youth namely unskilled, semi-skilled, skilled and highly skilled.
Jobs in all sectors of economy – The strategy would entail exploring opportunities in all the segments of economy namely primary, secondary and tertiary and further looking into specific sub sectors, which have great potential in the State to generate jobs. It will particularly focus on sectors where State has tremendous advantages such as food processing, garmenting, electronics, MSME, IT/ITES, tourism, hospitality, health and education apart from other service sectors.
Aligning sectoral policies with job creation- The State will align various sectoral policies of development of technical education, higher education, skill development, industrial development including manufacturing and service industry, energy and agriculture etc. with overarching objective of job creation
Job opportunities to be driven by private sector – While the strategy would include job opportunities in public sector, it would largely be driven by job opportunities in private sector
Increasing thrust on Start-ups and Entrepreneurship – While accelerating growth of jobs in wage employment, there will be increasing thrust on self-employment, startups, emerging job markets of freelancers and entrepreneurship development.
