Unemployed, educated youth of Andhra to
get Rs. 1,000/month
First state to give financial security
until they find a job
Vijayawada,
October 1, 2018: The Government of Andhra Pradesh is
all set to unveiling the “Mukhyamantri
Yuvanestham”, becoming the first
state to provide financial security to educated, unemployed individuals until
they find an appropriate job. CM Chandrababu Naidu will launch the scheme on
Tuesday providing ~1,000 per month to all educated unemployed youth in the
state. The state will annually spend about Rs.1,200 crore on the scheme.
While the CM will personally hand over cheques to the youth here, the Telugu
Desam Party (TDP) ministers will simultaneously launch the scheme in all
districts of the state.
The money is expected to be spent on skill
upgrade to earn good wages, training for self-employment, apprenticeship
programme in established industries or for coaching programme for taking
competitive exams.
A government spokesman said: “Some 400 beneficiaries will attend the
event from 13 districts. Events will be held in all 175 constituencies where
local ministers and MLAs will distribute the unemployment allowance
certificates to the beneficiaries.” The government expects to immediately
benefit about 10 lakh youth, who have registered themselves online on the
government website. Though, as per estimates, about 12 lakh youngsters are
eligible to benefit from the programme.
The allowance will be credited into the bank
account of the beneficiary by the first week of every month. So far, 2 lakh profiles have been verified.
While enrolling for the scheme, every individual can choose any three areas of
interest. Based on education, the individual will be made to participate in
specific tailor-made skill development courses aligned with the area of
interest chosen. Besides, support from state universities will be solicited for
skill development programmes. The government will sign MoUs with companies to
sign up youth as apprentices to give them real time job experience. A job portal
will be created with education and skill set details of unemployed youth.
ELIGIBILITY
CRITERIA
■ Individual should belong to a Below Poverty Line
family
■ Must age between 22 and 35 years
■ Should possess a graduation degree
■ Must be registered under the Praja Sadhikara survey
OPPN BACKS
UNIVERSAL PENSION DEMAND
■ Opposition parties, including Congress and SP, on
Monday extended their support to the demand for a universal pension of Rs.3,000
for the elderly.
■ Leaders of the Rashtriya Janata Dal, SP, Congress,
NCP and Left parties addressed 10,000 senior citizens who came from over 16
states to protest at the Jantar Mantar to demand a dignified universal pension.
■ The protest was organised under the banner of NGO
HelpAge India and Pension Parishad, a network of around 200 civil society
bodies.
Source : The Tribune News Paper.
