Monday, April 23, 2012

‘Skill Development in 34 Districts affected by Left Wing Extremism

The Ministry of Labour and Employment is implementing its ‘Skill Development in 34 Districts Affected by Left Wing Extremism’ during the current financial year. 

The scheme is to create Skill Development infrastructure in these districts closer to the people by establishing one ITI & two Skill Development Centers (SDCs) in each district and to run demand driven vocational training courses both long term and short term. 

Under the scheme so far Proposals amounting to Rs.9264.07 Lakh have been received from 08 States namely Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Orissa, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal and a total of Rs.6842.19 lakh has been released to these States. However, proposal from Andhra Pradesh is yet to be received. 

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