Chennai: The state government has planned to focus on skill upgradation among the youth on a massive scale and among the other things it will launch a mobile app to create awareness among the youth on the training provided through the TN Skill Development Corporation.
Also, in a major initiative to ensure benefits to workers from other states involved in construction activity (in TN) on par with the members of the TN Construction Workers Welfare Board, the state government will register all labourers at the construction site.
About Rs 26 lakh has been earmarked for the enumeration, Labour Minister Nilofer Kafeel informed the Assembly on Thursday. Winding up the debate on the demand for grants for her department, she said the Mobile App would be created at a cost of Rs 4 lakh.
A special training for the youth keen on joining the Indian Army would be conducted by the state government, and a special placement cell will be created for the Tribal students passing out of the six government technical institutes, at a cost of Rs 10 lakhs.
A skill mela will be held twice in a year at all the town panchayats in the state and about '77 lakhs has been earmarked for this purpose.
The Minister further informed that a 'mobile' skill development training would be provide for the unemployed youth and opportunity would be given to those
registered between 2011 and 2015 with the employment exchange, to renew their registrations. She announced that ESI hospitals at 13 places including Pallavaram, Nanthabakkam and Ambattur, would be upgraded.
Govt against privatising Salem Steel Plant
Averring that the State government was opposed to the disinvestment of Salem Steel Plant, Labour Minister Nilofer Kafeel informed that the Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami had already written to the Centre opposing the move to privatise the PSU.
The government would continue to prevail upon the Centre to drop any such move. "Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami had earlier written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the issue. Tamil Nadu government will continue to urge the Centre against privatisation of the Salem Steel Plant," she said.
