Vijayawada: Keeping in mind the failure of UP’s model of the Unemployment Stipend Scheme, the AP government has taken great care in designing the strategy and guidelines of a similar scheme for the state.
The announcement of this scheme for unemployed youth will be made just before the inauguration of the YSRC Chief, Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy’s padayatra, according to Secretariat sources.
It may be recalled that soon after taking over the reins in UP, the then Chief Minister, Mr Akhilesh Yadav, decided to implement the scheme entitling the targeted jobless segment to Rs 1,000 every month.
With about 1.50 lakh youth registering themselves with the state's employment offices already, the number has shot up to nearly 18 lakh within three days of the announcement by Mr Akhilesh Yadav, in anticipation of the Samajvadi Party delivering on its promise.
The figure swelled to 25 lakhs over the next week, as jobless graduates made a beeline for various district employment offices in the state. But scamsters, along with the alleged connivance of government officials crowded the scheme, according to UP reports, which the state government is deeply pondering over.
In fact, the Planning Commission’s Vice- Chairman, Dr C. Kutumba Rao, is making all efforts in his team, to meticulously frame guidelines for the eligibility criteria, of the unemployment stipend.
“We have examined the UP framework for the unemployment stipend and are taking every step to prevent any flaws in the designing of the scheme,” said, Dr. Kutumba Rao.
The Planning Commission, in association with the Board of Secondary Education, Board of Intermediate Education, Board of Higher Education and Technical Education will get the exact data required. The same data will be fed to a separate server to dismiss the possibility of duplications or any other mischief.
“The Chief Minister, Mr. N.Chandrababu Naidu, wants the scheme to be implemented right from December,” said Dr. Kutumba Rao.
However, sources in the party close to the CM are saying that he wants the message to be passed to the masses, even before the Padayatra of the opposition leader begins, to dilute the impact of Mr. Jaganmohan Reddy on the youth. The success of Anantapuram’s YSRC ‘Yuva Bheri’ is worrying leaders in TD circles.
