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| EU Troika arrive to study poll impact; Govt seeks help in jobs | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 28 : The Jammu and Kashmir government has sought the help of European Union in addressing the unemployment problem in the state which has around 300,000 jobless youth.
A delegation of the EU Commission led by its head Daniele Smadja is on a four-day visit to the state to study the situation post-2008 polls, which saw a massive turnout of average 60 percent people participating in the democratic exercise.
Chief Minister Omar Abdullah made the unemployment plea to the visiting delegation during his 90-minute meeting with the visitors, an official spokesman said.
Abdullah sought cooperation from the EU in capacity building in the state to address the unemployment problem and increase the employability of the youth.
He also sought closer partnership of the EU in the development of small and medium entrepreneurship, adding this sector has a greater potential to flourish in the state and generate employment for thousands of youth.
He said enhancing this sector even by 25 percent would generate 400,000-500,000 jobs for young men and women.
Other members of the EU delegation include Lars-Olof Lindgren, ambassador of Sweden, Bruce Bourdon, political counsellor in embassy of France, Ion de la Riva, ambassador of Spain, and Jan Kreuter, deputy dead of the mission in Czech embassy.
The Chief Minister asked the Commission members to use their influence for withdrawing the travel advisories for Jammu & Kashmir issued by some European countries as the situation in the State had significantly improved. He highlighted the importance of tourist industry in the economy of Jammu and Kashmir and urged the Commission to work for sending more tourists to the State both for conventional and adventure tourism.
Referring to the recently held Assembly Elections, the Chief Minister said that people of Jammu and Kashmir have reposed their faith in democracy and their participation in large numbers in the electoral process has put great responsibility on the Government to come up to their expectations.
Abdullah apprised the Commission about his priorities and said that the coalition Government has an agenda to ensure equitable development of all the regions and areas of the State irrespective of any consideration of region or religion. He said both National Conference and Congress do not believe in divisive politics and represent all the geographical areas of the State in the Legislature. He said upgrading basic amenities and strengthening health, education, PHE and power sectors were receiving priority in the development process.
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