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| 1.50 lakh unemployed youth to get VSA upto Rs 1200: Malik | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
SRINAGAR, Sep 1: Government has eased formalities under Sher-e-Kashmir Employment and Welfare Programme for Youth (SKEWPY) to increase its reach conveniently to maximum number of unemployed youth in the State.
This was stated by Minister for Higher Education, Labour and Employment, Abdul Gani Malik while addressing a press conference here today.
Minister said that in a landmark decision Government has waived off condition of land holding for giving Voluntary Service Allowance (VSA) to the unemployed youth of the State. He said the Government has also reduced the age of eligible candidates from 28 to 26 years, adding that the VSA will now be disbursed to the candidates in the age group of 26 to 37 years.
Malik said that Government has also increased Rs 100 allowance for all categories, adding that the VSA will now be given in the range of Rs 600 to Rs 1200, starting from matriculates to post- graduates and engineering and medical graduates.
Minister said that relaxation has also been given in the annual income slab, which has been raised from Rs 50,000 to Rs 1.50 lakh.
He said with the waiving off these conditions as many as additional 32000 unemployed youth will be brought under the ambit of scheme, raising the total number of eligible youth to 1.57 lakh in the State.
Minister said that all the Deputy Commissioners across the State have been asked to step up the implementation at block and tehsil levels so that more and more deserving unemployed educated youth are covered under the scheme at the earliest. He further said that MLAs, MLCs and Deputy Commissioners have been asked to supervise and monitor the scheme in their respective constituencies and recommend genuine cases for immediate disposal.
Malik further said that the employment exchanges at district levels have already been renamed as District Employment and Counselling Centres which have so far registered 5.95 lakh unemployed educated youth including students between the age group of 18 to 37 years.
Replying to a question, the Minister said that an amount of Rs 122 crore has been worked out as financial implication per year for the scheme, adding that Rs 76 crore have been already kept available with the District Employment and Counselling Centres in the State.
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