Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday made a significant pre-election announcement in the form of a plan, which is ambitious in nature, aiming at providing employment opportunities and jobs to one crore youths in the state by 2030. This announcement happens before the next Assembly elections in Bihar, which are supposed to take place somewhere at the end of this year, either in October or November. Even though the actual dates have not been announced by the Election Commission of India (ECI), the state is buzzing with political activity.
The new employment plan by the Chief Minister has doubled the target, which was to be achieved in the 2020-2025 period, whereby the state government had promised to give employment to 50 lakh youth. According to Kumar, the government is pretty much on the way to accomplishing that objective, having already created 10 lakh government jobs and employing 39 more lakh people.
In order to meet the improved target of one crore jobs by 2030, Nitish Kumar also stressed to make the public and the private sector strong. He declared the constitution of a high-level committee to seek and generate job opportunities, especially in industrial sectors in Bihar.
Putting a well light on the employment situation in the state, Kumar stated that the state had provided more than 8 lakh jobs to youngsters in the state between 2005-2020. He once again reiterated that his administration had been keen on the creation of jobs and providing government work.
Moreover, the Chief Minister disclosed that it would set up the Jananayak Karpoori Thakur Skill University under the current scheme of Saat Nischay (Seven resolves). The university has been named after a legend and a Bihar giant, Karpuri Thakur, who was also a Bharat Ratna awardee, and will provide vocational and technical training to make these youth self-employed and skilled.
The goal may not only transform the state of Bihar economically and socially, but also catapult Kumar to another tier of leadership before the future state elections.
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