Mukhya Mantri Sikho-Kamao Yojana will provide new opportunities for employment, progress and development to the youths: CM Chouhan. This scheme will teach youths not to walk on crutches but to stand on their own feet Mukhya Mantri Sikho-Kamao Yojana gets the approval of the Cabinet Youths will get stipend along with training for employment Special meeting of the Council of Ministers held at Samatva Bhavan

Chief Minister  Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that today is a historic day for the state. The state government is making many efforts for employment, the process of recruitment for one lakh posts is going on.

Our efforts for self-employment continue unabated. Employment Day is being organised every month. It is our resolve that the youth will not be left unemployed.

For this purpose, a new scheme is being implemented to teach skills to the youth for employment. The youth will also get paid along with learning the skill. Companies and service sector will be linked for skill training. Unemployment allowance is redundant. The new scheme is a scheme to give wings to the youth by enhancing their capacity, so that they can fly high in the open sky and they get new opportunities for employment, progress and development.

Under the scheme, the registration of establishments giving training to youth will start from June 7 and the registration of youth willing to learn work will start from June 15 and the placement will start from July 15. From July 31, the contract will be processed between the establishment that gives the training and the state government. The youth will start working from August 1. This revolutionary scheme will teach the youth to stand on their own feet instead of walking on crutches. Financial assistance will be provided to the youth during the period of learning from work.

Mukhya Mantri Kaushal Kamai Yojana renamed as ‘Mukhya Mantri Sikho-Kamao Yojana’

Chief Minister Chouhan was addressing the meeting of the Cabinet held at the office building Samatva. The meeting of the Council of Ministers, chaired by Chief Minister  Chouhan, began with recitation of Vande-Mataram. The scheme for the youth was presented in the meeting and the Council of Ministers provided the approval to it. It was decided in the meeting that the name of Mukhya Mantri Kaushal Kamai Yojana will be ‘Mukhyamantri Sikho-Kamao Yojana’ (Chief Minister Learn-Earn Scheme).

Under the scheme, at least one lakh youths will be provided training in establishments. Local residents of Madhya Pradesh, 18 to 29 years old youth, whose educational qualification is 12th or ITI or higher, will be eligible in the scheme. After the training, the State Council for Vocational Training (SCVT) certificate will be given by the Madhya Pradesh State Skill Development and Employment Generation Board (MPSSDEGB). The scheme will provide stipend to the youths along with training, skill upgradation will boost their employment opportunities and pave way for a better way of earning.

It was told in the presentation that prestigious industrial and private institutions of the country and the state will be connected with the scheme. The establishment will be required to have PAN number and GST registration. Establishments will be able to train student trainees up to 15 percent of their total workforce. Under the scheme, 12th passed trainees will be given 8 thousand rupees, ITI passed 8500 rupees, diploma passed 9000 and graduate passed or higher educational qualification will be given 10 thousand rupees per month stipend. 75 percent amount of stipend will be paid by DBT to the trainee on behalf of the state government. The concerned establishment will have to deposit 25 percent of the prescribed minimum stipend in the bank account of the trainee.

703 work areas have been identified for training in the scheme. In this, establishments related to manufacturing sector, engineering, electrical, mechanical, civil, management, marketing, hotel management, tourism, travel, hospital, railway, IT sector, software development, banking, insurance, accountancy, chartered accountant and other financial services will be connected. Establishments working in media, art, law and legal services, education-training and service sectors will also be included in the scheme. The scheme will provide industry-oriented training to the trainees, proficiency in latest technology and processes, thereby enhancing their regular employability. Workshops will be held in Pune, Bengaluru and Noida to link key establishments with the scheme. Along with this, activities will be conducted at the divisional and district level for the purpose of giving information about the scheme to the youths in the state.

Empowered committee constituted under the chairmanship of Chief Secretary will run the scheme

The scheme will be operated by the Empowered Committee constituted under the chairmanship of the Chief Secretary. Additional Chief Secretary and Principal Secretary of Skill Development and Employment Department will be the member secretary of the committee. Additional Chief Secretary and Principal Secretary of Finance, Industrial Policy and Investment Promotion, Micro-Small and Medium Enterprises, Labour, Higher Education and Technical Education Departments will be members of the committee.