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New Delhi, Mar 20 : The Government of India through its youth based flagship organisation Nehru Yuva Kendra
Sangathan has initiated a Pilot project namely Youth Employability Skill (YES) Project with the objective to enhance the employability of youth by running a variety of employable skill based training courses through recognized Vocational Training Providers (VTPs) for rural youth and youth club members in the States of North Eastern Region. This was stated by Shri Ajay Maken, Minister of State (I/C) for Youth Affairs & Sports, in the Lok Sabha today, in a written reply to a question by Shri Ramen Deka and Kabindra Purkayastha.
The skill training is being provided by the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) through its partner agency. The pilot project has been successfully completed in the State of Manipur and Meghalaya under which 138 youth have been imparted training of three months duration in Rural Retail Sales & Marketing with Information Technology and Personality Development.
The Minister further stated that the training under YES Project is being organized at temporarily opened training centres by National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC), the training partner. The training centres are at Guwahati, Silchar & Jorhat (Assam), Itanagar (Arunachal Pradesh), Imphal(Manipur), Shilong (Meghalaya), Aizawl(Mizoram), Agartala(Tripura), Dimapur (Nagaland) and Gangtok(Sikkim). Out of 138 youth of North- Eastern Region trained under the pilot project, 118 youth have been offered job placements in different service sectors.
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