AGARTALA, Feb 16 (TIWN): Tripura’s unemployment rate which has surpassed 7 lakhs already now expanding more largely. In an walk-in-interview called by Govt of Tripura for LDC post under OBC Welfare Dept, atleast 5000 candidates were followed before SC/ ST/ OBC/ Minority office since the morning. Under the sun the hapless unemployed were standing since morning 10 AM. After 2 PM when the lunch hour began the interview was paused, but the energy of the applicants had not end. In the survey of 2015-16 about unemployment percentage per 1000, Tripura scored 56 %, whereas at Urban area its 67 % and in 55 %, beating Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram. In the name of skill development the Govt has failed to provide jobs across rural and urban bodies. Due to lack of industry a huge number of unemployed youths were reported from the state. Among 36 lakhs of its population as per govt record there are 7 lakhs unemployed youths who have entered names in Employment registers. Apart from that the unofficial unemployed rate is touching almost the population number. Neither the Govt of Tripura is following any particular guideline to run this skill-development mission.

Whereas the Nagaland Govt also adopted guidelines by PMKVY to the trainees to get jobs for themselves or be able to set up some enterprises thereby not only employing themselves but Tripura Govt has set up a separate directorate committee is to to run various programs of skill development in various sectors. Under these sectors, the youth of the state of Tripura will be trained based on skill, capabilities, merit and interests.

Now it’s wellknown that how under Mission Officer S K Panda is running this Skill Development Mission.

In the name of skill development Panda is finishing with some time-passing with unemployed youths of state  and thus the SkillDevelopment Mission remained just as a joke to the unemployed youths of Tripura.

The next plan is that the Govt will send offer letters to the youths who have been trained under Skill Development and they will run the Mission. Thus it can be imagined what will be that shape of Central Govt’s skill development projects in Tripura.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 2015, July 15 launched the Skill India campaign on the occasion of the first World Youth Skills Day in view of opening a war against poverty in the country. The budget for skill development has also been increased as Jaitley in his budget allocated Rs 3,016 crore as against Rs 2,173 crore last year. He said under the next phase of Skill Strengthening for Industrial Value Enhancement (STRIVE), the government will be spending Rs 2,200 crore. 

 However, as part of the programme the Tripura government received a hefty fund and had taken up certain initiatives just for name-sake under the skill development training programme, which was said to meet the cry of youths especially the youths of the rural areas, but alas in these 2 years unemployment rate instead of decreasing it’s increasing  .

 M Nagaraju said, “We work with several training partners and certifying agencies with an objective to train and employ youth in various industry sectors”. But in reality Tripura’s unemployment rate instead of decreasing it has increased upto 7 lakhs.