Omar happy Kashmir youth looking beyond
government jobs
Monday July 09, 2012 09:01:18 PM,
IANS
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Srinagar: Jammu and
Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Monday expressed happiness
over the positive transformation taking place in the mindset of
the local youth over their earlier preference for government jobs.
"It is heartening to observe that the overwhelming majority of
educated youth present in the auditorium in today's conference
have not indicated government jobs as their first preference,"
Omar said after asking the boys and girls to raise hands whose
first preference was government jobs and received negligible
affirmative response.
The chief minister told young boys and girls who had gathered at
the Sher-e-Kashmir International Convention Centre (SKICC) in
Srinagar in connection with a career counseling conference Monday,
"You are the ones who will take care of the state in the future
and develop it as per your dreams."
"In fact, the state government should not be seen as a job
provider, but as a service delivering and development giving
concern," he said adding that it is very difficult for a state
like Jammu and Kashmir to manage a huge establishment with its
meager income sources.
"The total annual income of the state is just Rs.6,500 crore and
we have to pay salaries to government employees to the tune of
Rs.13,500 crore yearly and the losses per annum on electricity
supply account for another Rs.2,000 crore," he explained and said
that even under this kind of scenario, the state government is
creating government job facilities for youth to the best extent
possible.
The chief minister said new initiatives for skill development and
employability of youth have been initiated and the schemes like 'Udaan'
and 'Himayat' are under implementation with help of the good
offices of the Prime Minister to prepare the youth for getting
absorbed in the open job market.
He said private investors and companies are being roped in and the
negative perception in the minds of big business houses regarding
investing in the state is being removed.
Omar Abdullah also said, "Gone are the days when medical and
engineering fields were the only choices for the young generation.
There is a vast world before you and you are talented enough to
prove your ability," he told the youth asking them to face
challenges confidently and prove their excellence.
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