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Hyderabad, Date:03.11.2011
CM sanctions funds for Rajiv Yuva Kiranalu,
Achieve the RYK targets on a mission-mode: CM
HYDERABAD: The Chief Minister Mr N Kiran Kumar Reddy today told the officials of the Rajiv Education and Employment Mission to achieve the target of 15 lakhs by 2014-15 at any cost by going on a mission-mode approach. The Chief Minister today agreed to constitute a Skill Development Fund with Rs.1,000.00 crores to be operated by the Rajiv Education and Employment Mission of Andhra Pradesh (REEMAP) and release of programme funds.

The Chief Minister also asked the Finance Department to release funds urgently required by the REEMAP for its operations and activities. A video conference on the progress of Rajiv Yuva Kiranalu programme with the District Collectors and District Officials will be held on the 5th of November. The Rajiv Education and Employment Council of Andhra Pradesh (REECAP) will meet in the 3rd week of November and will be chaired by the Chief Minister. 

The Chief Minister today held a detailed review meeting on the progress of the Rajiv Yuva Kiranalu programme with officials at Secretariat. Vice Chairman of the REEMAP, Mr K C Reddy, Chief Secretary Sri Pankaj Dwivedi, Mission Director Ms. Shanti Kumari, Principal Secretary, Rural Development, Reddy Subramaniam, Secretary, Labour & Employment, D. Srinivasulu, Commissioner, Employment & Training, Shashi Bhushan Kumar, Principal Secretary,  Finance, V Bhasker, Secretary, Finance, Premchandra Reddy, Principal Secretary to CM, Binoy Kumar, Secretary to CM, K S Jawahar Reddy, Special Secretary to CM, S S Rawat, Additional Secretary to CM, N Sreedhar and other officials attended the meeting.

Officials explained to the Chief Minister the Major activities covered so far under the Rajiv Yuva Kiranalu and said that district level consultative workshops have been completed, targets for 2011-12 & 2012-13 are set and sub-Mission wise targets till 2015 given, District Rajiv Yuva Kiranalu constituted, Rajiv Yuva Kiranalu facilitation centres opened, 1st REEMAP meeting conducted and staff, fund requirement consolidated. Collaboration with Ministry of Textiles for training 2 lakh people during 12th  five year plan finalised and the  Ministry of Textiles will cover up to 85% of the cost.

The officials said that under Rajiv Yuva Kiranalu, 1 lakh jobs will be provided by December 2011. District-wise and sub-Mission wise targets are West Godavari - 5049, Warangal - 4501, Vijayawada Municipal Corporation - 125, Vizianagaram - 4811, Visakhapatnam - 5320, Srikakulam - 5003, Ranga Reddy - 3623, Prakasam - 3254, Nizamabad - 2924, Nellore - 5253, Nalgonda - 4059, Medak - 3266, Mahaboobnagar - 2225, Kurnool - 4308, Krishna - 4739, Khammam - 2905, Karimnagar - 3898, Kadapa - 4271, ITDA Utnoor, Adilabad-- 1144, ITDA--Srisailam - 408, ITDA-Seethampet - 1100, ITDA-Rampachodavaram - 563, ITDA-Parvathipuram - 899, ITDA-Paderu - 1389, ITDA-Eturunagaram - 822, ITDA--Bhadrachalam - 1053, Hyderabad - 1720, GVMC - 400, Guntur - 3642, GHMC - 580, East Godavari - 5513, Chittoor - 4390, Anantapur - 5558, Adilabad - 1720 and the Total is 1,00,435. Under Rajiv Yuva Kiranalu the targets year-wise are: 2011-12 --- 2,46,600; 2012-13 ---- 4,99,392; 2013-14 ---- 6,14,240 and  2014-15 ---- 1,75,368 the Total is 15,35,600.

The Chief Minister was informed that implementation models were devised such as: training centres linked to placements with professional training partners; government-owned training and placement centres; Industry based centres; Job-melas/employer-employee meets and Government of India partnership models. Under the Rajiv Yuva Kiranalu, 517 training centre were opened & 60,127 trainees are now undergoing  training. 

Officials informed that under the Proposed collaboration models with Ministry of Textiles and in Partnership with Ministry of Textiles Institutions Infrastructure, trainers, funding and certification will be from Ministry of Textiles; mobilisation of youth, gap funding, monitoring & supervision will be by the Government of Andhra Pradesh.

The Government of Andhra Pradesh Training Centres are run either directly or through professional partners. The funding, technical oversight will be by the  Ministry of Textiles, Government of India and  Infrastructure, trainers, mobilisation of youth, gap funding, monitoring & supervision will be by the Government of Andhra Pradesh and 1st meeting was held in Delhi on 1.11.2011.

It may be recalled here that the Government of Andhra Pradesh decided to constitute the ‘Rajiv Education & Employment Council of AP (REECAP)’ under the Chairmanship of the Chief Minister to give policy direction to the Mission and ‘Rajiv Education and Employment Mission in AP (REEMAP)’ to implement the Rajiv Yuva Kiranalu programme under the direction of REECAP.

The objectives of the programme is to realise the potential of placing at least 15 lakh youth in productive employment by 2014; to co-ordinate public/private sector initiatives in the framework of collaborative action; and to prepare sectoral Joint Action Plans with the private sector covering all high employment potential sectors; to re-orient the curriculum in the higher/technical/professional education in tune with the industry requirements and achieve campus placements for all students.