Union Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar said that he and Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan will be announcing a new scheme on skill development on Wednesday.
Addressing a BJP meeting in Ahmedabad, Javadekar informed, “For employment, first we need skill courses. Tomorrow, Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and I will announce a new scheme. Graduates are applying for the job of a sweeper. What does this mean is that the required skill is not available? For that, we are also preparing an apprenticeship programme which we will announce tomorrow.”
He also informed that the government has been preparing arrangments for statistics in which every employee will be mapped and a “correct picture” will come out. This originated by looking at the NSSO report that revealed the unemployment rate to be 6.1% in 2017-18.
Referring to the ‘selling pakoda’, by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Javadekar said, “Yes, it (selling pakoda) is employment. Instead of stealing and corruption, running a house honestly and earning self-respect is employment,” he said.