Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Sept 14: Commissioner Secretary to the Government, Labour and Employment Department, Saurabh Bhagat, today chaired the review meeting of the department.
During the maiden meeting, Bhagat directed the officials of the department to work with zeal and devote sufficient time for monitoring the implementation of Self-Help Group of Engineers scheme in the districts, so, as to ensure that these groups get works as per the quota fixed for them.
He also advised the officers to regularly conduct career counselling sessions for the un-employed youth visiting the District Employment Offices and also for the students in the educational institutions, to guide them about the right career options.
He observed that there was a need to put in place a robust mechanism for monitoring the schemes being implemented through J&K Entrepreneurship Development Institute (JKEDI) and Women’s Development Corporation (WDC).
Director Employment gave a detailed presentation about the functioning of the Employment Department.
It was decided in the meeting that JKEDI and WDC shall share the details of the beneficiaries covered under the schemes namely Seed Capital Fund Scheme through J&KEDI, Youth Start-up Loan Scheme through J&KEDI, National Minority Development Finance Corporation Scheme through JKEDI and Women Entrepreneurship Programme through WDC with Director Employment and a detailed verification and follow up shall be done to see whether the intended beneficiaries have repaid the bank loan.
In this regard, both JKEDI & WDC were asked to submit the details of cases of last ten years.
Special Secretary, Labour and Employment Department, Ajaz Ahmad Bhat, KAS, Director Employment, J&K, G R Mir, KAS, Director Finance, Labour and Employment Department, Barkat Hussain, Managing Director, WDC, J&K Nahid Soz and all district level officers, of the Employment Department, Kashmir Division were present in the meeting.
Later, Bhagat alongwith Director Employment visited the site identified at Bemina near SDA office complex for construction of the composite office complex for the Employment Department, offices of Labour Commissioner, Provident Fund Commissioner and CEO/ Secretary Other Construction Workers Welfare Board.
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