Haryana Govt formulates IT Saksham Yuva Scheme to give jobs to 5K youth

Chandigarh, July 12

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Haryana Cabinet today formulated the IT Saksham Yuva Scheme, 2024, targeting to give jobs to 5,000 youth in the first phase.

The scheme designed by the ‘Mission 60,000’ announced during the 2024-25 Budget speech aims to give employment to at least 60,000 young individuals from poor families.

Other decisions

• Cabinet accorded approval for the government to take over Amarnath Bhagat Jairam Girls College located in Serdha, Kaithal
• The provision of paying a nominal fee for inclusion of name in the electoral roll under Haryana Sikh Gurdwaras Management Committee Rules, 2023, has been removed. Also, now a judge of the high court can be appointed as the chairman of the Haryana Sikh Gurdwara Judicial Commission. Earlier, only a district and sessions judge could be appointed
• Badanpur and Sunderpura villages have been shifted from Uchana tehsil to Narwana tehsil in Jind

Under this scheme, employment will be provided to the youths (graduate/post-graduate applicants) from IT backgrounds who shall undertake the Haryana IT Program (specially designed short-term courses) for the duration of minimum three months and thereafter will be deployed in various Departments/ Boards/ Corporations/ Districts/ Registered Societies/ Agencies in Haryana or private entities.

The IT Saksham Yuva will be given a monthly remuneration of Rs 20,000 in the first six months and thereafter, Rs 25,000 monthly will be provided from the seventh month onwards by the indenting entities. In case, any IT Saksham Yuva cannot be deployed, the government will pay an unemployment allowance of Rs 10,000 per month.

The government will facilitate in providing employment opportunities to these trained IT Saksham Yuva so that the eligible applicant finds employment.

The prospective skilling agencies under this scheme will be Haryana State Electronics Development Corporation Limited (HARTRON), Haryana Knowledge Corporation Limited (HKCL) and Shri Vishwakarma Skill University (SVSU) or any other agency notified by the government from time to time.

SVSU, being the state university, will be responsible for issuing the passing certificates to the candidates, as per the norms fixed by the Haryana Skill Development Mission (HSDM).

The Cabinet also accorded approval to bring an ordinance to further amend the Haryana Village Common Lands (Regulation) Act 1961.

According to the proposed amendment, ownership of land in ‘shamlat deh’, which was allotted on a lease basis for 20 years under the East Punjab Utilisation of Lands Act 1949 and the said land has been in cultivating possession of the original allottee, transferee or their legal heir, is slated to be excluded from the ambit of ‘shamlat deh’ with immediate effect.

In addition, it is also proposed that the original lessee, transferee or their legal heir will have to pay an amount to the gram panchayat concerned for the transfer of ownership rights to them.

This amount will be determined by the Collector upon application by the occupant. This will benefit thousands of farmers in the state who have been cultivating such lands for decades, said an official spokesperson.

Furthermore, ownership of such panchayat land will be transferred by sale to the inhabitants of the village who have constructed their houses on or before March 31, 2004, up to a maximum of 500 square yards, including open space, at a rate not less than the market fee. This will enable the panchayats to regularise the old cases where houses have been constructed on panchayat land and, at the same time, lead to income of panchayats from such sale of land, said the spokesperson. It will also end many pending litigations in various courts across the state, added the spokesperson.