New Delhi : The Narendra Modi-led government has decided to set up Cabinet Committee on Employment & Skill Development.
According to official sources, once approved by President Ram Nath Kovind the committees will be notified. The process to form the committee was initiated after a high-level meeting chaired by the Prime Minister.
Committee on Skill & Development will have Agriculture & Rural Development Minister Narendra Singh Tomar, Human Resources Development Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, Petroleum & Natural Gas as well as Steel Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, Skill Development Minister Mahendra Nath Pandey, Labour Minister Santosh Gangwar and Housing & Urban Affairs and Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri. The Committee will also have Shah, Sitharaman and Goyal as members. This committee will also be chaired by the Hon’ble Prime Minister.
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The two committees are formed at a time when economic growth has hit a five-year low of 6.8 per cent. The new government also has a challenging task of reviving both investment and consumption demand. At the same time, job creation is below expectation and job survey, recently made public says that rate of unemployment is over 6 per cent which is highest in over four decades.
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