Jammu : Secretary Rural Development Department and Panchayati Raj, Sheetal Nanda on Wednesday chaired a meeting to review the performance of various projects under ‘Himayat’ scheme.
The meeting took a detailed stock of the status of implementation of various activities being carried out on the ground by Project Implementing Agencies (PIAs) in terms of establishing training centres, mobilization of candidates for skill training and commencement of skill trainings under ‘Himayat’.
During the meeting, Chief Operating Officer Himayat Kapil Sharma presented the Agency wise status of activities being carried out by PIAs. Shankar Dutt, Director, Monitoring and Evaluation represented the National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, Hyderabad. Murtaza Hussain, Representative, MoRD and representatives from NABCONS were also present in the meeting.
The Secretary stressed on expediting all the activities and commencement of skill training and subsequent placement of youth in a time bound manner. Further, she directed for mobilization activities in all districts especially backward and far-flung areas and opening of training centres in the state.
It was enjoined upon PIAs for strict adherence to the timelines. Moreover, PIAs were asked for the nomination of Liaison officers who shall be focal points for handling the grievances if any from candidates undergoing training outside state.
She also called for a penalty against those PIAs who fail to achieve their target within the stipulated time-frame. She further instructed the Chief Operating Officer, Himayat, Kapil Sharma to set the short-term target to each PIA until December 2018 and ensure the extension of only those PIAs who complete the specified targets.
Special emphasis was laid on expediting the mobilization activities so that the youth of the State shall be benefited well in time.Himayat is Skill Development-cum-Placement programme for unemployed youth especially school and college drop-out, in Jammu and Kashmir.
Among the representatives from PIA, Dr Darlie O Koshy, Director General Apparel Training and Design Centre (ATDC) was also present.
During the meeting, a MoU handover ceremony with ADTC also took place in presence of Secretary RDD. ATDC has been allotted a target of 1500 candidates who shall be providing training in the Apparel sector including trades Fashion Designer, Production Supervisor (Sewing) and Inline Checker.
Under the umbrella of DDU-GKY, Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India, Himayat Mission Management unit (HMMU) has been entrusted with an ambitious mission of training and placing over 1.24 lakh candidates from across the State for a period of 3 years.
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