Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Eleventh 5-yr plan to create 58 mn jobs: Govt.

The minister of state for labour and employment Oscar Fernandes (Independent Charge) on Monday, December 15 said that 11th five year plan aimed at creating 58 million job opportunities.

Fernandes said that the focus was also on productive employment at a faster pace than before and growth target for agricultural target was set at 4% per annum in order to raise the income of rural masses and to bring about a general improvement in their living conditions.

He said that the government was also implementing various employment generation and poverty alleviation programs. According to him, some of the important ones were Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana (SJSRY), Prime Minister`s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP), Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY) and National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 (NREGA).

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