Day long awareness program on schemes of Mission Youth held in Ganderbal 

Day long awareness program on schemes of Mission Youth held in
Ganderbal

GANDERBAL, DECEMBER 04 (PTK): District Employment and Counseling Centre Ganderbal today
organized a day long awareness programme on schemes of Mission Youth operated by various
departments for the unemployed youth of the district here at Conference Hall, Mini-Secretariat
Ganderbal.
At the outset of the programme, unemployed youth were sensitized about different self-
employment schemes including schemes of Mission Youth meant for the empowerment of the
youth, so that they are able to generate livelihood for themselves and others.
During the program, the AD Employment, sensitized the participants through a power point
presentation about various schemes of Mission youth which includes, Mumkin, Tejaswani, Rise
Together, Tourist Village network, SAYTHA-Youth in Distress, AVSAR, Skill Development
Initiatives, Youth Clubs, Psycho-Social Support, Young Innovators Programs for holistic and
pragmatic youth engagement and empowerment on sustainable lines.
Briefing the participants, the OSD for Mission Youth informed that these schemes are launched
with an objective to positively engage youth of J&K through multi-pronged strategy involving all
necessary systematic interventions for their inclusive development which includes provision of
Livelihood Generation, Skill Development, Education, Counseling and Rehabilitation, Sports and
Recreation. He also apprised the participants about eligibility criteria, selection process, funding
pattern etc under each scheme.
On the occasion, the Additional District Development Commissioner Ganderbal, Peer Muzafar
Ahmad stressed the concerned departments to educate the unemployed youth about the self-
employment generation schemes and exhorted to motivate maximum number of youth as
there is huge untapped potential in these schemes.
All the participants were further appealed to disseminate the awareness about the schemes of
Mission Youth among the masses so that benefits of these schemes percolate down to all the
eligible ones.
Officer on Special duty for Mission Youth, Murtaza Rashid, CPO, Irfan Giri, ACD, AD
employment, CEO, GM, DIC Ganderbal, ZEOs and other district and sectoral officers attended
the said program.:- PTK