IT and Technical Education Minister Molvi Imran Raza Ansari today chaired second governing council meeting of Jammu and Kashmir Skill Development Mission (JKSDM).
According to an official spokesperson, Finance Minister Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari, Social Welfare Minister Sajad Gani Lone and Industries Minister Chander Parkash were also present in the meeting.
The governing council was informed of the initiatives and policies that have been initiated under the mission during the last two years.
The governing council discussed various issues that are needed to be taken for smooth implementation of skill mission in the state. The members expressed their satisfaction over the progress achieved under the mission till date and stressed on ensuring time bound implementation of various schemes including PMKVY 2.0 and SANKALP in the state.
The various initiatives taken by the mission formed a part of the discussion and the council appreciated the search talent program by the name of TALAASH to ensure the participation of young talented people from the state of J&K in the world skill competition to be held in Russia.
Speaking on the occasion, Imran Ansari informed the council that preference is being given to new local startups to boost their socio-economic status and stressed that focus would be on to bring more variance in skill imparting mission to enhance job avenues for the youth of the state.