Madhya Pradesh
Country's first rural tribal technical training programme launched in Bhopal
- 14 May 2022
- 1 min read
Why In News
- On May 3, 2022, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan launched the country's first rural tribal technical training in Bhopal under the 'Parliamentary Complex Project' for tribal youth.
Key Point
- In the 'Parliamentary Complex Project', technical training will be imparted to rural tribal youth. This training programme has been first started in Madhya Pradesh as an experiment.
- Under this, two-month training will provide employment opportunities to the youth to start their own business and employment opportunities in other sectors.
- The first phase will cover about 250 beneficiaries from 17 clusters of 17 selected districts from 6 states of India namely Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Odisha as a 'pilot project'.
- A two-day conference of 40 MPs was held in Mumbai to discuss enhancing employment opportunities in tribal areas, where the idea of a 'Parliamentary Scheduled Tribe Cluster Development Project' was presented based on the experiences shared by various experts and government organisations from India.
- 49 groups from 15 States of India have been selected by 40 tribal MPs of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha for implementation of the scheme.
