Tamil Nadu: Over 1 lakh youths given jobs through employment camps

NEW DELHI: Over 1 lakh youngsters received jobs in the private sector across 67 mega employment camps held in various parts of Tamil Nadu, Labour Welfare and Skill Development Minister C V Ganesan said on Saturday.

The minister, who was in the city to assess the situation for a mega job camp to be held in Pollachi on November 27, told reporters that nearly 20,000 youth are expected to participate in this camp. So far, 1.07 lakh people have secured employment across the state through these camps, the minister said.

The camp held in Chengalpet in the presence of Chief Minister M K Stalin had witnessed 8,252 youth getting selected out of 72,000 aspirants, Ganesan said. With efforts taken by the Chief Minister, foreign investments would come into Tamil Nadu and help create five lakh jobs in five years, he said.

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In mid-October 2022, Tamil Nadu chef minister MK Stalin set a target to provide one lakh jobs to youngsters every year and said on Saturday that ensuring employment delights a family. He urged the state cabinet to organise job fairs in all 234 assembly constituencies of the state to overcome unemployment.

"I and my Ministers had to become like medical professionals and saved the people. That's how we brought COVID-19 under control. And the DMK (Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam) never ignored the unemployment issue citing the pandemic. We ensured job opportunities to one lakh persons. This is a big achievement," Stalin said and lauded the effort of C V Ganesan in this regard.

"In 15 months of DMK rule, we conducted 882 job fairs including 65 major camps and 817 other fairs. About 15,691 firms participated in those job fairs and appointment letters were given to 99,989 candidates," the chief minister added.