Imphal, Dec. 2: The Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship organised a workshop on Skill Development in Manipur at Darbar Hall, Raj Bhavan, Imphal today. The Governor, Dr. Najma A Heptulla and the Chief Minister O. Ibobi Singh attended the workshop as Chief Guest.
In her speech, the Chief Guest said , it has been a hundred days since she took over the Governorship of the state and understood all the problems and issues of the state which has two regions- hills and valley which needs to be deal with differently. Such as, the hilly regions of the state is difficult to travel by road, so the people faced problems in receiving health care , it would be different if air ambulance are provided to make available health care to the far flung areas so as to lives.
Since ,it is not topographically not possible to establish large scale industries in the state, we have to trained people to develop small scale industries like tourism , health care, handloom and handicrafts etc. Manipur has an unique bio diversity, the Black rice and orchids of the state are not found in other parts of the country and these can be developed as a small scale industry. We have to get people busy with work as it may helped in cutting down bandhs and blockades. For this, we need skilled people ,along with skilled, there should be job creation because the final focus is Job. If there are no jobs available, we shall face a problem of unemployed skilled people. Lastly, the Governor pledged to work for the betterment and development of the state.
On his presidential address, O Ibobi Singh said even with a tiny and limited resources , the state has invested 4% GDP. The then Prime Minister Dr.Manmohan Singh, sanctioned more than Rs. 2000 cores for development, the state has utilized that money for developing better health care system in the state. The Private health care centres are providing jobs to trained and skilled persons. And further added that it is notable that that we could impart different courses of skill development, but at the same time , we have to think about job placement for the skilled persons. We should feel proud that our state is role model for other states in the power pre-paid system.
The workshop was also attended by Shri T.Manga Vaiphei, Minister, Labour and Employment as Guest of Honour,Shri Vishal Sharma, Chief Program Officer, National Skill Development Corporation (NSDS), Dr. Suhel Akhtar, IADS,Addl. Chief Secretary, Shri Dr. Harmit Singh, Jt. Secretary and officers from Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, Govt. of India.
