CAG report flags poor implementation of Himayat Mission in JK
Jammu Jan 21 PTI The Comptroller and Auditor General CAG of India has flagged poor implementation of the livelihood mission Himayat in Jammu and Kashmir and said only 4494 aspirants were given skill training under the scheme as against a target of 53547 between 2016-19 In its latest report the federal auditor said Rs 13484 crore has been spent from the sanctioned amount of Rs 23774 crore between 2016 and 2019 A target number of 53547 youth were to be trained during the period from 2016 to 2019 the achievement was only 4494 8 per cent Further out of a total of 4494 youth trained only 732 youth were placed in jobs during the period it stated The Union Ministry of Rural Development launched the Himayat mission which subsequently functioned as a separate vertical under the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana for the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir The training both residential and non-residential was to be imparted for courses on computer-oriented skills soft skills communication skills in English as well as technical skills it said Though during the years 2016-17 and 2017-18 only 123 youth were trained no placements thereof were made during these years the report said According to the report 9200 was set as the target number of trainees to be skilled and provided employment in 2016-17 at a sanctioned amount of Rs 4672 crore No one was trained or employed but an amount of Rs 3040 crore or 60 per cent of the sanctioned amount was spent without achieving desired results it said In 2017-18 against a target of 18352 number of trainees to be skilled and employed at a sanctioned amount of Rs 6010 crore only 123 were trained and no one was employed even after spending Rs 2802 crore In 2018-2019 as many as 4371 trainees were skilled and 732 were employed at an expenditure of Rs 7642 crore or 43 per cent of the sanctioned amount The target was to provide skill training to 25995 youth During the year 2019-20 an amount of Rs 23494 crore was sanctioned by the Government of India against which the JK government released Rs 5268 crore in favour of the Himayat Mission and retained Rs 18226 crore An expenditure of Rs 2383 crore was incurred during the year leaving an unutilised balance of Rs 31401 crore at the close of 31 March 2020 it said The CAG report further said that for the year 2019-20 no targets were fixed though 10045 unemployed youth were trained and 2582 were placed in jobs under the scheme PTI AB SMN SMN
Jammu Jan 21 PTI The Comptroller and Auditor General CAG of India has flagged poor implementation of the livelihood mission Himayat in Jammu and Kashmir and said only 4494 aspirants were given skill training under the scheme as against a target of 53547 between 2016-19 In its latest report the federal auditor said Rs 13484 crore has been spent from the sanctioned amount of Rs 23774 crore between 2016 and 2019 A target number of 53547 youth were to be trained during the period from 2016 to 2019 the achievement was only 4494 8 per cent Further out of a total of 4494 youth trained only 732 youth were placed in jobs during the period it stated The Union Ministry of Rural Development launched the Himayat mission which subsequently functioned as a separate vertical under the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana for the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir The training both residential and non-residential was to be imparted for courses on computer-oriented skills soft skills communication skills in English as well as technical skills it said Though during the years 2016-17 and 2017-18 only 123 youth were trained no placements thereof were made during these years the report said According to the report 9200 was set as the target number of trainees to be skilled and provided employment in 2016-17 at a sanctioned amount of Rs 4672 crore No one was trained or employed but an amount of Rs 3040 crore or 60 per cent of the sanctioned amount was spent without achieving desired results it said In 2017-18 against a target of 18352 number of trainees to be skilled and employed at a sanctioned amount of Rs 6010 crore only 123 were trained and no one was employed even after spending Rs 2802 crore In 2018-2019 as many as 4371 trainees were skilled and 732 were employed at an expenditure of Rs 7642 crore or 43 per cent of the sanctioned amount The target was to provide skill training to 25995 youth During the year 2019-20 an amount of Rs 23494 crore was sanctioned by the Government of India against which the JK government released Rs 5268 crore in favour of the Himayat Mission and retained Rs 18226 crore An expenditure of Rs 2383 crore was incurred during the year leaving an unutilised balance of Rs 31401 crore at the close of 31 March 2020 it said The CAG report further said that for the year 2019-20 no targets were fixed though 10045 unemployed youth were trained and 2582 were placed in jobs under the scheme PTI AB SMN SMN
