Dimapur, May 3 (EMN): Minister of State for Electronics and IT, Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, would be in Nagaland on a three days official visit starting from May 4.
The minister would arrive at Dimapur airport by noon on May 4 and travel to Kiphire to review the progress of aspirational district programme of the government of India with the officials of district administration followed with a visit to the District Hospital, Kiphire, a PIB report stated on Tuesday.
It mentioned that Kiphire aspirational district in Nagaland was ranked first in the health and nutrition sector and second in the basic infrastructure parameters among the aspirational districts in the country in 2021.
Launched by the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, in January 2018, the aspirational districts programme aims to quickly and effectively transform 112 most under-developed districts across the country. The broad contours of the programme are convergence (of central and state schemes), collaboration (of central, state level ‘Prabhari’ officers and district collectors), and competition among districts through monthly delta ranking; all driven by a mass movement. It added that the government was committed to raising the living standards of its citizens and ensuring inclusive growth for all – “Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas aur Sabka Vishwas.”
Report stated that the Minister would visit Jan Shikshan Sansthan (JSS) and interact with the students and faculty engaged in skill training. Jan Shikshan Sansthan, under the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship aims to provide vocational training to non-literates, neo-literates as well as school drop-outs in rural regions by identifying skills that have a relevant market in that region.
The minister would also visit Longwa village in Mon district on May 5 and hold discussions with the district administration.
On May 6, the minister would inaugurate five National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology (NIELIT) centres in North eastern region from Dimapur. Those centres are located at Dibrugarh and Jorhat in Assam, Passighat in Arunachal Pradesh, Dimapur in Nagaland and Senapati in Manipur.
The minister last visited Nagaland in September 2021 and inaugurated a software technology park in Kohima and five NIELIT centres in the Northeast region including one at Churachandpur and Tuibong in Manipur, Aizawl in Mizoram and Kokrajhar and Tejpur in Assam through video conferencing.
The minister also visited a bamboo cluster and promised a pilot project for skilling and up-skilling of bamboo artisans. Report stated that the Ministry of Skill Development swiftly launched the pilot project within three months time period in December 2021.
As on date, 4100 artisans have been mobilised and 3100 have been registered in 100 batches spread over four job roles - bamboo utility handicrafts assembler, bamboo may weaver, bamboo basket maker, wooden toy maker artisan.
The minister would return to New Delhi, on May 6.