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The Minister of State for Home Affairs, Shri Kiren Rijiju interacting with a group of youth from Nagaland who are on the National Integration Tour, organised by the 5th Assam Rifles, in New Delhi on November 23.[/caption]
Dimapur, November 27 : The minister of State for Home Affairs, Kiren Rijiju, has advised visiting youths of Nagaland to engage in activities that are skill-based and those that can promote skill development to ensure employment. A group of 16 students from Zunheboto district in Nagaland on a National Integration Tour, organised by the 5th Assam Rifles, called on Minister Kiren Rijiju, in New Delhi on November 23.
At the time of reporting this, the tour had culminated yesterday, November 26.
Speaking to the visiting youths during the occasion, Kiren Rijiju complimented the Assam Rifles for giving children from the remote regions an opportunity to visit the national capital and other historic cities to discover the grandeur of India, a PIB update stated.
Rijiju said that the tour was a good initiative and, he suggested, these youths should be engaged in direct and indirect skill-development oriented activities.
“Shri Rijiju said that these days most of the jobs are skill-oriented, so the youth should enable themselves with the skills to gain employment. The government of India has initiated various schemes for skill development and youth should take advantage of it,” the PIB update stated.
“He also asked Assam Rifles to help youth in this regard. Shri Kiren Rijiju said that it is a good exposure for the youth and develops the feeling of brotherhood among the youth.”
The minister also emphasized that peace was ‘very essential for industrialization to succeed’ and that the mindset of the youths needed to be changed “so that their energies are engaged in the skill development and employment-oriented activities.”
The aim of the tour is to promote harmony and unity besides aiming at integrating the youths of the region with the nation by promoting concept of unity in diversity. The youths visited places such as the Red Fort, the Rajghat, the Pragati Maidan, the India Gate, the National Museum, Janpath and the NSG Centre, Manesar, the update added.
