Hunar se Rozgar Scheme:
The Ministry of Tourism has been implementing the Hunar se Rozgar Scheme (skill to employment) since 2006 and it needs to relaxation in bureaucratic norms to boost participation.
- Hunar se Rozgar Scheme has significant potential to skill and employ youth in the tourism sector.
- The primary goal of the scheme is to offer short-term vocational training to non-literate, semi-literate, and educated unemployed youth aged 18-28 years to improve their skills and employability.
- It enables less-educated youth to pursue formal employment after brief training.
- This scheme gives economic importance to tourism and the potential to promote cultural heritage.
- The scheme primarily attracts participants from northern states.
