Five Districts Felicitated With District
Skill and Development Planning Awards
Maharashtra Gets highest number of Honours
New Delhi, 9: Under the
Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship’s, District Skill and Development
Planning Competition for the year 2020-21, Maharashtra’s five Districts,
Sindhudurg, Satara, Thane, Solapur and Washim were honoured with the ‘Awardsfor
Excellence’ for their outstanding workdone in their District, today.
An Award ceremony was organized
by Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) at
AmbedkarBhavan. The Secretary MSDE, Shri
Rajesh Aggarwal presented a total of 30 Awards, in which a total of 30 Awards
were presented. Of which, the highest number of five awards went to
Maharashtra. Sharing the dais were, National Skill Development Corporation’s
CEO, Vedmani Tiwari and Joint Secretary, Smt. AnuradhaVemuri.
The Awards for excellence in
District Skill Development and planning was instituted under the SANKALP
Project, which means, Skill acquisition and Knowledge awareness for livelihood
promotion (SANKALP) by Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
(MSDE) in June 2018. The objective was to promote decentralized planning,
acknowledge and reward the extraordinary and innovative work done by the
Districts in the field of skill development.
Award
For Excellence For Satara and Sindhudurg
After receiving the Award of
Excellence, the SindhudurgDistrict collector, Smt. K. Manjulekshmi informed
about various skill development initiatives undertaken for the year 2020-21,
under DSDP. She said, the district had focussed mainly on the tourism sector,
trained rural women in the hospitality sector, specific training in hospitality
skills, language skills and cuisines, which yielded fruitful results and
increase in incomes. Agro based industries mainly Devgad Alphonso, Bamboo
training are some of the initiatives which were focussed upon, informed the
collector.
Satara District was also
awarded with the Certificate for Excellence.
The Collector, Shekhar Singh was pleased to receive the award and
expressing gratitude towards the Chief Minister, he said that out of 467
districts, eight have been shortlisted for this prestigious recognition. The
main focus is on agro-tourism, adventure, trained 450 Women who turned widows
during Covid-19in the field of agriculture and training to healthcare workers
in rural areas.
Certificate
of Excellence ToWashim and Thane Districts
The Districts of Washim and
Thane received the Certificate of Excellence Award for the Year 2020-21.
Asssistant Commissioners, Smt. KavitaJawale and Smt. Sunandda Bajaj, Department
of Skill Development and Employment Enterpreneurship from Washim and Thane
received this honour at the hands of the Secretary, MSDE.
After receiving the
Certificate of Excellence Award, Smt. Jawale apprised about the initiatives
undertaken in Thane. She informed that the District’s 70% population falls
under the age group of 15-30. And Thane
district is surrounded by rural, urban and tribal population.The main focus is
on the youth, hence, a variety of specialized training activities are
undertaken, else they would migrate to other districts in the quest for
employment. The initiative of bringing the transgenders into the streamline is
also taken care of, through various initiatives.
After receiving the Award,
Assistant Commissioner, Smt. Sunanda Bajaj informed the office of Maharashtra
Information Centre about the initiatives undertaken in the aspirational
district of Washim. She said, the main industry of Washim is agriculture and
agro based. The project ‘Hindu HrudaySamratBalasaheb Thackeray
SamruddhiMahamarg’ passes through this district and we have generated
employment for a number of young people.
For Jail inmates in the District, a variety of initiatives like baking,
cookery and sheep rearing has been kept in focus to engage women inmates.
Letter
of Appreciation To Solapur Districts
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