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Sheikhpura invites applications for study and tool kits
The Story in Brief
Sheikhpura’s district planning office has invited applications under its Study Kit and Tool Kit scheme for candidates preparing for competitive exams and youth seeking self-employment. Applicants must register on the Rozgar Setu portal and show proof of preparation for UPSC, BPSC, SSC, railway, banking, NET-JRF or teacher eligibility tests. Priority will go to disabled, transgender, SC, ST, OBC, extremely backward and economically weaker section candidates, as well as women.
The tool kit benefit is for youth in trades such as electrician, fitter, plumber, mobile repair and beautician. Applicants must have at least three months of training from a recognised institute. Age must be between 18 and 40, family income below Rs 3 lakh, and registration with the planning office must be at least six months old. District planning officer Aqif Waqqas is overseeing the scheme.
Indian Opinion Analysis
Sheikhpura district’s Study Kit and Tool Kit scheme bundles government exam preparation with self-employment support under one portal, a rare combination that could save jobless youth from bouncing between departments. The preference for disabled, transgender, SC, ST, OBC, EWS and women applicants signals an equity push that will test how many from these groups actually have the six-month-old registration the scheme demands. The family-income cap of Rs 3 lakh and the requirement of at least three months’ certified training in trades like plumbing or beautician work will exclude the informally trained, who form the bulk of rural youth. Whether the district planning office can process online applications swiftly enough to meet the 18 to 40 age window remains the unresolved operational question.
Source: bhaskar.com
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