Annual Action Plan 2020-21: Focus Area Programme
Youth Mapping, Skilling and Handholding - Aatma Nirbhar Bharat
Background
In the wake of COVID-19 lockdown Govt. of India has decided to revive the economy with the announcement of
20 Lakh Crore economic package under Aatma Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyan to make India self-reliant.
In this Aatma Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyan package, Govt. of India has announced a number of Financial Assistance
Schemes for a wide range of Sectors and Stimulus Package e.g. Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana, Poor including Migrants
and Farmers and Govt Reforms and Enablers to boost the Economy of Small Traders, Farmers, Street Vendors, Migrants, Construction Workers, Self Help Groups and others.
Hon’ble Prime Minister Vision
- Call for आत्म निर्भर भारत अभियान (Self-Reliant India Movement)
- Five pillars of Aatma Nirbhar Bharat –Economy, Infrastructure, System, Vibrant Demography and Demand
- Special economic and comprehensive package of Rs 20 lakh crores
- Package to cater to various sections including cottage industry, MSMEs, labourers, middle class, industries, among others.
- Bold reforms across sectors will drive the country's push towards self-reliance
- It is time to become Vocal for Local products and make them global.
Hon’ble Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi announced a Stimulus Package of 20.97 Lakh Crores to boost the economy of India in different sectors.
This Stimulus Package covers a wide array of sectors ranging from MSMEs to Farming mentioned below.
- MSME Loans
- Kishan Credit Card (KCC) Loans
- Shishu Loans under Mudra Yojana
- PM AwasYojana Credit Linked Subsidy Scheme (PMAY-CLSS)
- Revision in Financial Assistance to Self Help Groups
- Street Vendor Loans
- Additional Announcement for Agricultural Sector
- Additional Announcement in MGNREGA
Objective
- Support Small Traders, Farmers and Marginalized to access benefits of Government Schemes
- To facilitate youth link with National E-platforms (Champions Website - MSME) to capture employment opportunities
- To make aware and motivate youth to avail opportunities for their economic and personal well being to live a meaningful life
- To foster growth and development for skilled and unskilled youth by creating an eco-system of Career Counseling, Guidance, and collaboration
- To Handhold youth and coordinate with Development Agencies, Industries, Service Providers for skilling and placement
Strategies
- Data Collection and documentation
- Counseling, Guidance, Facilitation
- Linkages with MSME, MSD&E, Industries and others for employment/ job placement
- Coordination with Banks
- Collaboration with Service providers for Skill Training
- Identification of pool of Trainers, Counselors, Experts
- Awareness Talks and Sensitization by experts and motivators
- E-learning / Digital Learning – Develop Bank Mitras: online filling up of forms
Suggestive Actions
- Skills Mapping Exercise
- Prepare Kit of Schemes for Small Traders, Farmers and Marginalized
- Prepare and educate youth volunteers to guide and support needy
- Reach out to the needy and make them aware of schemes
- Sensitize them to avail benefits
- Organize facilitation camps
- Personal Contact Program Campaign
- Facilitate in filling up Digital Forms
- Placing Skills available with youth Mapped Data on Champions Website of MSMS
- Career Melas, Career Counseling & Guidance
- Preparing list of MSME and other potential Industries for Jobs
- Coordination with Development Agencies and Service Providers
- Motivating youth to undergo basic vocational courses
- Skills up-gradation, Skill building, training as per need
- Handholding and Follow up for employment /Self-employment
Collaborative Agencies
- Development Departments and Agencies at District level
- MSMEs
- MSD&E - NSDC Training Providers at District and Block level – PMKK, JSS
- Banks –Financial Institutes
- Education, ITI, Management Institutes
- Skills Development Training Agencies
- Placement Agencies
- Industries
- Coaching Centers
- Common Service Centers
Expected Outcomes - Monitoring and Success Indicators
- No. of Kits of Schemes for benefit of Small Traders, Farmers and Marginalized prepared
- No. of youth volunteers prepared and educated to guide and support needy
- No. of Kits shared with Small Traders, Farmers and Marginalized
- No. of Small Traders, Farmers and Marginalized contacted and made them aware of schemes, Sensitized and motivated them to avail benefits
- No. of facilitation camps organized
- No. of Small Traders, Farmers and Marginalized Facilitated in filling up Digital Forms
- No. of Small Traders, Farmers and Marginalized got benefits
- No. of skilled youth data shared with MSME 7 Placed on Champions Portal
- No. of youth participation in Career Counseling and Guidance Programs
- No. of youth mentored and motivated for skill training
- No. of EBV Programs organized
- No. of Career Melas organized
- No. of youth attended Career Mela
- No. of youth engaged in training and skill building
- No. of youth facilitated and handhold
- No. of youth got employment through MSME Champions Portal
- No. of youth got employment after skill training
- No. of youth engaged in self employment ventures
In order to provide support in realizing the objectives of Focus Area - Youth Mapping, Skilling and Handholding - Aatma Nirbhar Bharat with the spirit of volunteerism, Core Programs viz. Preparation of Booklet on Schemes of Aatma Nirbhar Bharat & Printing/Digitalization, Orientation of Youth, Personal Contact
Program and Facilitation Campaign, Education in Basic Vocations, Digital Felicitation by Cadre of Bank Mitras, Career Guidance, Career Counselling, Mela have been provided. SOP of these programmes is given in Chapter – 4. These Core Programs would enhance the capacity, level of awareness, understanding,
leadership, motivation and skills of youth and thereby facilitate them in implementing focus areas activities in their respective villages with expected outcomes.
District Youth Coordinators should give target to NYVs to cover cluster of 25-30 Youth Clubs or as per the need. NYVs should guide
and help the allotted villages Youth Clubs in finalizing their Action Plans for Focus Area - Youth Mapping, Skilling and Handholding -
Aatma Nirbhar Bharat in the proforma given at Annexure- 6, 6A and 6 B. NYVs should facilitate coordination and regularly be in contact with
the allotted Youth Clubs and motivate members of Youth Clubs, COVID volunteers and others to undertake above mentioned focus area activities on voluntary basis in their respective villages.