Ministries of AYUSH and Rural Development signs MoU for skilling of rural youth and empowering women
Courses for training of rural youth as Panchakarma
Assistant will also be started on pilot basis
Ministry of AYUSH and Ministry of Rural development today signed
Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate in developing skilled personnel by
imparting training to rural poor youth and women’s for Ayush healthcare system
under Deen Dayal Upadhyaya-Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY). Apart from this
a course for training of rural youth as panchakarma technicians/assistant will
be started on pilot basis.
The
MoU valid for three years was signed in the presence of Union Minister of Ayush,
Sarbananda Sonowal and Union Minister of Panchayati Raj and Rural Development Giriraj
Singh, Minister of State for Ayush Dr Munjpara Mahendrabhai by Dr Manoj Nesari,
Advisor (Ayurveda), Ministry of Ayush and Karma Zimpa Bhutia, Joint Secretary,
(Rural Skills), Ministry of Rural Development.
Vaidya
Rajesh Kotecha, secretary, Ministry of Ayush, PK Pathak, Special Secretary,
MoA, Dr Tanuja Nesari Director, AIIA, New Delhi, Shailesh Kumar Singh,
Secretary, Ministry of Rural development and other officials of both the
ministries were present.
In his address, Sarbananda Sonowal said,” Both
the ministries will collaborate in boosting the spirit of
self-employment. This will enable empowerment of rural youths and
women’s. This will increase employment opportunities in rural areas. I hope
both ministries will continue to explore similar associations, where we can
work together for betterment of society.”
Giriraj Singh, said, “this MoU will be a
landmark in empowering women’s self-help groups and rural poor youth. Initial
target is to train large number of women’s, which will be increased going
forward. We will give priority to self-help groups.”
The
training program undertaken under this MoU shall be funded as per DDU-GKY cost
norms. NRLM & DDU-GKY will communicate to States/UTs for enlisting willing
SHG members and rural poor youth about the courses and its training by
institutes of Ministry of Ayush. Whereas, the MoA shall provide its institutes
for the purpose of conducting courses, training & certification of the
aspirants/ candidates. The ministry will also depute nodal agencies across the
country, who shall ensure mobilization, counselling, training, placement and tracking
of candidates as per DDU-GKY norms in their respective designated states.
Apart from this both ministries will also work on
formulating system, wherein technical assistance would be provided in
identifying permissible medicinal plantation activities, plant protection,
inter-cropping in order to generate additional streams for income under
relevant schemes of Ministry of Rural development. Ministry will also arrange
training and orientation of plantation beneficiaries and various community
level livelihood workers.
Deen Dayal Upadhyaya-Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY)
is the flagship program of the Ministry of Rural Development, GoI. As a part of
the National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM), DDU-GKY aims to transform rural
poor youth into economically independent and globally relevant workforce.
Through this MoU it is expected to create synergy and
convergence between both ministries, and enable fulfilment of larger goal of
community development and poverty alleviation in rural areas. Both sides also
agreed to set up a Joint Working Group, through which other activity of mutual
interest may be identified and joint worked upon by Ministry of Rural
Development & Ministry of AYUSH.