Jobs for unemployed as part of CM’s outreach

Until a number of months in the past, G. Asina, a transgender from Kancheepuram, needed to do odd jobs to make a dwelling. But now the 31-year-old is attending teaching lessons for authorities examinations, having been shortlisted by means of the ‘Ungal Thoguthiyil Muthalamaichar’ (the Chief Minister in your constituency) programme. “I submitted a petition. I received a call, and officials counselled me on what I could do based on my qualification. And I’m now attending coaching classes, and will be sitting for my exams,” stated Asina.

Sathish, 24, of Chennai, was one other beneficiary. “I was working at a private company and lost my job owing to the COVID-19 [lockdown]. I registered my details in the employment exchange and submitted a petition for a job during the Chief Minister’s campaign. And I have got a job at a telecalling firm.”

The authorities is clearing job petitions that Chief Minister M.K. Stalin acquired throughout his election marketing campaign. Of the 67,757 individuals who petitioned for jobs, 224 have been positioned in personal firms by means of job festivals, whereas 6,757 are present process on-line teaching for aggressive examinations.

“Work is in progress, and the government has been reaching out to each petitioner through district officials. Many petitions did not have a contact number, and we will soon create a facility wherein these petitioners can get online with their reference numbers and update their contact details,” stated Shilpa Prabhakar Satish, Special Officer of the programme. She stated every petitioner was counselled based mostly on age and qualification and given choices.

K. Veera Raghava Rao, Director of Employment and Training, clarified: “Some wanted government jobs — and technically that is not possible. So we encouraged them to opt for the Group-II examinations, and are providing them free training.” “We have tied up with companies, and some applicants were given jobs in industries like information technology, automobile and food. Options were also given to take up entrepreneurship,” he stated. Around 132 petitioners got unemployment allowance, which varies from individual to individual.

Data supplied by the federal government present the utmost quantity of petitions for jobs got here in from the Salem area — 7,039. There had been 6,385 petitions from Coimbatore and 5,574 from Erode. The Chennai area had 3,804 petitions.