Description
SKILL DEVELOPMENT ALLOWANCE SCHEME
A. Introduction:
The Scheme of granting Skill Development Allowance to the unemployed youth has been detailed in the Budget Speech of Hon’ble Chief Minister for the Financial Year 2013-14 which aims at providing allowance to educated unemployed persons for their Skill upgradation.
B. Objective: a)This scheme intends to provide allowance to eligible educated unemployed Himachali youth for their skill upgradation.
b) This in turn will enable such youth to develop their skill which in turn will enable them to take up employment or self-employment in the Sector of their choice, since this scheme empowers the youth to choose the Sector in which they would like to develop their skill, at the training institute of their choice
C. Details of the Scheme:
1. Short title & commencement:
a) This scheme may be called “The Himachal Pradesh Payment of Skill Development Allowance to Educated Unemployed Persons Scheme, 2013”. b) This scheme will be implemented with effect from the date of issuance of the notification.
c) The allowance shall be payable to eligible persons in the age group of 16 to below 36 years.
2. Definitions: In this scheme, unless the context otherwise requires:
a) ‘Skill Development Training’ means any Training which aims at enhancing the skill & employability of the applicant.
b) ‘Allowance’ means Skill Development Allowance as defined in this scheme.
c) ‘Department’ means the Department of Employment, Himachal Pradesh.
d) ‘Director’ means the Director of Employment, Himachal Pradesh and includes any person to whom any or all the powers of Director may have been delegated by the Government.
e) ‘Educated unemployed applicant’ means a person who is minimum 8th Pass from a Board recognized by the Govt. of Himachal Pradesh, who is on the Live Register of the Employment Exchange of the State of Himachal Pradesh as on the date of application and who applies under this Scheme for the grant of Skill Development Allowance, who has attained the age of 16 years but has not attained the age of 36 years on the date of such application and who remains on the Live Register. There will be no requirement of minimum qualification for admissibility of 2 allowance under the Scheme when applicant wants to pursue training in Sectors such as masonry, carpentry, blacksmithy or plumbing etc.
f) ‘Employment Exchange’ means any Employment Exchange set up by the Himachal Pradesh Government.
g) ‘Family’ means joint family of all persons descended from common ancestor including adoption, who live, worship and mess together permanently as shown in the Pariwar Register of the Gram Panchyat/Ration Card in case Urban Area.
h) ‘Form’ means a form appended to this Scheme.
i) ‘Government’ means the Government of Himachal Pradesh in the Administrative Department.
j) ‘Income’ means family income
k) ‘Live Register’ means the valid employment index cards of those persons who are registered in the Employment Exchanges of the State of Himachal Pradesh.
l) ‘8th means a candidate who has passed the 8th examination or any examination held equivalent thereto, by Govt. of H.P.
m) ‘Officer incharge of the Employment Exchange’ will include an Officer/Official to whom the powers of the officer incharge of the Employment Exchange under this Scheme may have been delegated by the Department.
n) ‘Year’ means the Financial Year starting on First April and ending on Thirty-First March of the following Year.
o) ‘State’ means the State of Himachal Pradesh.
Rate of Skill Development Allowance:
Allowance shall be payable to each educated unemployed applicant for a maximum period of two years; subject to fulfilling eligibility criteria & timely submission of attested copies of 8th/matriculation marks sheet/certificate to ascertain age and educational qualification and Affidavit as per form ‘C’, at the following rates:
a) For Physically Challenged person who have minimum 50% permanent disability recorded in her/his Employment Exchange record (X-I), @ Rs. 1500/- (Rs. One Thousand Five Hundred) per month.
b) For all other categories of Persons @ Rs. 1000/- (Rs. One Thousand) per month.
