Amarinder announces 50,000 jobs for youth

Gurdaspur : Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Tuesday appealed to farmers not to resort to suicide, while announcing his government’s decision to provide jobs to 50,000 youth in the first phase of the ‘Ghar Ghar Mein Naukri’ scheme. Speaking at the Independence Day celebrations at Gurdaspur after unfurling the national flag, the Chief Minister announced the launch of a recruitment campaign for the government sector to fill all critical vacant posts soon, thus providing employment to the jobless in the state. Rozgar Melas (Job Fairs) would be held across the state to implement his government’s election promise to provide employment to the unemployed youth, he announced. The Chief Minister, who earlier took the guard of honour and enjoyed an enthralling display of Gatka by school children, vowed, on this sacred occasion, to make Punjab a peaceful, healthy and prosperous state – free from drugs and debt.