Employment exchange Dimapur registers 21,301 till December

Dimapur, April 5 (EMN): District Employment Officer (DEO), Dimapur while presenting the departmental activities at the Dimapur District Planning and Development Board meeting (DPDB), informed that the total number of job seekers registered in the employment exchange for job assistance as recorded in the live register was 21301 as on December 2016m, out of which 13361 were male and 8003 were female applicants. Considering the rising unemployment problem, he said youths are guided to take up self-employment and for which a self-employment Promotion Cell in Regional Employment Exchange, Kohima which coordinates Self Employment activities in all district. He also informed that there is a total of 1950 applicants registered for self-employment ventures and recorded 571 beneficiaries from various schemes. DEO further updated the members about measures taken up by the department in order to assist interested job seekers in securing their desired jobs. The DPDB monthly meeting was held in the Conference Hall of Deputy Commissioner Dimapur on April 5, under the chairmanship of Deputy Commissioner (DC) Dimapur, KesonyuYhome, IAS. Women Industrial and Training Institute (WITI) also presented their activities, trades offered in the institute and some success stories of passed out students from the institute during the meeting. During the meeting, the house recommended Spring Valley School, Society, Dimapur, Sovima Samipfuko Krotho, Business Association of Nagas (BAN), Dimapur, LI-WU Society, Akito Village and KIVI Society, Akito Village for registration basing on the verification report. The meeting also discussed the agenda for setting up of Bank at Thahekhu Block-IV (Rangapahar Crossing) after which the members approved in principle and referred back to DCC to prepare detail report.