2010-2011 - Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly

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Government Employment
109. This Government has lit light in the lives of youth
who were waiting to secure government jobs for a period of five
years by taking a number of effective measures to fill up the
vacancies in government departments, local bodies, boards and
public sector enterprises by appointing 4,65,748 persons in the
time scale of pay in the last four years.
Vocational Training
110. In order to produce students with technical skills as
expected by the industry, 22 government industrial training
institutes are being upgraded as centres of excellence at a cost of
Rs.63 crores. In addition to this, another 24 government
industrial training institutes are being developed under Public –
Private Partnership. In the coming financial year, vocational
training will be imparted to 1,27,000 persons comprising of
50,000 youth through government industrial training
institutes, 42,000 youth and women through Rural
Development Department and 35,000 youth through
Polytechnic colleges.
Forests
111. For the first time in the country, this Government is
implementing the scheme for growing trees on private farm lands
since 2007-2008. In view of the good response to this scheme
from the farmers, the provision for this scheme will be raised to
Rs.15 crores in the coming financial year. The scheme for