The idea behind these schemes was to engage J&K youth, especially Valley youth gainfully and help the assimilate with mainstream India by excelling in education, skill development and take up jobs or start their own entrepreneurial initiatives. As per the last figures, though under Udaan, over 32,000 candidates had joined training against the target of 57,000 jobs, only about 15,000 were offered jobs in domestic and multinational companies. The situation is no different in case of Himayat scheme, a skill development programme for the youth under implementation since 2011. It envisages training and equipping with skills that are great in demand to 1,24,180 youth with placement assurance of at least 70 per cent. The attack left 8 people injuredDeath toll: 7Sept 18, 2016A group of four heavily-armed JeM suicide attackers storm into the 10 Infantry Brigade headquarters and unleash mayhem.

Source: dna February 23, 2019 22:30 UTC