14,000 MSME to generate 3.5 lakh jobs: Haryana CM

Candidates who have registered with the Kaushal Rozgar Nigam Limited (HKRNL) portal will get jobs in the private sector, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said on Tuesday.
“About 8 lakh youth in the state are registered on the HKRNL portal. The private sector can meet its manpower requirements through this portal,” Khattar said. Addressing the ‘Corporate Vaartha’ programme, he said that the government will help set up 14,000 MSME units to generate 3.5 lakh job opportunities under the Programme to Accelerate Development for MSME Advancement (PADMA) Yojana.
HKRNL CEO Makarand Pandurang said that 373 PhD holders, 45,342 postgraduates, and 1,33,480 graduates, among others, are registered with the HKRNL. Interacting with the corporate representatives at the event, the chief minister said that a database of families has been prepared on the basis of income in Haryana through Parivar Pehchan Patra (PPP).
In this database, there are 13 lakh families whose income is less than Rs 1 lakh per year and 29 lakh families whose income is less than Rs 1.80 lakh. It is the priority of the government to provide self-employment and government and private sector employment to these families, he said. He also said that the unique programme of PPP in Haryana is being appreciated across the country, and many states are also following it.
“Various states of the country have sought information about the terms and conditions of HKRNL to implement the same in their states,” Chief Secretary Sanjeev Kaushal said. “HKRNL has been set up with the objective of providing contractual manpower to all government entities in Haryana in a transparent, robust, and equitable manner. The candidates hired through this Nigam also get EPF and ESI benefits, and now, going a step further, the government has taken a new initiative to provide employment opportunities in private institutions through this portal,” he said.