C Shivakumar
Chennai:
Urban unemployed youth in slums in Chennai could heave a sigh of relief as Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board is planning to provide them with skills to earn their livelihood.
It is learnt that the Slum Clearance Board will impart skill development training for unemployed youth in Chennai and other towns at a cost of Rs 4.04 crore during 2016-17.
This was informed by the state slum clearance board to Niti Ayog during a consultative meeting to eliminate poverty in India held in Hyderabad recently.
The Slum Clearance Board also informed the Niti Ayog that to upgrade the skills of youth, formal and informal courses in tailoring, cosmetology, fashion technology, and fabric designing, computer application and tally, data entry and web designing will be imparted to the unemployed slum youth.
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Meanwhile, slum clearance board also announced that it is planning to provide 12.94 lakh houses for the urban slum and non-slum urban poor at a cost of Rs 63,840 crore before 2023.
The elimination of urban poverty will become complete only if the urban dwellers attain economic empowerment,” sources said.
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