- Uttar Pradesh government has sought a detailed list of manpower requirements across different industrial sectors in the state
- Bihar has mapped skills of more than 500,000 migrants, and is working to get industries to set base in state
The governments of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh have taken it upon themselves to find jobs for the more than 5.5 million migrants who have returned to the two states over the last two months. This is part of the mammoth task of rehabilitating these people who have been displaced by the outbreak of the novel coronavirus pandemic.
The Bihar government is moving to invite micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) from those states in which the migrants had been working before they returned home. The Uttar Pradesh government has sought a detailed list of the manpower requirement across the different industrial sectors in the state.
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“We have managed to complete skill mapping of more than 5 lakh people and are simultaneously asking the migrants about the company where they used to work and the state in which they used to live before coming home,” said Sushil Kumar Modi, deputy chief minister of Bihar.
“Members of the government are then reaching out to these companies and encouraging them to come and set up base and industrial units in Bihar. This would generate employment for migrants and the Bihar government will help these companies set up bases.” the Bihar deputy CM added.
Source: livemint
