Don’t go by emotions: Biren to youth

Imphal: Chief minister N. Biren Singh has appealed youth not to go by emotions as they are the pillars of future generations as he appealed to the public to refrain from violence and stressed the need to solve every problem through peaceful means.

The chief minister was interacting with youths trained in the Hospitality Sector under ‘Hunar se Rozgar Scheme’ and Perfumery at Hindu College, Delhi, at the chief minister’s secretariat on Monday.

Under the Hunar Se Rozgar Scheme of the ministry of Tourism, about 400 youths have completed or are undergoing training. Out of this, 169 have secured placements in key cities and 78 of them belong to the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) category.

While 30 youths, including 15 IDPs, from across the sate participated in the three-week perfumery training programme.

Youth from different districts, who had undergone training and got job placements, shared their experiences during the training programme and appreciated the chief minister and the government of Manipur for the initiatives being taken up for them.

Speaking to the youths, Biren said the interaction with youths of different communities as a happy and emotional moment after one and half years of unprecedented crisis.

“People of Manipur have been facing hardship due to the unprecedented crisis and by God’s blessing, affected people had started returning to their original places, he added.”

“We should focus on how to bring peace and concentrate on healing the wounds, rather than blaming one another.”

The chief minister announced to extend financial aid of Rs 50,000 each as seed money to the youths who had undergone training on perfumery. He continued that further assistance could be taken under ‘One Family One Livelihood’ Scheme or Start Up based on their growth.

Biren raised concern on lack of knowledge on general information related to welfare schemes and urged youths to gather information on general knowledge, which will make them feel confident.

He mentioned various initiatives taken up by the government for the people staying in relief camps and expressed his desire to cover all districts in providing training to youths, giving priorities to those staying in relief camps.