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YOUTH GETTING EMPLOYMENT
OPPORTUNITIES
outh are getting
Ygood employment
opportunities in the
country. According
to the payroll
data released by
the Employees'
'SATHI' PORTAL AND State Insurance
Corporation (ESIC), 16.03 lakh new employees
MOBILE APPLICATION have been added to the ESIC scheme in February
2023. Not only this but 11,000 new establishments
LAUNCHED FOR have also been registered under the scheme during
CERTIFICATION OF SEEDS this period, which are providing social security
coverage to their employees. Employees up to the
age group of 25 years constitute the majority of
he Government of India is constantly new registrations. 46% (7.42 lakh) of employees
Ttrying to overcome the challenges and are in this age group. This shows that the youth
difficulties present in the agriculture sector of the country are getting good employment
through various schemes and programmes. opportunities. Analysis of payroll data revealed that
As part of this effort, recently, the 'SATHI' 3.12 lakh women employees have been covered
portal and mobile application have been under the Employees' Insurance Scheme.
launched to meet the challenges of seed
production, quality seed identification, and PM PRAISES 7-YEAR-OLD GIRL PARTICIPATION
seed certification. IN TB-FREE INDIA CAMPAIGN
SATHI portal will ensure a quality assurance
system, and identify the source of seed in the he new thinking and approach with which India
seed production chain. When its use starts Tstarted working against TB disease since 2014
on a large scale till the ground level, it will is truly unprecedented. These efforts have become
prove to be a revolutionary step in the field a new model of the global fight against TB. In the
of agriculture. It has been developed by NIC last 9 years, India has worked together on many
in collaboration with the Union Ministry of fronts in this fight against TB. There was a call to
Agriculture and Farmers Welfare on the theme become Ni-kshay Mitra to join the campaign of
of Uttam Beej – Samridh Kisan. 'TB-free India'. After this campaign, about 10 lakh
Seeds, pesticides, fertilizers, and irrigation TB patients have been adopted by the common
play a major role in agriculture. Substandard citizens of the country.
or spurious seeds affect the growth of Under this campaign, seven-year-old Ni-kshay
agriculture, causing loss to the farmers. It Mitra Nalini Singh of Una in Himachal Pradesh
also affects the agricultural production of donated her pocket money for the PM TB-free
the country. It has been observed that we India campaign. Prime Minister Narendra Modi
should make such a system that the market praised Nalini Singh for extending her support to
of spurious seeds ends and quality seeds the campaign. Responding to a tweet by Union
reach the farmers. Currently, the SATHI (Seed Minister Mansukh Mandaviya, he tweeted, "Good
Traceability, Authentication, and Holistic gesture." Indeed, a small effort by a child-like Nalini
Inventory) portal is in the first phase. Singh can make a big impact on someone's life and
strengthen this fight.
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