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| World Bank aided employment project flop show, courtesy Omar regime | | Out of 1608 trainees, 1213 shown door, project end on bitter note | | Peerzada Ummer
Early Times Report
Srinagar, May 8: The World Bank project to provide employment to the unemployed youth in Jammu and Kashmir has turned to be a "damp squib" as the erstwhile regime could only provide bobs to 395 trainees out of 1608.
Sources said that implementation of the World Bank aided project "Vocational Training Improvement Project" had been tardy due to under-utilization of funds, delay in procurement of equipment and construction of buildings. Out of 1608 trainees who passed out during 2008-13, there were only 395 persons to whom the jobs were provided while as 1213 candidates after undergoing the hectic training stages were left in lurch.
There are allegations that the partisan approach was adopted by the previous regime in providing jobs to the trained youth under this scheme and that political interference and domination did the magic as usual.
The programme ended on a bitter note in November 2014 while the youth who had undergone training under this scheme with the hope to be accorded jobs had to leave empty handed.
As per the records available with the Early Times, the Government of India (GOI) in April 2007 a launched Vocational Training Improvement Project (VTIP) in the central sector with the assistance coming from the World Bank. It was aimed to upgrade 500 ITIs over the next five years at a rate of 100 ITIs a year.
Meanwhile, the state government didn't leave any stone unturned to even make World Bank aggrieved and dismayed from JK. Against the total release of Rs 20.98 crores during 2008-2014, the government here could utilize only Rs16.26 crore, resulting in under-utilization of funds. Also the delay in release of the state share funds from the administrative department to ITIs in JK ranged from 11 days to 178 days.
Brazenly, the state government turned the blind eye towards the open embezzlement of the funds under this scheme by several officials. The goods, equipments, furniture and books worth lakhs of rupees purchased under the programme were issued to other non-VTIP programs without any fear of the ramifications.
Also, the Management Information System (MIS) was the basis for effective monitoring and evaluation (M&E) of the project and was expected to be operational within six months from the commencement of the project. For this purpose, around Rs 56 lakhs were sanctioned in the year 2010-12 as central share by the GOI for the purchase of computers. "Despite the receipt of Rs 41.30 lakh during 2012-14, the state government belatedly utilized Rs 33.33 lakhs in March 2014 to purchase computers resulting in non- implementation of the MIS," mentions the CAG report adding that the project proved to be a tardy one due to the under utilization of funds by the state government. |
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