(a) whether the Government is making efforts to provide jobs to the people of rural
areas through the Multi-National Companies in the country;
(b) if so, the details of such companies in the country including Uttar Pradesh;and
(c) the extent to which the Government has succeeded in its efforts?
MINISTER OF THE STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SRI PRADEEP JAIN `ADITYA`)
(a) to (c): Under Swarnajayanti Gram Swarojgar Yojana (SGSY), 15% of allocation every year is set apart
for taking up special projects which are of pioneering nature for bringing a specified number of rural
below poverty line (BPL) beneficiaries above poverty line in a time bound manner. Under this component,
an initiative for demand based skill development training leading to placement of rural poor to absorb
them in the emerging employment opportunities in the country has been taken up which include projects
on Public Private Partnership (PPP) model since 2005-06. Corporate agencies like Larsen & Toubro, National
Institute for Information Technology (NIIT), Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services (IL&FS), Cluster
Development Initiative Ltd., Career Launcher Education Foundation, Tally India Pvt. Ltd., etc have been
roped into this initiative as partners. These agencies are also implementing this initiative in the state
of Uttar Pradesh. So far, 89 placement linked skill development projects, including those in partnership
with Corporates, have been sanctioned and Rs. 241.91 Crore has been released as central share of funds
for these projects. About 1.45 lakh beneficiaries have been trained as on 30th May, 2010 out of which,
around 1.14 lakh have been placed in gainful employment through these projects.