A call to each family to identify jobless youths

Chandigarh | Saturday | 23rd March, 2019

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CHANDIGARH: If all goes as planned, the Punjab government will be calling each household in the state to know the number of unemployed members in each family.The government is coming up with a 110-seater call center from where about 50,000 calls will be made in a day. The move will not only help the government to reach out to every household but also gather data on jobless youth in the state. He added: “It will not only help us create latest database of unemployed people but also to act as network between the job seekers and job providers by exchanging information about availability of jobs and human resource.” The process of setting up the centre will start soon after the model code of conduct is lifted,” said Tiwari. Telephone numbers will also be provided by the government.Calls will be made to create a database of job seekers and employers and each entry of job seeker and job provider in the database will be given a unique 20-digit number starting from 0000000001 prefixed by contact number..