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He said that Assam has improved its position in the national index. "The NITI Aayog published the report and mentioned that Assam is one of the fastest-growing states in the country. Our target is to surpass the national score in the next two years," Sarma said.
Assam had joined the SDG index in 2016 and it was in the 'Aspirant' category with a score of 49. The state improved its ranking and entered the 'Performer category' in 2019 with a score of 55 and 57 in 2020.
He added that Assam was a burden on India but it changed now. "We have done well in poverty alleviation, clean water supply, green energy, economic growth, industry, innovation, infrastructure and sustainable cities. We hope that the gross enrolment ratio will increase substantially. We expect to clock 19 points in higher education within two years," Sarma added.
In an attempt to reach the target of providing jobs to 1 lakh youth of the state, Chief Minister Sarma presented appointment letters to 41 youth for different positions in education department.
It may be noted that 22 candidates have received the compassionate appointment in the directorate of higher education, 11 assistant professors and one librarian under the directorate of technical education seven lecturers of DIET under SCERT. With these appointments the total number of giving new jobs reached 97,495.
Sarma said, “Our promise of providing one lakh jobs to the youth, is achieving new benchmarks with each passing day. The remaining 13,000 posts will be filled by April 2025”. He also said that the appointment of youth maintaining transparency and meritocracy in government of jobs has augured an atmosphere of trust and belief in the state.
He also said that the present State government has set a precedence of appointing 97,495 youth transparently. He also said that in the coming 15 August another one thousand youth will be absorbed in government jobs. The Chief Minister also said after fulfilment of the target of 1 lakh government jobs, government would work for taking the target to 1.5 lakh in its five years in office.
He also asked the new appointees to dedicate themselves in the service of the people and contribute to the growth of the state. The Chief Minister during his speech elaborated on the future roadmap for a start-up revolution in the state. He said that start up ventures have the potential of creating employment avenues besides stimulating the growth of the state. He, therefore, asked the newly inducted assistant professors of engineering colleges to help the students to imbibe the skill and passion for start up ventures.
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