Youth manifesto by Congress proposes skill development centres

NEW DELHI: Delhi Congress on Wednesday released its youth manifesto for the Municipal Corporation elections, promising to open skill development centres and livelihood security department in the civic bodies of the national Capital.

Delhi Congress chief Ajay Maken, accompanied by former Union ministers Jitin Prasad and RP N Singh, released the manifesto at Satya Niketan market in South Campus of Delhi University.

“Skill development is our utmost priority. The skill development and enhancement centres will be opened in all wards of the Municipal Corporations,” Maken said.

“If the Congress is voted to power in the three municipal bodies, a separate livelihood, security and compassion department will be opened to create and improve opportunities for youth, Maken said.

The Delhi Congress president also claimed that the high school drop-out rate was responsible for “sudden surge” in juvenile crimes in the city.

“Congress-run MCD will organise life-skill development workshops for the school drop-outs, imparting them vocational training to make them better and productive citizens,” he said.

The manifesto listed paid ‘councillor internship programme’ for youth to provide them opportunity to learn the functioning of civic bodies.

The manifesto’s “oneward-one-idea” initiative will involve Councillors to come up with innovative ideas for solving problems in the wards.

The Congress has released separate manifestoes on primary health and education, sanitation, self reliance of civic bodies, urban poor and youth, in the run up to the elections for 272 wards.