Treat 10 lakh skilled youths returning home as manpower assets, not burden: Assam CM tells economists
GUWAHATI: Assam chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal strongly advocated to treat the nearly 10 lakh skilled youths returning to state from various parts of the country in view of Covid-19 pandemic as manpower assets instead of burden.
Addressing an interactive session with the leading economists of the state in Guwahati on Tuesday for seeking their suggestion to revive Assam’s economy in the post Covid-19 scenario, Sowal said, “The skill sets and experiences acquired by the returning youths working outside could be utilised to propel Assam towards economic resurgence and opportunities must be created within the state to absorb these youths productively.”
In the interactive session, which was a part of Sonowal’s efforts to reach out to the various sections of the society, the economists urged the government to set up economic task forces at block level for taking specific revival measures for the state’s economy. In response, the chief minister highlighted the need to prepare a time-bound roadmap for achieving short and long term goals to rejuvenate the economy.
Saying that every crisis presents an opportunity, the Sonowal called for unified approach to tackle the economic slowdown while underlining the importance of a 100-day action plan for restructuring the economic system by prioritizing expenditures and streamlining various sectors such agriculture, livestock etc to overcome the situation through planned interventions.
He also stressed on the need to plug the loopholes in the system while cutting down unnecessary expenditures.
“Utilising natural soil fertility and climatic advantage for agricultural resurgence in the state are the keys and we must use this opportunity to make the state self reliant and production surplus in sectors such as fisheries, agriculture, livestock, horticulture etc to generate employment opportunities” he asserted.
He also called for inter-department coordination to overcome the economic challenge while equally taking care of weavers, farmers, daily wage earners etc. through government interventions and also harnessing the potential of the state through labour intensive agri-based industries.
While opening the session, finance minister Himanta Biswa Sarma remarked that Assam had a buoyant economy before the Covid-19 pandemic as the state clocked impressive GDP growth of 12-16 per cent in the last three financial years as against national average of six percent.
“Assam’s devolution of Rs 24,000 crore per year from Central Government’s pool of funds sustained the economy along with nearly Rs 13,000 crore state’s own earnings. In view of the financial slowdown, innovative measures must be devised to overcome this crisis,” he said. As many as 29 economists and economic experts of the State took part in today’s interactive session.
Addressing an interactive session with the leading economists of the state in Guwahati on Tuesday for seeking their suggestion to revive Assam’s economy in the post Covid-19 scenario, Sowal said, “The skill sets and experiences acquired by the returning youths working outside could be utilised to propel Assam towards economic resurgence and opportunities must be created within the state to absorb these youths productively.”
In the interactive session, which was a part of Sonowal’s efforts to reach out to the various sections of the society, the economists urged the government to set up economic task forces at block level for taking specific revival measures for the state’s economy. In response, the chief minister highlighted the need to prepare a time-bound roadmap for achieving short and long term goals to rejuvenate the economy.
Saying that every crisis presents an opportunity, the Sonowal called for unified approach to tackle the economic slowdown while underlining the importance of a 100-day action plan for restructuring the economic system by prioritizing expenditures and streamlining various sectors such agriculture, livestock etc to overcome the situation through planned interventions.
He also stressed on the need to plug the loopholes in the system while cutting down unnecessary expenditures.
“Utilising natural soil fertility and climatic advantage for agricultural resurgence in the state are the keys and we must use this opportunity to make the state self reliant and production surplus in sectors such as fisheries, agriculture, livestock, horticulture etc to generate employment opportunities” he asserted.
He also called for inter-department coordination to overcome the economic challenge while equally taking care of weavers, farmers, daily wage earners etc. through government interventions and also harnessing the potential of the state through labour intensive agri-based industries.
While opening the session, finance minister Himanta Biswa Sarma remarked that Assam had a buoyant economy before the Covid-19 pandemic as the state clocked impressive GDP growth of 12-16 per cent in the last three financial years as against national average of six percent.
“Assam’s devolution of Rs 24,000 crore per year from Central Government’s pool of funds sustained the economy along with nearly Rs 13,000 crore state’s own earnings. In view of the financial slowdown, innovative measures must be devised to overcome this crisis,” he said. As many as 29 economists and economic experts of the State took part in today’s interactive session.
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