Sikkim comes up with "One Family One Job" scheme

January 15, 2019
The Chief Minister of Sikkim- Pawan Kumar Chamling has announced the One Family One Job scheme to provide employment to the youth of Sikkim.
Sikkim comes up with "One Family One Job" scheme

Details about Sikkim's One Family One Job scheme:

  • One Family One Job scheme entitles one government job for every family in the state.
  • The Chief Minister handed over appointment letters to over 12,000 unemployed youths at an employment fair organised at the Paljor Stadium in Gangtok.
  • Only members of those families which do not have a government job at present are eligible for government employment under the scheme.
  • The government has announced that the nature of the job is not temporary and would be regularised after five years.
  • Sikkim is the first state in the country to launch an exclusive programme which entitles every family in the state with a government job and Sikkim earmarks 70 per cent of its revenues towards salaries for state government employees.

Question:

Q. The Chief Minister of which state has announced the One Family One Job scheme to provide employment to the youth of that state?
a. Sikkim
b. Arunachal Pradesh
c. Manipur
d. Mizoram

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