Eleven youths including a girl from insurgency-hit Udalguri district of Assam have received job offers from various private sector companies after they have successfully completed a free short-term training organised by the Red Horn Division of Indian Army in collaboration with prominent corporate House ICICI under its CSR scheme.
The free training included various modules including office administration, retail sale, financial management etc., and it was meant for youths from economically very backward households in Udalguri district.
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The Red Horns Division of the Army operates in Darrang and Udalguri districts against insurgents. It has deemed it fit to provide skill development training to youths of the backward region to prevent them from ashtray into the ranks of insurgent groups. The Army engaged in the counter-insurgency operation have realized that so long educated unemployed youths of the state remain jobless the problem of insurgency could not be solved permanently only by the use of arms power .
The Commanding Officer of the Red Horns Division recently distributed certificates to the first batch of eleven youths including young girl from the insurgency-hit Udalguri following their successful completion of their training programme that had started in the month of September.
The group of 11 trained youth have received job offers from various leading private sector companies in the country including North East Small Finance Bank , Matrimony.Com and MOTIF of Ahmedabad among others against a monthly salary in between Rupees twelve thousand and twenty thousand , the source added .
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