{"id":100494,"date":"2024-07-23T19:22:05","date_gmt":"2024-07-23T19:22:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/23\/in-their-trademark-style-jairam-ramesh-accuses-fm-of-borrowing-internship-program-from-congs-nyay-patra-times-of-india\/"},"modified":"2024-07-23T19:22:05","modified_gmt":"2024-07-23T19:22:05","slug":"in-their-trademark-style-jairam-ramesh-accuses-fm-of-borrowing-internship-program-from-congs-nyay-patra-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/23\/in-their-trademark-style-jairam-ramesh-accuses-fm-of-borrowing-internship-program-from-congs-nyay-patra-times-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"‘In their trademark style’: Jairam Ramesh accuses FM of borrowing internship program from Cong’s Nyay Patra – Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Congress on Tuesday said that finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman has drawn inspiration from its 2024 Lok Sabha manifesto by announcing an internship program in the Union Budget<\/a> of 2024-25.
This program aims to offer internship opportunities to 1 crore youth in 500 top companies over five years. However, Congress argued that the scheme is designed to “grab headlines with arbitrary targets.”
Congress general secretary in-charge of communications, Jairam Ramesh, claimed that the internship initiative is modeled after the Congress’s proposed Apprenticeship Program, named Pehli Naukri Pakki, which was detailed in their 2024 Lok Sabha manifesto.
“The finance minister has taken a leaf out of the INC’s Nyay Patra 2024, with its internship program clearly modelled on the INC’s proposed Apprenticeship Program that was called Pehli Naukri Pakki,” Ramesh said.
He further criticized the scheme’s design, stating, “However, in their trademark style, the scheme has been designed to grab headlines, with arbitrary targets (1 crore internships) rather than a programmatic guarantee for all diploma holders and graduates, like the Indian National Congress had envisioned.”
Ramesh also highlighted the government’s shift in acknowledging unemployment as a critical issue after years of neglect. He remarked, “It’s far too late, and as it turns out, far too little – the Budget speech is more focused on posturing than action.”
Regarding job creation, Ramesh commented, “After ten years of denial — where neither the non-biological PM nor his party’s Lok Sabha Elections Manifesto would even mention jobs — the Union Government seems to have finally come around to tacitly admitting that mass unemployment is a national crisis that requires urgent attention.”
In its 2024 Lok Sabha polls manifesto, the Congress had committed to introducing a Right to Apprenticeship Act if they came to power. This act would ensure a one-year apprenticeship with a private or public sector company for every diploma holder or college graduate under the age of 25.
“Apprentices will get Rs 1 lakh a year. The apprenticeship will impart skills, enhance employability and provide full-time job opportunities for millions of youth,” the Congress manifesto stated.<\/div>\n