GUWAHATI, July 24: The Assam Cabinet has approved the launch of a scheme to provide structured foreign language training and facilitate overseas employment of youths under various visa programmes.
To take the scheme – Chief Minister’s Foreign Language Initiative for Global Human Talent (CM-FLIGHT) – forward, a pilot project will be implemented in the current financial year through three agencies – ASEAN ONE Co. Ltd; Jaceex Ventures LLP and Meiko Career Partners Co. Ltd.
The agencies will impart Japanese language training and facilitate overseas employment of youths under Japan’s Specified Skilled Worker (SSW) visa programme.
The scheme is aimed at creating significant employment opportunities for the local population by facilitating overseas placements. It will also help address the issue of unemployment and underemployment in Assam by providing youths access to the international job market.
On the other hand, the state Cabinet has accorded financial sanction of Rs 150 crore under the Mission for Overall Improvement of Thanas for Responsive Image (MOITRI) scheme.
In the first phase of the scheme, 73 police stations have been completed while in the second phase, 46 police stations have been taken up, out of which 31 police stations and one cyber police station have been completed while work for the remaining police stations are in progress.
The Cabinet also noted that infrastructure worth Rs 1,500 crore has been constructed for the Assam Police, which is unprecedented.
Besides, the Cabinet approved the upgrade and redesignation of existing sanctioned posts of Assam Police as co-district superintendent of police (CDSP) to create another 10 posts for the smooth functioning of the police administration.
The 10 new co-districts, notified by the general administration department, will be functional by August 15, 2025.
