HYDERABAD: Setting up of micro-enterprises should be encouraged to promote selfemployment among youngsters, Bajaj Auto vice chairman Madhur Bajaj said.

 

Speaking to reporters on the lines of the Youth Employment Summit (YES) Hyderabad regional forum on Monday, Madhur said with the government closing its doors to youngsters, self employment schemes were the only options left.

 

The government, private enterprises and NGO's should take active role in extending skill development training to youngsters, he said. The training programmes should be conducted regularly to enable youngsters to upgrade their skills. Other nations have many openings but do not have enough man power, he said. Sithembiso Nyoni, Zimbabwean minister of small and medium enterprises, said that self-employment should be promoted as a tool of poverty reduction.