RANCHI: The Jharkhand State Livelihood Promotion Society (JSLPS) in collaboration with public sector banks have been able to successfully train rural youths for various skills, thereby making them eligible for loans from banks in order to start their respective businesses.
According to the annual assessment report published by the National Academy of RUDSETI (Rural Development and Self Employment Training Institute), Bangalore, 99% of the youth enrolled with JSLPS have cleared the evaluation. Out of the total 9,629 candidates enrolled during the last one year, 9,593 have successfully passed their evaluation. A total of five nationalised banks, including State Bank Of India, Canara Bank, Bank of India, Punjab National bank and Indian Bank, trained over 9,000 rural youths on self-employment program supported by JSLPS.