Under the state government’s Unemployment Allowance Scheme, beneficiaries will be registered from 1 April 2023.

For the registration of unemployed beneficiaries, registration centres have been established in rural and urban areas after forming clusters, under which 25 registration centres have been set up in the district’s Kondagaon block, 10 in Makdi, 12 in Farasgaon, 13 in Keshkal, and 7 in Baderajpur.

One registration centre has been established between 5 to 7 Village Panchayats while keeping in mind the convenience of unemployed beneficiaries in rural areas. Moreover, 4 registration centres have been established in Nagar Palika Parishad Kondagaon, 3 in Nagar Panchayat Farasgaon, and 3 in Nagar Panchayat Keshkal.

Teams have been formed for registration in each registration centre. According to the eligibility guidelines under the Unemployment Allowance Scheme, the applicant should be a native citizen of Chhattisgarh. The applicant must be between 18 to 35 years of age on 1 April of the year of application.

The minimum educational qualification of the applicant must be a 12th standard pass. The applicant should not have any source of income, and the annual income of all income sources of the applicant’s family should not exceed Rs. 2 lakh 50 thousand.

The applicant must be registered at the District Employment and Career Guidance Center. There should be a minimum gap of 2 years between the date of being the 12th standard pass (or above) and the registration date on 1 April of the year of application.

New Employment Registration, i.e. applicants with new employment registration after 1 April 2021 will not be eligible for the scheme. Applicants can get registered online for unemployment allowance at the registration centres. Besides, applicants can also apply online at the website. Offline applications will not be accepted.

The Collector Deepak Soni reviewed the preparations for registering beneficiaries under the Unemployment Allowance Scheme through video-conferencing on Thursday and has given necessary instructions to the concerned officers for the same.

He has given instructions to ensure the presence of registration teams in each registration centre as well as arrangements for electricity, internet, drinking water, and shade for applicants.

Instructions were also given to provide complete training to registration teams. On this occasion, the CEO of District Panchayat Prem Prakash Sharma, District Employment Officer Pawan Netam, and other officers were present.