Education only way to take country forward: Dr. Veerappa Moily

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Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Dr. Veerappa Moily visited KIIT & KISS today.He lauded the efforts of Founder of KIIT & KISS, Achyuta Samanta for his efforts to provide 20000 Tribal Children Education, Health care, Food , Accommodation Free of Cost.
Union Minister Dr. Veerappa Moily addressing students of KIIT University.Achyuta Samanta, Founder of KIIT & KISS look on.
Union Minister Dr. Veerappa Moily addressing students of KIIT University.  Achyuta Samanta, Founder of KIIT & KISS look on.
Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Dr. Veerappa Moily  visited KIIT & KISS today.He lauded the efforts of  Founder of KIIT & KISS, Achyuta Samanta for his efforts to provide 20000 Tribal Children Education, Health care, Food , Accommodation Free of Cost.
Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Dr. Veerappa Moily visited KIIT & KISS today.He lauded the efforts of Founder of KIIT & KISS, Achyuta Samanta for his efforts to provide  Education, Health care, Food, Accommodation and Vocational Training  Free of Cost to 20000 Tribal Children.

ENARADA, Bhubaneshwar, July 27, 2013:

India has a window of opportunity up to the year 2035, during which proportion of working population will continue to increase due to declining fertility rates, giving India what is commonly known as the demographic dividend, said Dr. M. Veerappa Moily, Hon’ble Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas at KIIT University on July 27, 2013.

Dr. Moily also visited Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS), the largest free residential tribal institute of the world.

“Education is the most powerful weapon to fight any problem in the country”, he said while expressing his happiness over the fact that KISS is providing free education to 20,000 tribal children.

“After visiting KISS my heart is filled with joy, I salute Samanta’s idea to eradicate poverty through education”, he stated. KIIT and KISS are more developed than even the most prominent of educational institutions in South India, he said. He thanked Dr. Achyuta Samanta, Founder of KIIT and KISS for his efforts and extended his good wishes to him.

Dr. Moily promised students of KIIT that he would visit again within two months and spend more time here.

Giving a picture of the employment scenario, he told the students that not every one of the working age will be in the job market in the coming years.

At present 26% of the population in 15 – 24 age group is in education, but this proportion will increase in future, the Union Minister elaborated. Similarly, some adult women will stay at home, he said, adding that presently only a third of the adult women work in India, which is low by Asian standard. India needs to create about 100 million new jobs in the next decade, he forecasted.

By 2020, the average Indian will be only 29 years of age, compared with 37 in China and 45 in the U.S., 48 in Western Europe and Japan, he said. India will continue to have this age advantage for at least three decades, Dr. Moily added.

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