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Kalam's R-Day address focuses on employment generation:
With a unifocal agenda of employment generation in his Republic Day
address, President A P J Abdul Kalam on Tuesday said the nation should
launch a series of missions in various areas including agriculture,
education, health care and infrastructure development to find gainful
employment for around 76 million people in next five years.
In his customary address to the nation titled "Action Plan for Employment
Generation" on the eve of 56th Republic Day, the President avoided
reference to any other issues and concentrated on employment concerns
that has caused "fading away of the smiles, the shattering of the dreams
and the weaning away of the gleam in the eyes that we see in every
section of youth in the country.
"The only answer to retain the smile from the child to the youth is to
generate employment. It represents the aspirations and anxiety of nearly
540 million youth of our nation. Hence, I have selected the topic for the
Republic Day address as "Action Plan for Employment Generation," Kalam
said explaining the reason for chosing the issue.
