A skill-based placement programme launched in militancy-hit Jammu and Kashmir  will be replicated in worst affected Naxal districts of the country.

Rural Development Ministry, which has launched Himayat Programme--a Rs 237 crore placement linked skill development initiative for training and placement of one lakh Jammu and Kashmir youth in the next 5 years, will launch similar programme in Maoist affected districts.

It will be expanded to 34 other districts worst hit by Maoist activities in Orissa, Maharashtra, Chattisgarh and Jharkhand, he said.

Training will be provided to tribal youth in sewing machine operations, electrical works and data entry operations.  A Rural Self-employment training Institute (R-SETI) can also be sanctioned for Sukma (Chattisgarh) to identify, orient, motivate, train and assist young people to take up self-employment through promotion of Micro and Small Enterprises.