Jammu, March 31 -- Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today urged the youth to strive for becoming job-providers by tapping on to various self-employment schemes.

He expressed hope that Mission YUVA would emerge as a model for self-employment schemes across the country, asserting that Jammu and Kashmir aims to set a national benchmark in entrepreneurship-led development.

The chief minister made these remarks while addressing the Yuva Mahotsav-Mission YUVA programme held at the Convention Centre here, where he interacted with entrepreneurs and beneficiaries of the scheme, an official press release informed.

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