Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched 511 Pramod
Mahajan Grameen Kaushalya Vikas Kendras in Maharashtra through video
conferencing on Thursday.
These skill development centres, named after late BJP
leader Pramod Mahajan, are being established across 34 rural districts of
Maharashtra.
These centres will conduct skill development training
programs across various sectors to provide employment opportunities to rural
youth.
“Each Kendra will train about 100 youngsters in at
least two vocational courses. The training is being provided by empanelled
industry partners and agencies under the National Skill Development Council,”
the PMO said.
The establishment of these centres will help the
region attain significant strides towards developing more competent and skilled
manpower, the PMO added.
“So far there was no skill development centre in 28,000
gram panchayats of Maharashtra. Skill development is a very important subject
of PM Narendra Modi. Accordingly, we decided to start skill development centre
in 500 (odd) gram panchayats,” said Mangal Prabhat Lodha, Minister of Skills,
Employment, Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Maharashtra.
Lodha said these skill development centres will help
to prevent youth from migrating from villages to cities for employment, adding
number of such centres will be increased in the future.
ANI
