In a move aimed at imparting quality skill training to the youth in every block of the state, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has impressed upon the Union labour and Employment Minister Narendra Singh Tomar to reallocate 43 ITIs to State.
Badal, in a letter to Tomar, apprised him that the Central Government had earlier allocated 43 ITIs in un-serviced blocks in public private partnership (PPP) mode in Kaushal Vikas Yojana (KVY) under National Skill Development Mission (NSDM).
“The state government has accordingly identified sites for setting up of these institutes and is ready to comply with other requirements of the scheme. However, it is learnt in the review meeting held by the Centre on December 5, 2013, that only 22 ITIs were being allocated to the state of Punjab,” he pointed.
Urging Tomar to reconsider this decision, the Chief Minister asked him to allocate 43 ITIs to state instead of 22 adding that this will make Punjab a state with at least one government or private ITI in the all blocks.
He further requested the Union Minister to direct the concern authority to finalize the details of the scheme at the earliest so that the work could be started on the ground. “This will help in providing quality skill training to the youth of Punjab thereby opening new vistas of gainful employment for them” added Badal.