Union Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma on Saturday said the Government proposed to set up industrial townships across the country to generate more employment.
The move would provide employment to a large number of youths, he said while addressing an international conference on Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility at Sanghol in Punjab’s Fatehgarh Sahib district. India had witnessed exponential progress through the Public-Private Partnership in the past couple of decades, the Minister said. “Due to quality education, our youth feel privileged and more empowered today,” Sharma said.
Schemes like MNREGA have earned great acclaim among the masses, he said. The Minister asked the corporate sector not to lose sight of its social responsibility but added most of the business houses are already discharging it well. On the occasion, University Grants Commission chairman Prof Ved Parkash said that India has the largest system of higher education in the world.