Chandigarh: MP Vikramjit Singh Sahney on Saturday said he will set up 10 additional skill centres of excellence in Punjab that will create at least 10,000 jobs. More than 2,000 jobs have already been created after skilling youngsters at the skill development centre, he said.
Sahney was speaking on the completion of his one year of service as a member of the Rajya Sabha. He said his major focus has been on skilling and creating jobs for Punjab’s youngsters.
The first skill centre of excellence was set up in Amritsar. Now, another one will be opened shortly in Ludhiana where modern machines will be installed for the skilling of youngsters to make them employable in the industry, he said.
“During this year, we provided 2,000 jobs after skilling the youngsters at our skill development centres. I am also setting up 10 more world-class skill centres of excellence to create 10,000 jobs,” he said. The new centres will come up in Bathinda, Patiala, Mohali, Jalandhar, Hoshiarpur and other areas with assistance from the state government, he said.
“A committee of industrialists has been set up in each city and it will be linked with the skill centres,” Sahney added. He further said that skill centres will also be set up in gurdwaras under the recently launched Sikhya Langar Movement. The first one will come up in Gurdwara Nanaksar in Ludhiana, he added.
“This movement will go a long way in making unemployed and hapless youngsters become an earning hand for the family,” Sahney said and added that he sees a huge scope for centres of religious and spirituality playing a role in social and economic uplift of the masses. Under the campaign, it has been decided that gurdwaras should have an education fund for needy and poor students, he said.
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