Skill Development : PM Modi plans to open a skill university in Bihar and provide ₹1,000 per month to 5 lakh graduates.
Skill Development
Skill Development : In a huge development for youth progress, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is due to launch a series of projects aimed at young people, with a total investment of over Rs. 62,000 crore.
This event will be held at 11 a.m. in Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi. These projects aim to significantly improve education, skill development, and entrepreneurship across the nation.
The program will also include the Kaushal Deekshant Samaroh, the fourth edition of the National Skill Convocation organized in accordance with the Prime Minister’s vision, in which 46 All India Toppers from Industrial Training Institutes under the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship will be honored, according to the release.
Prime Minister will introduce PM-SETU
According to the statement, the Prime Minister will introduce PM-SETU (Pradhan Mantri Skill and Employability Transformation via Upgraded ITIs), a centrally sponsored project worth Rs. 60,000 crore. The program envisions upgrading 1,000 government ITIs around the country using a hub-and-spoke approach, with 200 hub ITIs and 800 spoke ITIs.
Each hub will be connected to four spokes on average, forming clusters with improved infrastructure, modern trades, digital learning systems, and incubator facilities. Anchor Industry Partners will manage these clusters to ensure outcome-based skilling that is in line with market demand. Hubs will also house innovation centers, training-of-trainers facilities, manufacturing units, and placement services, while spokes will focus on increasing access.
PM-SETU will work together to restructure India’s ITI ecosystem, making it government-owned but industry-managed, with global co-financing from the World Bank and Asian Development Bank. The first phase of the scheme’s implementation would focus on ITIs in Patna and Darbhanga.
Skill Development : Prime Minister will launch 1,200 Vocational Skill Labs in 400 Navodaya Vidyalayas
The Prime Minister will launch 1,200 Vocational Skill Labs in 400 Navodaya Vidyalayas and 200 Eklavya Model Residential Schools spread across 34 states and union territories. These labs will provide students, including those from distant and tribal communities, with hands-on training in 12 high-demand industries including as IT, automotive, agricultural, electronics, logistics, and tourism. The project, which is aligned with the National Education Policy 2020 and the CBSE curriculum, will also train 1,200 vocational teachers to give industry-relevant learning and lay the groundwork for employability.
The strategy will place a special emphasis on transformative projects in Bihar, reflecting the state’s rich history and youthful population. The Prime Minister will launch Bihar’s redesigned Mukhyamantri Nishchay Svyam Sahayata Bhatta Yojana, which would provide roughly five lakh graduating youth with a monthly income of Rs. 1,000 for two years, as well as free skill training each year.
He will also announce the revised Bihar Student Credit Card Scheme, which would grant interest-free education loans up to ₹. 4 lakhs, greatly lowering the financial burden of higher education. Over 3.92 lakh students have already benefited from loans totaling more than Rs. 7,880 crore under the initiative. To boost youth empowerment in the state, the Prime Minister will formally establish Bihar Yuva Ayog, a statutory commission for persons aged 18 to 45, to channel and harness the energies of the state’s young population.
The Prime Minister will also inaugurate the Jan Nayak Karpoori Thakur Skill University in Bihar, which aims to provide industry-oriented courses and vocational education in order to produce a globally competitive workforce.
Under the PM-USHA (Pradhan Mantri Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan), the Prime Minister will lay the groundwork for new academic and research facilities in four Bihar universities: Patna University, Bhupendra Narayan Mandal University in Madhepura, Jai Prakash Vishwavidyalaya in Chapra, and Nalanda Open University in Patna, with the goal of improving higher education opportunities.
These initiatives, with a combined budget of Rs. 160 crores, would assist over 27,000 students by offering contemporary academic infrastructure, advanced laboratories, dorms, and transdisciplinary learning opportunities.
The prime minister will dedicate NIT Patna’s Bihta campus to the country. The campus, which can accommodate 6,500 students, features cutting-edge amenities such as a 5G use case lab, a Regional Academic Centre for Space created in conjunction with ISRO, and an Innovation and Incubation Centre that has already assisted nine start-up companies.
The Prime Minister will also distribute appointment letters to over 4,000 newly hired candidates in Bihar’s government, as well as Rs. 450 crores in scholarships via Direct Benefit Transfer to 25 lakh Class 9 and 10 students under the Mukhyamantri Balak/Balika Scholarship Scheme.
The projects that will be introduced are intended to provide major opportunities for India’s youth. They hope to lay the groundwork for the country’s progress by combining education, skill development, entrepreneurship, and improved infrastructure. With a special emphasis on Bihar, the state is anticipated to emerge as a hub for skilled labor, contributing to regional and national progress.
