Maharashtra: PM Modi to launch 511 rural skill development centres

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch 511 rural skill development centres in the name of late BJP leader Pramod Mahajan in Maharashtra on Thursday via video conferencingThe PMO said in a statement that these centres are being established across 34 rural districts of MaharashtraThey will conduct skill development training programs across various sectors to provide employment opportunities to the rural youth it saidEach centre will train about 100 youngsters in at least two vocational courses The training is being provided by empanelled industry partners and agencies under National Skill Development Council the statement addedThey will help the region make significant strides towards developing a more competent and skilled manpower it saidMahajan was a leading national leader of the BJP and died at the age of 56Also read Crypto fraud Navi Mumbai cyber police freeze bank accounts worth Rs 3266 croreSo far there was no skill development centre in 28 thousand gram panchayats of Maharashtra Skill development is a very important subject of Prime Minister Narendra Modi Accordingly according to the concept of Prime Minister Narendra Modi we decided to start skill development centre in 500 odd gram panchayats Mangal Prabhat Lodha Minister of Skills Employment Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Maharashtra said TuesdayMinister 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 futureMeanwhile the government has again extended restrictions on sugar exports beyond October 31 next year a move aimed at increasing the availability of the commodity in the domestic market during the festive seasonEarlier the restrictions were imposed until October 31 of this yearRestriction on export of sugar raw sugar white sugar refined sugar and organic sugar is extended beyond October 31 2023 Other conditions will remain unchanged the directorate general of foreign trade DGFT said in a notificationHowever it said these restrictions will not be applicable to sugar being exported to the EU and the US under CXL and TRQ duty concession quotas A specified amount of sugar is exported to these regions under CXL and TRQ tariff rate quotasIndia is the highest producer and the secondlargest exporter of sugar in the world An exporter would require a licence or permission from the government to export sugar which is in the restricted category With inputs from agencies