New Delhi: In a landmark initiative for youth development, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will unveil various schemes worth more than Rs 62,000 crores on Saturday, giving a decisive push to education, skilling and entrepreneurship across the country. Mr Modi will also launch Bihar’s revamped “Mukhyamantri Nishchay Svyam Sahayata Bhatta Yojana”.

According to the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), Mr Modi will launch the Pradhan Mantri Skilling and Employability Transformation through Upgraded ITIs (PM-SETU), a centrally sponsored scheme with an investment of Rs 60,000 crores.

The PM-SETU scheme envisages the upgradation of 1,000 government ITIs across the country in a hub-and-spoke model comprising 200 hub ITIs and 800 spoke ITIs. Each hub will be connected to four spokes on average, creating c

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