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NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that ITI network is being prepared to meet current industry skill requirements and anticipate future demands over the next ten years,” he said.

“ITIs are not only an important centre for industrial education but also serve as workshops for ‘aatmanirbhar Bharat’, the Prime Minister said while speaking at the inauguration of a host of education and skilling initiatives for the youth, including several projects for the poll-bound state of Bihar.

He said: “The government is focused on both increasing the number of ITIs and continuously upgrading them. Until 2014, there were only 10,000 ITIs in the country, but in the past decade, nearly 5,000 new ITIs have been established.

The Prime Minister blamed the “devastated s

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