Mumbai: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will, on Wednesday, inaugurate the Chief Minister’s ‘Short Term Employability Programme’ (STEP), which aims to provide industry-relevant and employment-oriented training to the youth in Maharashtra.

The state Department of Skill, Employment, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, which will implement the programme, expects that 75,000 trainees will be provided employable skill training in the current year and about one lakh trainees from next year.

According to Minister of Skill, Employment, Entrepreneurship and Innovation Mangal Prabhat Lodha, the inaugural programme is being organised at 600 locations across the state with artisans from the Vishwakarma community, local artists and experts in traditional trades invited as chief guests. This will honour th

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