Key Takeaways
- The Pramod Mahajan Rural Skill Development Center aims to equip rural youth with technical and traditional skills.
- By creating 511 centers across Maharashtra, the program seeks to curb migration to urban areas.
- The initiative emphasizes self‑employment and entrepreneurship in villagers’ own communities.
Mumbai: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch 511 rural skill development centers in the name of late Bharatiya Janata Party leader Pramod Mahajan in Maharashtra.
The launch will take place on Thursday evening via video conference.
This ambitious skill development center adds new technical skills along with traditional skills to promote self-employment in rural areas.
The aim of the Pramod Mahajan Rural Skill Development Center is to reduce the migration from rural areas to urban areas for employment, as per the official statement said.
Various training and work experience will be given to the rural youth here in terms of self-employment in their own villages and to explore new areas of employment along with traditional skills so they can get technical skills accordingly.
