Badal calls for strengthening state skill development missions

Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today called for strengthening 'State Skill Development Missions' and help make them nodal points for convergence of skilling initiatives for optimum utilisation and its decentralisation at state, district and block level.
Presiding over the final meeting to deliberate upon recommendations of the sub-group of Chief Ministers on Skill Development at NITI Aayog, Badal as its convener recommended to involve panchayats, municipalities and civil society organisations for mobilising of skills aspirants.
He apprised fellow Chief Ministers that the sub-group has already accomplished its substantial task and the draft report was nearing the stage of completion.

Badal highlighted some key recommendations like exploring legislation on 'Right of Youth to Skill Development' as already done by Chhattisgarh Government.
"We already have empowered our citizens with Right to Information, Right to Education, Right to Food Security etc and now time has come when we have to give Right to Skill to every youth in the country," he said.
The sub-group also recommended mobilising private sector for skill development apart from opening up of National Skill Development Council and Sector Skill Council chapters at the state level or regional level for better co-ordination.