Punjab and Haryana Governor Kaptan Singh Solanki said today said industrial training should be provided to youth in order to deal with the issue of unemployment.
"Industrial training should be provided to youth. This will help in dealing with the problem of unemployment," the Governor said.
He was speaking after laying the foundation stone of Directorate of Industrial Training building to be set up at a cost of over Rs 19 crore at Panchkula, near here.
Solanki said that he was happy to know that this building would be totally environment friendly and based on solar energy.
He said that there were only 48 ITIs in 8-9 trades at the time Haryana was carved out as a separate state in 1966 which now has increased to 328 having 79,284 seats in 70 trades.
He said that more trades should be started as per the requirement.
The Governor said that Haryana is developing at a fast pace and it has also taken initiative in implementing number of schemes of the Central government like 'Digital India', 'Make in India', 'Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana', 'Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana' and 'Atal Pension Yojana'.
Presiding over the function, Haryana Public Works (Building and Roads) Minister, Rao Narbir Singh said that new trades would be started in every district according to the need of the area.
He said that the construction of new building would be completed within 18 months.
Speaking on the occasion, Principal Secretary, Industrial Training Department, Anil Kumar said that the construction work of model ITIs have been completed in Rohtak and Salhawas and the ITI at Gurgaon would also be made a model ITI.
Apart from this, the women ITIs in Ambala and Rewari would be made digital, he said.
