New Delhi, Oct. 1 -- In a bidto promote demand-driven and industry-linked skill development at the grass-roots level, Dr. MahendraNath Pandey, Hon'ble Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE), committedRs. 560 crore to state governmentsat the Annual National Conference of state Ministers in New Delhi today. The Minister made the announcement while launching'Apprenticeship Pakhwada', a 15-daycross-country event in collaboration with 22 organizations to provide apprenticeship training to more than 2.5 lakh youth in the country.

The annual conference acts as a platform for stakeholders of various skilling schemes across the country, especially state government skill ministers to meet and discuss various issues affecting the s...