Lucknow, May 3 -- The Uttar Pradesh government will establish 12 mega skill hubs and 63 district skill centres under the 'Sardar Patel Employment and Industrial Zones' to connect the youth of the state with employment-oriented skills.
These centres will strengthen both the state's economic growth and the future of its youth. The government will spend around Rs 14,760 crore on this initiative. It has set a target to provide advanced skill training to more than 10 lakh youth every year, officials here disclosed on Sunday.
The plan will be based on a 'hub-and-spoke' model.
Under this model, mega skill hubs will be set up in 12 major cities: Lucknow, Gautam Buddh Nagar, Kanpur, Varanasi, Gorakhpur, Agra, Meerut, Saharanpur, Jhansi, Bareilly,...