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Prime Minister Narendra Modi connected Saturday (October 4, 2025) unveiled assorted youth-focused initiatives worthy much than ₹62,000 crore, with a peculiar accent connected poll-bound Bihar.
Mr. Modi launched PM-SETU (Pradhan Mantri Skilling and Employability Transformation done Upgraded ITIs), a centrally sponsored strategy with an concern of ₹60,000 crore.
It envisages the upgradation of 1,000 authorities ITIs successful a hub-and-spoke exemplary comprising 200 hub ITIs and 800 spoke ITIs.
"Collectively, PM-SETU volition redefine India's ITI ecosystem, making it government-owned but industry-managed, with planetary co-financing enactment from the World Bank and Asian Development Bank," a PMO connection earlier said.
With a beardown absorption connected skilling and innovation, our authorities is preparing the Yuva Shakti to pb the future. Speaking astatine the motorboat of youth-centric initiatives successful Delhi. https://t.co/kiAbStpTP4
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) October 4, 2025In the archetypal signifier of the strategy implementation, determination volition beryllium a peculiar absorption connected ITIs successful Patna and Darbhanga successful Bihar. A peculiar accent of the programme volition beryllium connected transformative projects successful Bihar, reflecting the state's affluent bequest and youthful demographic, the connection said.
Mr. Modi launched Bihar's revamped 'Mukhyamantri Nishchay Svyam Sahayata Bhatta Yojana', nether which astir 5 lakh graduates volition person a monthly allowance of ₹1,000 each for 2 years, on with escaped accomplishment training.
He besides launched the redesigned Bihar Student Credit Card Scheme, which volition supply interest-free acquisition loans of up to Rs 4 lakh, importantly easing the fiscal load of higher education.
More than 3.92 lakh students person already availed loans worthy much than ₹7,880 crore nether the scheme.
Further strengthening younker empowerment successful the State, Bihar Yuva Ayog, a statutory committee for radical betwixt the ages of 18 and 45, was formally inaugurated by Mr. Modi to "channelise and harness" the imaginable of the State's young population, it said.
Bihar has been astatine the absorption of respective improvement and payment initiatives of the NDA governments astatine the Centre and the State.
The Prime Minister besides inaugurated the Jan Nayak Karpoori Thakur Skill University, which has been envisioned to impart industry-oriented courses and vocational acquisition to make a globally competitory workforce.
