50 colleges & 2,000 centres for women empowerment - Punjab

The Punjab government is about to set 50 colleges and 2000 centers for skill training under the Skill India Mission. The 2000 centers are to set up at the village level to enhance the skills of girls. Sukhbir Singh Badal, Deputy Chief Minister, had held a meeting which was attended by Union Food processing minister, Harsimrat Kaur Badal, state cabinet ministers and others to discuss about the same. These colleges will be run by 3 universities that is Punjab University, Guru Nanak Dev University and Punjabi University. According to an official statement, these colleges will be running short term courses. The colleges will start at the cost of Rs.20 lakhs each and will help 6000 students in different ways to start their own company, become entrepreneurs and job providers. The duration of the course will be from 1 to 3 months, for unemployed girls to become independent. Girls will be able to set up their own shops or small units which will lead to their empowerment. The courses will be designed after discussion with various departments of Industry and commerce, Agriculture, Food Processing, Technical Education and Industrial Training. Deputy Chief Minister will also be taking help of various departments to supervise the selection and design of these courses.