NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday unveiled a series of youth-centric initiatives worth over Rs 62,000 crore, with a special focus on poll-bound Bihar. PM launched the Pradhan Mantri Skilling and Employability Transformation through Upgraded ITIs (PM-SETU) - a centrally sponsored scheme with an investment of Rs 60,000 crore. The scheme aims to modernise 1,000 government ITIs under a hub-and-spoke model, including 200 hub ITIs and 800 spoke ITIs. Each hub under the scheme will be linked to an average of four spokes, forming clusters with upgraded infrastructure, digital learning systems, and incubation centres, ANI reported. The initiative is backed by global co-financing from the World Bank and Asian Development Bank, with the first phase focusing on Patna and Darbha

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