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COVER STORY

First General Budget of Amrit Kaal

6 YOUTH POWER

EMPOWERMENT OF THE

AMRIT GENERATION

It cannot be denied that India's biggest strength is its youth population. This is the reason why
the central government has come up with a new National Education Policy focused on skill
development to empower the youth and help them realise the dream of the "Amrit Generation."
At the same time, economic policies have been adopted to generate employment on a large
scale, and work has been done to promote business opportunities. Prime Minister Narendra Modi
understands the importance of youth power in the country, which is why he has placed a special
emphasis on them. Youth power has received special attention in this year's budget as well.

PRADHAN MANTRI KAUSHAL n Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana 4.0

VIKAS YOJANA 4.0 will be launched to skill lakhs of youth in
the next three years.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi believes, n It will provide on-the-job training, industry
"No matter how educated you are, no partnerships, and uniformity of courses
matter how many degrees you have, according to the needs of the industry.
you should keep on enhancing your n New-age courses like Coding, AI, Robotics,
skills. You should always be preparing Mechatronics, 3D Printing, and drones will
for new skills." These words by Prime be included in this.
Minister Narendra Modi highlight the
significance of skill. He often places
emphasis on enhancing skills and has
been taking initiative as well. A glimpse
of this was also seen in this budget, in
which Pradhan Mantri Kaushal
Vikas Yojana 4.0 was
announced.

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