Chennai, July 1 (KNN) The union government has trained about 2.83 crore youth under its skill development programmes across the country, said Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday.

She said that these training have been imparted according to the requirement of the present industries.

The Union Minister said that the Centre has also created several employment opportunities by conducting six major job fairs across the country to give appointments to about 4.2 lakh candidates, who have participated.

Claiming that in 2024 over 10 lakh government jobs opportunities will be made available, Nirmala said that India has worked intensively with many countries, including France, UAE and Australia to recognise the degrees of the students here.

Stating that the higher education across the country is getting better and better, the Minister said that every week a new university is established in India. 

“Atal tinkering labs were established to inculcate scientific thinking in the colleges,” she said and claimed every second day one new college is being constructed across the country. “Similarly one IIT is being opened every year,” she said.  (KNN Bureau)