Below briefs3 Bathinda skill centres under scanner

Tribune News Service

Bathinda, July 30

Three skill development centres being run under the National Urban Livelihood Mission (NULM) and Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) are under the scanner over allegations of fraud and poor standards.

The Bathinda administration has reported fraudulent enrolment in the form of “ghost trainees” and inconsistencies in the quality of training centres in the district. While one centre has been placed under suspension, two others have been put on notice.

The schemes, aimed at training youth at the grassroots and instilling entrepreneurship skills in them, are part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas” (a collective development of everyone) initiative. INSIDE