The State government will set up skilling and livelihood centres at seven urban areas to provide training in soft and technical skills to the urban poor youth and facilitate their placement.
According to the reports, the centres will also look into skilling for micro-entrepreneurship (small business). Housing and Urban Development Minister Pratap Jena stated that the centres will come up at Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Rourkela, Berhampur, Dhenkanal, Paradip and Jatni.
The programme will be implemented by the H&UD department in partnership with the Pune-based Lighthouse Communities Foundation (LCF) under the third phase of JAGA mission. The department had recently signed an MoU with the foundation for the purpose.
