Minister Naik calls for job-ready skills for youth in Odisha's backward regions

Bhubaneswar, Nov 12 (UNI) State's Rural Development Minister Rabi Narayan Naik on Thursday stressed the need to equip rural youth, particularly those from tribal, KBK, aspirational and western Odisha districts, with industry-relevant skills and sustainable livelihood opportunities to enhance their employment prospects. Inaugurating a two-day state-level capacity-building programme on Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) 2.0, Naik said skill development and employment generation were key to realising the vision of Viksit Odisha 2036 and Viksit Bharat 2047. He described the youth as the State's greatest asset and called for strengthening skilling initiatives to help them tap emerging opportunities across…