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PM Nawaz Sharif announced six schemes for youth

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ISLAMABAD (Web Desk) – Prime Minister Mian Nawaz Sharif has announced launching of six schemes for welfare of youth with initial allocations of twenty billion rupees.

In his address to the nation on Saturday evening‚ PM Nawaz Sharif said these programmes are aimed at creating self-employment opportunities for youth and are in fulfillment of its election manifesto. buy ivermectin online

The Prime Minister said all six programs were designed to hone and harvest the skills of the Pakistani youth, on whose welfare and standing the country was depending for its future.

“Even with a lack of resources, we’re living up to our mandate and working to open up new opportunities with these programs,” said Nawaz. buy isotroin online

The premier then went on to elaborate the six schemes briefly.

1. The micro-interest free loan scheme is targeted at disadvantaged sections of the society and will benefit two hundred and fifty thousand people. An allocation of Rs3.5 billion has been made during the current financial year.

2. The second scheme is for small business loans for those youth who were educated and/or skilled and wished to become entrepreneurs in their industry. Five billion rupees have been allocated for the scheme, which will give out loans ranging from Rs 0.

5-2 million.

3. The youth training scheme will provide training for entry into the job market to an estimated 50, 000 potential graduates who have completed 16 years or more of education. This scheme has Rs4 billion earmarked for it.

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4. The youth skilled development scheme will provide technical and vocational training to students who have passed the eighth grade. They will be given six months of training in different trades along with a scholarship of Rs5,000 a month.

5. Under another scheme, the government plans to sponsor the tuition fees for the higher studies of financially deprived students. buy levofloxacin online

The government will pay at an average, forty thousand rupees of annual fees on behalf of each of the 30,000 students for MA‚ MSc and higher level education. This scheme is being launched at a cost of Rs1.2 billion.

6. Another scheme was launched for the provision of laptops to 100,000 students. This will incur a cost of Rs. 4 billion rupees.

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