{
  "id": 11360918,
  "title": "Andhra HRD Minister Lokesh asks officials to set skill training targets",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/andhra-hrd-minister-lokesh-asks-officials-to-set-skill-training",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-02T04:59:43.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu",
    "slug": "the-hindu",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/andhra-hrd-minister-lokesh-asks-officials-to-set-skill-training-targets/article71533734.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Andhra Pradesh HRD Minister Nara Lokesh has called for setting short- and long-term targets for skill training and job creation as part of effective implementation of skill development programmes to generate large-scale employment opportunities for the youth. The Minister chaired a review meeting with officials from the Skill Development Department, during which officials informed him that 5.43 lakh youth had secured employment opportunities through skill development programmes, and that Andhra Pradesh had a 76% placement rate, the highest among major States. The Minister directed SEEDAP to set a target of employing one lakh youth annually and called for coordination between SEEDAP and the Overseas Manpower Company Andhra Pradesh (OMCAP) to facilitate more overseas employment opportunities for trained youth.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}