{
  "id": 163320,
  "title": "Tamil Nadu Budget: Vetri Skill Training Scheme to be launched for 13 lakh youth",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/05/tamil-nadu-budget-vetri-skill-training-scheme-to-be-launched-for-13",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-05T06:19:39.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu",
    "slug": "the-hindu",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/tamil-nadu-budget-vetri-skill-training-scheme-to-be-launched-for-13-lakh-youth/article71308287.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Tamil Nadu government has announced the launch of the Vetri Skill Training Scheme, aimed at providing training to 13 lakh youth in the state. As part of this initiative, internship programmes will be offered to 20,000 youth in collaboration with government and private industries in the first phase, according to The Hindu.\n\nAdditionally, the TN SPARK programme will be expanded to 2,600 more schools, taking the total number of schools to 7,600.\n\nThere is no information available about the implementation or timeline of the Vetri Skill Training Scheme.",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Hindu",
        "title": "Tamil Nadu Budget: Western districts to gain from textile, tourism, and energy initiatives",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/05/tamil-nadu-budget-western-districts-to-gain-from-textile-tourism-and",
        "published": "2026-08-05T10:35:10.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Hindustan Times",
        "title": "Tamil Nadu CM Vijay urges PM Modi to implement project linking 3 major rivers",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/07/tamil-nadu-cm-vijay-urges-pm-modi-to-implement-project-linking-3",
        "published": "2026-08-07T09:00:04.000Z"
      }
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  "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."
}