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Kolkata: The state government has come out with an Integrated Skill Development Policy, with infrastructure to train six lakh persons annually under the institutional and non-institutional mechanisms. "We have come up with an Integrated Skill Development Policy. Bengal is one of the rare states that has such an integrated skill development policy with infrastructure to train six lakh persons annually under the institutional and non-institutional mechanisms," said Purnendu Basu, minister in charge of Technical Education, Training & Skill Development department, at the 2nd ICC Gems & Jewellery Summit in Kolkata on Saturday. He maintained that the gold industry is slated to benefit significantly with a statutory body being formed for administration, examining and certifying technical, vocational courses in Bengal, along with skill development. Shaankar Sen, chairman, ICC National Expert Committee on Jewellery & Lifestyle, felt that to stabilise gold as an investment tool, the government needs to bring policy changes in terms of spot exchange, gold bank, skill development and so on..