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Ludhiana, July 15Charanjit Singh Channi, Minister for Technical Education and Industrial Training, Employment Generation and Training, Tourism and Culture Affairs Minister, today said there was a huge demand of skilled manpower from Punjab overseas and the state government was committed to offer skill development education through the ITIs. Channi said this at a function organised by the Punjab Skill Development Mission and IIAE, on the occasion of World Youth Skills Day, at Guru Nanak Bhawan. Channi said the government had already waged a war against drug menace and had been providing skill development courses to youth so that they could get employed. He said a total of 8.21 lakh jobs (government, private and self-employment) had been provided by the state government. He also honoured youths who had completed their skill development courses on the occasion..