NEW DELHI: Doordarshan’s National Channel will be launching a new show called Hunnarbaaz, which is based on apprenticeship training programme.

The 10-part series, which will launch on 18 October, will be telecast at 11:30 am every Sunday.

Hunnarbaaz is a show that spotlights skills and innovations. The show will help millions of young Indians become aware of the various ways in which they can upgrade their skills, become employable and commercially utilise their inventive genius to provide for themselves. 

The Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Ministry has amended the Apprentices Act 1961 to make it more responsive to industry as well as youth.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called upon the youth to acquire the skills, which could contribute towards making India a modern country.

Modi said he wanted to create a pool of young people who are able to create jobs and the ones who are not capable of creating jobs and do not have the opportunities must be in a position to face their counterparts in any corner of the world while keeping their heads high by virtue of their hard work and their dexterity of hands and win the hearts of people around the world through their skills.