DW BUREAU / LUDHIANA Punjab Youth Development Board (PYDB) Chairman Sukhwinder Singh Bindra met Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh in Chandigarh last evening and sought a greater role for youth in the socio-economic growth of the state by channelizing their unbounded energy. The PYDB chairman said here today that the Chief Minister has assured him to give top-most priority in solving the issues of the youth. He said that the Punjab government has already initiated a major recruitment drive of 1 lakh government jobs in the state and called upon the youths to take maximum benefit of the drive which is being carried out purely on merit basis in the state. He also thanked the Chief Minister for giving special emphasis towards youth while formulating special welfare policies in Punjab. Bindra said that youth have the power to change the world and they are an asset to any state. He told that those countries have demonstrated in the world where their young people have played a constructive role in the development of society. He also urged the Chief Minister to give special honour to those youth clubs which are working tirelessly in the rural areas. He said that youth clubs have exhibited their capability in carrying out intensive awareness campaign during the second wave of the Covid about Covid-19 appropriate behaviour, importance of vaccine and testing among the rural folks. Meanwhile, PYDB Chairman Bindra on Friday inaugurated a 5th Senior National Fistball State Level Championship at Millennium World School. Accompanied by Vice-Chairman Punjab Fistball Association Mandeep Singh Sahnewal, Chairman PFA Raminder Singh, Harvinder Pappi, Director Millennium world School Jashan Chawla, Principal Gurpreet Kaur, Bindra said that the Punjab government led by Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh is giving massive impetus to the sports environment in the state and restoring the pristine glory of Punjab in the arena of the sports. (editor@dailyworld.in)