Nabfoundation, a 100 per cent not-for-profit arm of National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development Bank (NABARD), has joined hands with Dalmia Bharat Foundation (DBF) to develop a skill mapping programme for unemployed youths in the north-eastern region including Assam, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Mizoram, Manipur, Meghalaya, and Tripura.

The programme aims to address the challenges of the region like poor infrastructure, the impossibility of large industry and difficult terrain, and the resulting impact on the region's youths and their progress.

Nabsamruddhi and Nabfins, two other subsidiaries of Nabard, have also stepped forward to support this initiative which aims to capture data of at least 1 lakh unemployed youths over a period of 12 months.