The Punjab Employment Generation Department will soon don the role of a recruitment agency for the youth wanting to work abroad.
It will also set up a special cell to send the youth for studies abroad.
The move came following regular complaints of fraud by travel agents.
"We have paid Rs 50 lakh in fee to the Union government for registering the department as an agent for sending the youth abroad for jobs," said Punjab Employment Generation Minister Charanjit Singh Channi here on Monday.
Already states like Andhra Pradesh, Kerala and Telangana are sending the youth abroad for work, said an official of the department.
Channi acknowledged that the youth wanting to go abroad for studies and work were being duped by unscrupulous travel agents and several complaints had been received in this regard.
"There is no doubt that youngsters are being duped and to end this loot, the government itself is coming up as a player," said Channi.
Speaking on the special cell for students wanting to study abroad, the minister said, "It will have a tie-up with foreign institutes. This will not only save students from frauds but also help them financially as the commission which foreign institutes pay to the agents would be returned to them."
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