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- Punjab's 'Business Class' programme made entrepreneurship a compulsory subject for courses such as BCom, BBA, BTech, BVoc, ITI and polytechnic programmes, reaching nearly 95,000 students in its first year.
- The state government says 25,693 students started businesses, and 20,241 of these ventures collectively generated close to ₹90 crore in revenue in the 2025-26 academic session.
- The course was rolled out across 925 institutions, teaching practical skills like market validation, pricing and financial planning.
- Following these results, university vice chancellors have recommended extending the programme to all undergraduate degree courses from 2026-27.
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- Approval and rollout of the programme's expansion to BA, BSc and other undergraduate courses from the 2026-27 session
- Whether venture revenues and student participation grow further in the programme's second year
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