The Skill Development Ministry needs to improve its financial performance and prepare a proper action plan in the beginning of the financial year to spend the allocated funds, a Parliamentary panel has pointed out. The panel said that in 2016-17, the Ministry was yet to spend Rs 1,400 crore of th…
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Gem & Jewellery Council enters pact; Aims to skill 10k in 6 months
To train and certify artisans, the Gem and Jewellery Skill Council of India (GJSCI) has signed an agreement with Indian Institute of Gems and Jewellery (IIGJ), Jaipur and a city based jewellers association under Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana here on March 15. The tri-partite memorandum of u…
PM to launch skill development initiatives
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will unveil on December 19, a clutch of skill development initiatives aimed at skilling unemployed youth and also lay the foundation stone of the Indian Institute of Skills here. “Apart from launching 31 Kaushal Kendras which will serve as skilling centres and t…
Funding to be given to states for developing skill sets: Rajiv Pratap Rudy
Funding will be given to states for developing skill sets among the youth. The Union Ministry has already set up a corpus of ₹32,000 crore provided jointly by the World Bank, Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana and similar other apprentice schemes, Rajiv Pratap Rudy, Minister of State (Independen…
Engg colleges to impart skill training to 10 lakh in 3 yrs
The faculty of engineering colleges will provide training to unemployed youth, including school dropouts, as the government kicks off an ambitious plan that aims at imparting skills to over 10 lakh people to make them employable in the next three years. The scheme- ‘PMKVY by Technical Insti…
Cabinet approves Rs 12,000 crore skill development plan
The Cabinet on approved an outlay of 12,000 crore for providing job skills to and certifying 10 million young people over the next four years, advancing the government’s effort to create an employment-ready workforce for industry. The central government will be responsible for meeting three-fourt…
7,000 ITIs to be set up in one year | PMO directs Skill Ministry
The Prime Minister’s Office has directed Skills Ministry officials to open within one year 7,000 new Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs), or nearly half the number of all existing ITIs opened in India across six decades, two officials aware of the development said. The government’s objective is…