ON THE OCCASION OF THE FIRST ever World Youth Skills Day on 15th July 2015, when the country kickstarted Skill India campaing, 150 Skill Vans were flagged off to create awareness among masses about the Government’s initiatives and policies of the skill development. These vans, which were flagged off by MSDE minister Rajiv Pratap Rudy will drive through Delhi and …
On July 15 coinciding with the first ever World Youth Skills Day, India relaunched a repackaged Skill Development initiative first brought into existence in 2009. The new initiative comprises of a National Skill Development Mission, a new National Policy for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship 2015, Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) scheme, the Skill Loan scheme and a national skill …
Two verticalsDDG (training) and DDG (apprenticeship training) of Directorate General of Employment & Training (DGET) under the union ministry of Labor & employment have been transferred to ministry of skill development & entrepreneurship (MSDE) along with all its officers and staff on April 2015 under an order with immediate effect. Staff of field institutes of training, apprenticeship training and woman …
Training in manufacturing, construction and plumbing sectors incentivized. At the same time, some experts see it as a replica of STAR Scheme with little change The Rs 1500 cr Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) would soon be rolling and fanning out as the government has finalized the scheme. It aims to encourage standardization in the certification process and initiate …
Indian Council of Cultural Relations (ICCR) will institute an annual Distinguished Indologist award for promoting Indology aboard. This was said by President Pranab Mukherjee on his visit to Russia and announced that ICCR will organize a regional conference on Sanskrit and Indology in Russia. Support for the Indian Chair in the Institute of Philosophy of the Russian Academy of Social …
The much anticipated skill development scheme Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) will be unrevealed on May 09. Specifically the Scheme aims to encourage standardization in the certification process and initiate a process of creating a registry of skills. It will also enable and mobilize a large number of Indian youth to take up skill training and become employable and …
