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Saturday, December 6, 2025
TopicSkill development

Topic: Skill development

Where is Skill India money going? It’s a Rs 48,000 crore mystery

All industries are still facing an acute shortage of skilled manpower despite thousands of crores spent on skilling schemes.

Reality check for MP govt’s mega youth skilling dream—missing companies, fake trainees, missed targets

In 2 yrs, MP has met only 12% of its target of training 1 lakh students annually. Jobs were given to relatives, cornered by fraud companies, overage candidates & existing employees.

UGC suggests recognition of informal experience in higher education for a ‘more skilled workforce’

Draft guidelines for implementation of recognition of prior learning in higher education will soon be released for public consultation, says UGC chairperson M Jagadesh Kumar.

ITIs made it to Budget 2024. Now Centre, states must collaborate for a successful job story

After the Union Budget was announced, Hyundai announced new employment opportunities for several hundred ITI students across nine states as part of its skill development scheme.

India’s Skill India digital hub launched

The platform is a digital expansion of the skilling opportunities in India.

Modi govt makes Rs 2 lakh cr jobs & skilling push in budget, Congress says ‘adopted’ from its manifesto

Package incorporates 5 schemes & initiatives to facilitate employment, skilling & other opportunities. Congress takes credit, citing 'sustained election campaign' against unemployment.

Rural skilling scheme plagued by low placement rate, govt to count gig work & self-employment too

Centre likely to notify revised guidelines for Deen Dayal Upadhyaya-Grameen Kaushalya Yojana in February. Move aimed at ‘ironing out’ hurdles in scheme, it is learnt.

Chandrababu’s arrest unfair, Modi did same with same firms in Gujarat, says TDP chief’s son Lokesh

N Chandrababu Naidu was arrested in September in alleged skill development scam. TDP general secretary Nara Lokesh says there's no proof of 'money trail to him or his family members'.

How ‘green skill’ development can help fill India’s employment gap

India is currently living through a demographic dividend, and its decarbonisation journey will unfold parallel to a growing labour force.

RJs to beauticians — 2 Odisha prisons imparting new-age skills to set inmates up for better future

The initiative — started on a pilot basis at Bhubaneswar and Cuttack jails last November — will enable inmates to earn a livelihood with respect once they are released.

On Camera

5,000 episodes of ‘Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai’ shows revolution is nowhere around

We keep saying Indian TV needs to evolve. But if a show has touched 5,000 episodes by doing ‘rinse and repeat’ with the same storyline, what change are we even looking for?

RBI to inject $16 billion via bonds, forex swap to boost liquidity as rupee remains weak

Delivering MPC statement Friday, RBI guv said the central bank will buy Rs 500 bn of bonds on 11 Dec & similar amount on 18 Dec. It will hold $5 billion of buy/sell swap on 16 Dec.

From nuclear cooperation to defence, trade to oil, what is expected from Putin’s two-day India visit

New Delhi is interested in firming up bilateral agreements for increased trade, mobility, upgrade of Su-30 MKI fighters and the increased range of BrahMos supersonic missiles.

Gaali cricket: Bavuma stands tall, India’s Test ego cut to size

The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.