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Sunday, June 7, 2026
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.

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Great ideas can come from people you hate. Don’t starve yourself intellectually

From university campuses to cultural spaces, moral purity tests are narrowing the scope of debate. But for the world’s morality jurists, there is a way out.

India’s GDP beats estimates to grow at 7.7% in FY26, manufacturing & services sector drive growth

CEA Nageswaran cites broad-based recovery in consumption and investment even as RBI cuts FY27 growth forecast to 6.6% amid West Asia-related inflation risks

India plans 9 new conventional submarines instead of 6 as govt ramps up underwater capabilities

EXCLUSIVE | The Centre is focused on ramping up India’s underwater strength on priority amid rapid naval expansion by China and Pakistan.

Three destroyers of Brand India. It’s all in our cities

The central curse of our urban governance isn’t that more voters live in these slummified villages. It’s that the political class panders to them instead of improving their quality of life.