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Topic: Skill development

PM Internship Scheme sees stronger response in third pilot round

More candidates have joined 3rd pilot round so far than combined number from first two rounds. Govt expects this round to be the final pilot before full rollout.

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.

On Camera

Punjab needs more than smart bins. It requires a waste management overhaul

​Only by tackling collection, processing, and workforce accountability in unison can Punjab clean up its urban centres for good.

E85 may need to be 25% cheaper than petrol for cost parity, says IIT Delhi-AIDA paper

Paper proposes dynamic pricing based on cost per kilometre and vehicle-specific fuel economy, calls for separate ethanol strategy for two-wheelers.

Drones for IAF are not revolutionary but evolutionary, says IAF chief

IAF chief Air Chief Marshal A.P. Singh has ruled out a separate drone force, saying that UAVs must operate with fighters and other existing technology.

India has always been a hard state under Gandhian cover. Nehru to Modi, leaders have reinforced it

Modern India might have been conjured up in the image of Gandhi. But India was never a Gandhian state. Founders of the Republic, be it Nehru or Patel, nursed zero such notions.