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Govt envisions creating 5 crore jobs in India by 2022

The Dollar Business Bureau Reiterating Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s commitment to foster skill development across the country, Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya said the government would create five crore jobs in the country by 2022 “By 2022, crores of new jobs will be created for youngsters in the private sector. I am sure, the initiatives launched by the PM would drastically reduce unemployment in the country by 2022,” Dattatreya said, inaugurating a job fair in Hyderabad. He also said the state government would conduct similar fairs in the states to help jobseekers find jobs. He announced that the government has sanctioned Rs.170 crore for setting up skill development centres in Telangana. "As the Centre is giving importance to skill development, the state governments too should provide skill ...

NEC cries for funds as new project launch gets affected

PTI The North Eastern Council is facing acute shortage of funds, hampering implementation of several of its dream projects like setting up of educational institutes, skill development centres and sports academies."We have so many dream projects to implement, but there is no money. Whatever little money we receive, it has over 99 per cent utilisation. So, we need more money," North Eastern Council (NEC) Secretary Ram Muivah told PTI.Fund allocation to NEC substantially decreased after 9th Five Year Plan from 5.12 per cent of the total outlays for the North East to 0.03 per cent in the current fiscal, he added."When NEC was established in 1972, the first year's fund allocation was Rs 500 crore, which was a big amount then.However, ...

Microfinance firms responsible for success of Make in India

Sharath Chowdary Bringing about the concept of financial inclusion once again into our consciousness, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh Governor E S L Narasimhan said that money lending institutions should include technological working to reach out to the poorest of the poor who deserve help in every sense of the term. There is dearth of reaching out to the needy who “die unheard of because they are not able to support their ideas". This was an emotional appeal from the Governor during his inaugural speech at the national summit on microfinance organised by ASSOCHAM in Hyderabad on Tuesday. Microfinance institutions have a greater responsibility in making the ‘Make in India’ initiative successful, Narasimhan said. Laying responsibility on the microfinance institutions in bringing about an ethical change ...

Do not let demographic dividend becoming liability: President

Source: PTI President Pranab Mukherjee said government needs to focus on skill development to prevent the demographic dividend from becoming a liability and an explosive situation. He said that India is a population of 1.28 billion and this population is increasing substantially. "More often we use one phrase India's advantage - demographic dividend. Why do we use this phrase demographic divided because India has the largest number of working age population in the world," he said while inaugurating the first edition of 'India Skills' in New Delhi on Friday. "This question is staring at us, unless we handle it appropriately and in time, this population dividend may be population liability and the situation may be explosive...either it is to be defused ...

Revival of unused airports will give a 5-fold rise to Indian Aviation industry

Revival of 350 unused airports will give a five-fold rise to Indian Aviation industry over the next few years, saidRN Choubey, Secretary, Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) Sai Nikesh D | The Dollar Business Ashok Gajapathi Raju, Minister for Civil Aviation(MoCA) and R N Choubey, Secretary, MoCA, during the 5th International Exhibition & Conference on Civil Aviation- India Aviation 2016, in Hyderabad on Thursday   Intended to take theAviation industry to greater heights, the Ministry of Civil Aviation, Government of India, in coordination with Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), is hostingthe5thInternational Exhibition & Conference on Civil Aviation- India Aviation 2016, being held in Hyderabad between March 16-20, 2016. The second day of the event on Thursday witnessed an international conference, ...

India-Aus to work on water management, skills & services

India has made tremendous progress in terms of its services for Australian businesses and moreover present great prospects on an amount of a huge market of 1.2 billion people The Dollar Business Bureau Australia has been pitching India as an attractive investment destination and is very eager to invest in LNG, financial services, education and healthcare sectors of the $2-trillion economy   India and Australia will work together and invest in several sectors. Australia can lend its services and expertise in the field of containing water management, skill development and minerals. According to the Indian High Commissioner to Australia Navdeep Suri, Australia sees the Indian economic story. It has benefited enormously from its 20 years engagement with China, but as Chinese economy begins to ...

Govt to set up skill training centres to push Make in India

The Dollar Business Bureau    As part of efforts to enhance domestic manufacturing, the government will set up centres for excellence across the country to ensure skill development in various sectors including capital goods and automotive. The Department of Heavy Industries (DHI) and the Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship on Tuesday signed an agreement for this purpose. The MoU is meant for creating a national ecosystem for development of skills for the manufacturing sector, in particular the capital goods sector and automotive sector and other sectors/subjects covered by DHI, a government statement said on Wednesday. “We are aiming to create direct and indirect employment for 30 million workers in the capital goods sector by 2025. Hence, we have signed the MoU ...

Indian textile institute to set up skill centres in Tajikistan

Manisha Choudhari | The Dollar Business  An Indian textile research institute has entered into an agreement for the setting up of skill development centres in Tajikistan. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the Northern India Textile Research Association (NITRA) and Technological University of Tajikistan (TUT) at the sidelines of the CII’s TEXCON 2015 held in New Delhi on Friday. A 13-member Tajikistan industry delegation which attended the event also visited textile factories and premises of the Northern India Textile Research Association. As per the agreement, India will set up skill development centers for core textile mills across Tajikistan to impart training and skill development, CII said in a statement. Indian researchers and industrialists will share their expertise and knowledge ...