(PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday cautioned the people of Jharkhand against the Congress and its allies and alleged that they have intentions to push the state to uncertainty and darkness. Modi, who was addressing a poll rally at Bokaro, compared Jharkhand to a youth attaining 19 years and its citizens its gaurdian and appealed to the people of the tribal state to vote for the BJP government for the second time in a row. Cautioning the people of Jharkhand against the Congress and its allies from pushing the state into uncertainty and darkness, Modi said The BJP alone can give…
Author: Amit Bhanot
Skills Build is a digital platform developed by IBM enabling holistic learning and aligning it with Skills India initiative by Government of India. India is the 4th country where this Skills Build platform has been launched on 4th Nov’19, in alliance with the Directorate General of Training (DGT), Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (MSDE), after being launched in UK, Germany and France. It will be accessible online through bharat skills (https://bharatskills.gov.in) – a Learning Management System for ITI/NSTI Students and Teachers) and free to use. Skill Build will focus on personalised coaching and experiential learning and will help develop the skills required to…
Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship is implementing its flagship scheme Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) through National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC), a Public Private Partnership organization. NSDC has facilitated creation of Sector Skill Councils (SSCs) which are industry led bodies to ensure addressing skill requirements of various sectors. The scheme promotes skilling of manpower in various sectors including agriculture through the Agriculture Sector Skill Council. There are three kind of training routes under the scheme: Short term Training (STT) for fresh skilling of school / college drop outs and unemployed youth, Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) to recognize the existing skills and…
The Government, vide G.S.R. 889(E), dated 16.09.2016 has mandated BS-VI mass emission standard for vehicles throughout the country from April 1, 2020 to curb pollution across the country. The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, vide GSR 178 (E) dated 20th February, 2018 had notified that new motor vehicles conforming to Emission Standard Bharat Stage-IV manufactured before the 1st April, 2020 shall not be registered after the 30th June, 2020 and the new motor vehicles of categories M and N conforming to Emission Standard Bharat Stage-IV manufactured before the 1st April, 2020 and sold in the form of drive away…
Under the Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY), 20.84 crore loan accounts totalling an amount of Rs 10.24 lac crore have been sanctioned upto 01.11.2019. As per the findings of the PMMY survey conducted by Labour Bureau, an attached office of the Ministry of Labour & Employment, around 5 crore persons (3.1 crore self-employed and 1.95 crore hired workers) were working in establishments for which MUDRA loans were availed between April, 2015 to March, 2018. The findings of the survey reveal that these loans enabled beneficiaries to sustain the economic activities they were engaged in. This information was given by Shri…
The National Policy for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, 2015 provides an umbrella framework for all skilling activities including skill development schemes/programmes being carried out in the country. As per the National Policy for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, 2015, 40 crore workforce are required to be skilled by 2022. To achieve this objective, the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) imparts employable skills to the youth through long term and short term training. The Ministry is implementing its flagship scheme Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY 2.0) 2016-20 on pan-India basis with an objective to provide skilling to one crore…
(PTI) Power generation company NTPC said it has signed a term loan agreement for Rs 5,000 crore with State Bank of India (SBI). The loan facility has been extended at an interest rate linked to 3-month MCLR (marginal cost of funds-based lending rate) of the bank and has a door-to-door tenure of 15 years, NTPC said in a statement. The loan will be utilised to part finance the capital expenditure of NTPC, it said.
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) and its Joint Venture Hindustan-Mittal Energy Limited (HMEL) received three coveted awards from Hon’ble Minister of P&NG and Steel, Shri Dharmendra Pradhan during FIPI Annual Summit & Awards at New Delhi on 02nd December 2019. HPCL was presented with Company of the Year Award for Excellence in Human Resource Management. This award recognizes the contribution of company’s Human Resource Management in achieving excellence across the entire spectrum of HR management in the company. The awards were received by C&MD – HPCL, Sh. Mukesh Kumar Surana and Director HR- HPCL, Sh. Pushp Kumar Joshi along with…
(LiveMint) Saudi Aramco raised $25.6 billion from the world’s biggest initial public offering, closing a deal that became synonymous with the kingdom’s controversial crown prince and his plans to reshape the oil-rich nation.The state-owned oil giant set the final price of its shares at 32 riyals ($8.53), valuing the world’s most profitable company at $1.7 trillion. It received total bids of $119 billion. For Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, the sale could help restore credibility undermined by setbacks to his blueprint to overhaul the economy and a global reputation tarnished by the murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi and the war…
Under Ayushman Bharat – Health & Wellness Centres (AB-HWCs), 1.5 lakh Health Sub Centres and Primary Health Centres are to be transformed into Health and Wellness Centres across the country for provision of comprehensive primary care that includes preventive healthcare and health promotion at the community level with continuum of care approach by December, 2022. AB-HWCs would provide service delivery of a package of preventive, promotive, curative and rehabilitative services delivered close to communities to overcome the challenge of dual burden of disease. The expanded range of services would include services related to Non-Communicable diseases, Mental health, ENT, Ophthalmology, Oral…