Skill Development

Skill ministry arm explores partnerships with six states to expand Japanese language training and prepare youth from smaller towns for overseas employment

This exercise is timely, given that nearly three-fourths of India's workforce has only basic schooling, and graduate employability is just around 55 per cent

MSDE has invited EoIs to onboard anchor industry partners for the Rs 60,000 crore PM-SETU scheme, under which the Centre plans to upgrade 1,000 ITIs and five NSTIs

The delivery partners can enrol for the courses via the Swiggy Partner app

According to the India Skills Report 2026, India now contributes 16 per cent of the world's AI talent, projected to grow to 1.25 million professionals by 2027

This comes as MCA is placing first batch of interns as it races for full roll out

The authors' calm and confident approach makes AI seem less monstrous than it is made out to be

Special purpose vehicles with credible anchor industry partners will be set up under the Rs 60,000-crore PM-SETU scheme to manage clusters and ensure outcome-based training, the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship said. Under the Pradhan Mantri Skilling and Employability Transformation through Upgraded ITIs (PM-SETU), launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday, new, demand-driven courses will be introduced in a bid to transform 1,000 government ITIs across India into modern, industry-aligned training institutions. Besides, existing courses will be revamped in collaboration with industries. The scheme will also help create pathways for long-term diplomas, short-term courses, and executive programmes. PM-SETU will follow a hub-and-spoke model, with 200 hub ITIs linked to 800 spoke ITIs. Each hub will be equipped with advanced infrastructure, innovation and incubation centres, production units, training of trainer facilities, and placement services, while the

The schemes include a major national initiative to upgrade Industrial Training Institutes and several youth-focused programmes in Bihar

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday unveiled various youth-focused initiatives worth more than Rs 62,000 crore, with a special emphasis on poll-bound Bihar. Modi launched PM-SETU (Pradhan Mantri Skilling and Employability Transformation through Upgraded ITIs), a centrally sponsored scheme with an investment of Rs 60,000 crore. It envisages the upgradation of 1,000 government ITIs in a hub-and-spoke model comprising 200 hub ITIs and 800 spoke ITIs. "Collectively, PM-SETU will redefine India's ITI ecosystem, making it government-owned but industry-managed, with global co-financing support from the World Bank and Asian Development Bank," a PMO statement earlier said. In the first phase of the scheme implementation, there will be a special focus on ITIs in Patna and Darbhanga in Bihar. A special emphasis of the programme will be on transformative projects in Bihar, reflecting the state's rich legacy and youthful demographic, the statement said. Modi launched Bihar's revamped ...

With the launch of the Skill India Mission, NSDC became nodal implementing agency for myriad skills under this umbrella, a function that demands a significantly different set of managerial abilities

The launch of the full fledged scheme would be based on the feedback received from the stakeholder consultations and evaluation of outcomes during the implementation of the Pilot Project

The report, titled Reimagining Life Sciences Global Capability Centres (GCCs), said that life sciences GCCs in India now handle 70 per cent of finance, 75 per cent of HR, 62 per cent of supply chain

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Under the amended section 30, there will be advisory for first-time offenders and censure for subsequent offences, and thereafter, leading to penalties, if any

A parliamentary panel has asked the skill ministry to match training programmes with local job demands, speed up skill gap reports, and improve PMKVY's industry alignment

The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship plans to modernise 1,000 ITIs, train two million youth in five years, and align vocational education with industry needs in a hub-and-spoke model

Skilling to be redefined, realigned with global standards under proposed policy

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Companies such as Infosys, Wipro, Cognizant, and Tech Mahindra have maintained their IT utilisation rates at around 85 per cent over the past couple of years