Skill India

Narayanan Ramaswamy, National Leader - Education & Skill Development at KPMG India, shares transition from B-school to corporate tips, the skills global MBAs need, and how to stay ahead in an AI world

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

MSDE suggests CPI-linked revisions and broader industry coverage under apprenticeship schemes to reduce dropouts and align training with emerging sector demands

The move will also ensure that there is a database of the employment generated under the central government's flagship skill development scheme

The CoEs will also be empowered to operationalise higher national skill qualification framework (NSQF) level (level 5-level 8) courses which are not well represented in the skilling ecosystem

Last year, a study by TeamLease showed that India produces a staggering 1.5 million engineers every year, but only 45 per cent meet industry standards

The Union Cabinet on Friday approved the continuation and restructuring of central sector scheme 'Skill India Programme (SIP)' till 2026 with an overlay outlay of Rs 8,800 crore. This was informed by Information and Broadcasting Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw. The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, approved the continuation and restructuring of the central sector scheme 'Skill India Programme (SIP)' till 2026 with an overlay outlay of Rs 8,800 crore from the period 2022-23 to 2025-26, he said. The approval underscores the government's commitment to building a skilled, future-ready workforce by integrating demand-driven, technology-enabled, and industry-aligned training across the country, an official release said. Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana 4.0 (PMKVY 4.0), the Pradhan Mantri National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (PM-NAPS), and the Jan Shikshan Sansthan (JSS) Scheme -- the three key components -- are now combined under the composite Central Sector Scheme

While India has always been recognized for its talent, we must now deepen our technology skillsets to drive growth

India poised to lead AI era with skilling focus, policy support, and ethics

Modi's government has imposed 40 per cent tariffs on Chinese solar panels and 25 per cent on cells, allocating about $3 billion in production-linked incentives for local manufacturers as part

As of now, over 1,530 data layers from 44 central ministries have been uploaded on the portal

The government aims to skill 10 million youths in India's top companies in five years through the internship scheme

Scholz pushes early EU FTA; Modi says right time to join India growth story

Sitharaman will head to Washington, DC, for the Annual Meetings of IMF and the World Bank, as well as the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meetings and other high-level discussions

Reflecting on her own experiences, Bijapurkar noted that her generation, which largely lacked formal economics training before the 1991 economic reforms, survived by continually learning

Labour ministry said that the ELI schemes have been designed to encourage businesses to generate more employment as well as to provide meaningful and sustainable jobs for the youth of the country

Hema Bajaj, Ruhie Pande, Amit Das, and Suryanarayan G Iyer speak with Business Standard's Nivedita Mookerji on Budget 2024's apprenticeship programme at BSmart HR Conclave

Nation-building education is the govt's job. It should do it with the same might it used for the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, Aadhaar linking, Covid vaccination drive, and financial inclusion initiative

He explains the idea behind the scheme and the challenges ahead

Officials of construction and engineering major, L&T, which has in the past complained about skilled labour shortage, said if India needs to grow, one of its positives has to be its population