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Govt to Launch PMKVY-III in Next Fiscal

The government is planning to launch third phase of its flagship Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) in the next financial year, Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Mahendra Nath Pandey has said. The government launched the PMKVY scheme in 2015 and revamped it in 2016 to impart skills to one crore persons by 2020. The revamped scheme, called

  • December 21, 2019
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Over 69 Lakh Candidates Trained under PMKVY

Over 69 lakh candidates have been trained across the country under the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) till November 11, Parliament was informed. Launched in 2015, PMKVY is the flagship outcome-based skill training scheme of the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) which aims to train 1 crore youth by 2020. “…under PMKVY

  • December 3, 2019
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Setting a New Skilling Standard

Team India finishes at 13th position at Worldskills 2019, which has been dubbed as ‘Olympics of Skills’. Over 1,350 participants from 63 nations competed in 56 skills and trades. Blazing a trail of glory for the country at the global skill stage, the Indian team finished with the best-ever performance at the WorldSkills international competition

  • November 18, 2019
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Champions of the Handy Kind

The biennial WorldSkills competition, touted as the Olympics of Skills, is causing a churn amongst the young artisans of the country The run-up to WorldSkills is long and tortuous. Over 12 months, Indian artisans negotiate through zonal/district, state and regional-level contests, and the winners compete at IndiaSkills, the national competition held in alternate years. In

  • November 12, 2019
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IPSC, HSIL Launch Plumbing Lab in Odisha

Indian Plumbing Skills Council (IPSC) has partnered with HSIL Ltd, the makers of Hindware brand of plumbing products, to create a plumbing lab at the State Institute of Plumbing Technology (SIPT-ITI) at Pattamundai in Kendrapada, Odisha. The new lab marks Skill India’s “successful” partnership with corporate India to boost skilling in the plumbing sector as

  • November 8, 2019
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Plumbing Council to Train Sales & Mktg Execs, Factory Workers

Indian Plumbing Skills Council (IPSC), the sector skill council partner of National Skill Development Corporation of India (NSDC), is building a skill development ecosystem in the plumbing sector. It is taking forward the initiative by going beyond skill development programmes for plumbers, and training sales & marketing executives as well as factory workers. “We want

  • November 7, 2019
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Skill Development
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Business Case for Skilling

The skill gap is a given; how critical is this gap and what can the industry do to bridge it is what subject matter experts explained in this eye-opening session Furniture & Fittings Skill Council CEO Gurpal Singh shared the council’s blueprint for the next five years. FFSC aims to establish an eco-system that will

  • September 19, 2019
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Union Skill Development Minister Mahendra Nath Pandey
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Govt and Tata Trusts Join Hands for Rs 300 Cr Skill Dev Centre

The skill development ministry has announced an association with the Tata Trusts to build a Rs 300-crore state-of-the-art training and skill development centre in Mumbai. The government will provide four acres within the National Skill Training Institute at Sion in Central Mumbai, and Tata Trusts will build the infrastructure and run the centre at an

  • September 3, 2019
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Indian bathroom industry's complete solution providers
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Playing to a New Tune

A set of new catalysts is driving the Indian bathroom industry, and the key players are responding by pivoting from their core competencies to become complete solution providers The domestic plumbing industry can broadly be divided into three categories: sanitaryware, bath fittings, and pipes. The estimated size of the sanitaryware industry is Rs 4,400 crore,

  • September 2, 2019
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