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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

The new credit guarantee scheme has now also been extended to NBFCs, MFIs and SFBs

Internship opportunities, easy skilling loans, new centrally sponsored scheme, ITI upgradation announced

The national level skilling competition is the precursor to the WorldSkills competition, as participants who excel at national level will get to participate at the world stage in September in Paris

Operationalise 30 Skill India International Centres by March: House Panel

Microsoft Chief Satya Nadella on Thursday announced the expansion of Microsoft's 'Code Without Barriers' programme to India, aiming to train 75,000 women developers by 2024. The programme is to democratise access to tech skills nationwide, the chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft said, as he spoke about the impact Indian developers are making in accelerating AI innovation globally during his address to 1,100 developers and technology leaders at the Microsoft AI Tour here. "One of the things that I'm very excited also is to bring one of the initiatives which we've had called Code Without Barriers, and expanding to India and really helping 75,000 women developers by 2024," Nadella said. According to Microsoft, "Code Without Barriers" programme will be expanded to India this month, as the company aims to democratise access to tech skills nationwide. "The programme was launched in 2021 across nine Asia Pacific (APAC) countries to help close the gender gap in the region's .

When it comes to youth, skilling has been a major focus area. The Skill India Mission has trained 14 million youth, upskilled and reskilled 5.4 million youth, shared FM Sitharaman

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will interact with beneficiaries of the Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra today, via video conferencing

The government is focusing on skilling, reskilling and upskilling youth, which would result in better employment and growth of local economy

Union minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Thursday said India was witnessing "exciting times" at present and today's youngsters belong to the "luckiest generation" in the country's history considering the opportunities created by the Narendra Modi government. He also said that India's economy was expanding and in order to make use of the growing opportunities, one needs to have skills. Chandrashekhar was addressing the 'Skill Development Initiatives in Goa and Guru Ka Samman' programme organised by the Centre and the Goa government under the Pradhan Mantri Vishwakarma scheme. Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant was also present. "I am associated with the progress of the country technologically for the last 30-35 years. I must say you are the luckiest generation in India's history considering the opportunities that are generated under Modi-led government," the Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Electronics and Information Technology said. He said that in 2014, .