Government of India has launched e Tourist Visa on 27th November 2014. In the budget announcement 2015-16 it was committed to extend the scheme to 150 countries by March 2016. Countries/Territories included in e-Tourist Visa Scheme Albania, Andorra, Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Barbados, Belgium, ...

Name of the scheme: Safeguarding the Intangible Cultural Heritage and Diverse Cultural Traditions of India Purpose: The main purpose of this scheme is to revitalize various institutions, groups, individuals, identified non-MOC institutions, non-government organisations, researchers and scholars so that they may engage in activities/ projects for strengthening, protecting, preserving and ...

Name of the scheme: Scheme of Financial Assistance for Seminars Festivals and Exhibitions on Cultural Subjects by not-for – Profit Organizations Purpose: The scheme covers all ‘not-for-profit’ organizations, including Societies, Trusts and Universities, for supporting the seminars, research, workshops, festivals and exhibitions, etc. organized by them on different aspects of ...

The National Child Labour Policy was approved by the Cabinet on 14th August 1987 during the Seventh Five Year Plan Period. The policy was formulated with the basic objective of suitably rehabilitating the children withdrawn from employment thereby reducing the incidence of child labour in areas of known concentration of ...

The Swavalamban Scheme will be applicable to all citizens in the unorganised sector who join the New Pension System (NPS) administered by the Interim Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA). Eligibility: The scheme will be applicable to all persons in the unorganised sector subject to the condition that the ...

Government of India, Ministry of Labour & Employment launched a Modular Employable Skills (MES) under Skill Development Initiative (SDI) Scheme through Directorate General of Employment & Training in May 2007.  Under this scheme, training to earlier school leavers and existing workers specially in a unorganised sector are to be trained ...

Hitech Training Scheme is one of the schemes of the erstwhile World Bank assisted Vocational Training Project. The scheme is now being continued for implementation with Government of India funding. Objective: The objective of the Hitech scheme is to produce trained personnel with the range of skills necessary to meet ...

Training of Craft Instructors is the responsibility of DGE&T in the Ministry of Labour & Employment. The Craft Instructors’ Training Scheme is operational since inception of the Craftsmen Training Scheme. The first Craft Instructors’ Training Institute was established in 1948. Subsequently, 5 more institutes namely, Central Training Institute for Instructors ...

“Recognition of Prior Learning” has been developed with the purpose to strike a skill development and certification initiative for the purpose of skills up-gradation in the construction sector based on the concept of Recognition of Prior Learning. As an outcome of this exercise, the proposed Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) ...

Name of the scheme: Scheme for Financial Assistance for Capacity Building and training of Museum Professionals Purpose: The main purpose of the scheme is to support institutions who wish to depute their professionals for intensive capacity building, training programmes in order to upgrade their expertise/skills in the following and related ...