Himayat is one of the sub-schemes under ASDP. It is a training-cum-placement programme for unemployed youth in Jammu and Kashmir . Youth will be provided short-term training for at least 3 months, in a range of skills for which there is good market demand. At the end of the training, ...

Roshni is one of the sub-schemes under ASDP. The Ministry of Rural Development in 2013, launched a new skill development scheme designed to offer employment to tribal youth in critical Left Wing Extremist (LWE) affected districts. These LWE districts are named as ‘Roshni  Districts’ and are 24 in numbers. Roshni will ...

Aajeevika Skills is the skill and placement initiative by the Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India (MoRD). It evolved out of the need to diversify incomes of the rural poor and to cater to the occupational aspirations of their youth. The programme’s focus is on skilling and placement in ...

‘Twitterati’ in India soon will be able to pay their bills through the social networking site. The famous micro-blogging site today announced a partnership with Indian startup Lookup to facilitate users send a direct message to @lookuplite in order to make payments, book services and appointments, enquire about product availability ...

What is the share of creative industries in the global economy? A new study conducted by Ernst & Young and jointly presented by UNESCO and the International Confederation of Authors and Composers Societies (CISAC) – has quantified for the first time, the social and economic contribution of cultural and creative ...

The state government of Jharkhand is committed to generate havoc employment opportunities for especially the rural population of the state but in can be done only through massive industrialization of the state. The Micro, Small and Medium enterprises have good capability to ensure employment generation for the local youth. So, ...

Based on Economic Forum We all have once a dream to change the world what we don’t like around us, but a limited number of people among us are able to really ‘start’ not just romanticizing with the ideas. Many great ideas die in wishful thinking and mostly because we ...

The CEO of software giant Microsoft Mr. Satya Nadella signs a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Andhra Pradesh Government today towards establishing a technologically advanced economy and better the usage of ICT. Microsoft will support AP in building up to three proof-of-concept (POC) solutions in the fields of education, ...

Gujarat was the first state in the country to launch e-voting facility in any of its election back in the year 2010. Second time in 2015, the state launched e-voting facility for municipal polls but however, did not get the response they expected.  The state now plans to launch e-voting ...

World Bank Chief Economist Kaushik Basu on Sunday said – the US and India are the engines of the global economic growth amidst the financial slowdown all over the world. India is anticipated to remain among the fastest growing major economies, he further added. Addressing the 98th annual conference of ...