"J&K has the potential to become most favoured place when it comes to skills": LG Manoj SinhaThe Skill Development Department of Jammu & Kashmir organized the Kaushal Deekshant Samaroh convocation at a convention center in Srinagar,...
29 Oct, 2023, 03.55 PM IST
Game over: Indian gaming companies fear thousands of job cuts after GST increaseThe Indian GST Council's decision to levy 28 per cent GST on online gaming, casinos, and horse racing was met with criticism, with companie...
12 Jul, 2023, 02.06 PM IST
28% GST on online gaming 'unconstitutional, irrational, egregious', says industryThe 50th GST Council has announced its decision to levy a 28% GST on online gaming, along with horse racing and casinos which comes as a dr...
11 Jul, 2023, 09.28 PM IST
Go for reforms but watch out fiscal deficit, Economic Advisory Council tells govt ahead of budgetEAC-PM said govt should stick to its fiscal roadmap with continued emphasis on social sector interventions.
26 Jan, 2019, 06.04 PM IST
Amity, National Skill Development Council offer engineering training in telecomThe first batch of 28 B.Tech. students of Electronics and Telecom Engineering have undergone the skill training along with their regular ac...
21 May, 2015, 05.39 PM IST
Skill council for entrepreneurship and management in worksThe council will cover key skill sets in the management, employability, entrepreneurship and training space, according to Dilip Chenoy, NSD...
05 Aug, 2014, 05.49 AM IST
- Sam Pitroda, S Ramadorai others yet to resign from PM advisory posts
Top technocrats like Ahluwalia, Rangarajan and Nilekani may have quit, but not all of PM ingh’s top advisors are relinquishing their duties...
22 May, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
Government launches Rs 500 crore social venture capital fundThe NIC, in partnership with the Ministry of MSME, launched the India Inclusive Innovation Fund (IIIF), an impact investment fund that will...
27 Jan, 2014, 07.26 PM IST
Narendra Modi slams Centre for not paying attention to skill development for youthNarendra Modi slammed UPA government for its indecisiveness in skill development programmes for youth.
26 Sep, 2013, 05.20 PM IST
- Budget impact: Vocational training fees to be taxed from April, institutes under state bodies spared
The Budget has set a target of skilling nine million youth in 2014 but it has also made it expensive, by putting it under service tax.
21 Mar, 2013, 05.00 AM IST
Tata Group, UKIBC to collaborate on skill development in IndiaThe over USD 100 billion diversified conglomerate Tata Group today said it has entered into a partnership with UK India Business Council (U...
19 Feb, 2013, 05.29 PM IST
- Kolkata’s first hospitality finishing school Academy of Hospitality Skills launched
AHS, Kolkata’s first hospitality finishing school, was launched today, with plans to expand to 50 more centres in West Bengal by the end of...
05 Jun, 2012, 04.36 PM IST
HRD & labour ministries squabble to claim developing skills domain as ownUPA has yet to decide which ministry would be in charge of setting the skill stds & accreditation systems envisaged in the new skills frame...
05 Mar, 2012, 08.13 AM IST
- IIIT to be set up in Assam
'The project has been conceived in public-private mode with central government and Assam government and leading industry partners as stake ...
21 Nov, 2011, 05.11 PM IST
- Skill development critical task before India, says Ramadorai
The Council, headed by the Prime Minister, seeks to develop a strategy for skill development at the national level along with variations at...
01 Feb, 2011, 10.45 PM IST
- Ramadorai made PM’s skill council advisor
He becomes the second high-profile CEO from India’s celebrated information technology industry to be tapped to head a key govt initiative &...
01 Feb, 2011, 05.32 AM IST
- TCS ex-CEO Ramadorai appointed PM Advisor on skill development
After Infosys' former CEO Nilekani, Ramadorai is the second high-profile IT professional to have been brought on board by the govt.
29 Jan, 2011, 01.43 PM IST