Minister of Skill Development Mahendra Nath Pandey said skill development was the prime focus of the government and PM Modi had announced a sub-committee to give impetus to the sector
The announcement was made by union Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Minister Mahendra Nath Pandey at the Annual National Conference of State Ministers in New Delhi
Around four lakh people across 18 states will be skilled under 'Samarth', a scheme for capacity building and skilling in the textile sector, as part of agreements signed between the Centre and state governments. Several pacts to this effect were exchanged between the textile ministry and state government representatives here on Wednesday in the presence of Union Minister Smriti Irani. "Given the diligence that you (state government representatives) have shown by your mere presence here, that gives me hope that today 18 of us including the Government of India have resolved only under this one roof to skill 4 lakh people which I think is the first such big step ever in the history of our country," the textile minister said. The 18 states include Arunachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Kerala, Mizoram, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Madhya Pradesh, Tripura, Karnataka, Odisha, Manipur, Haryana, Meghalaya, Jharkhand and Uttarakhand. The textile-related ...
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