In addition to this, the company takes pride to add 40 percent of staff to its third-party workforce during the pandemic

Out of 64.27 lakh people who trained under Modi government's ambitious Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY), only 14.43 lakh people got placements. This indicates that only 22.45 per cent have secured placement under PMKVY, which was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2015

Under the partnership, UrbanClap has pledged to create micro-entrepreneurship opportunities for candidates certified under Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana

Key pillars on the roadmap to becoming a $5 trillion economy include ensuring an accelerated economic development and related job creation

Farmer producer organisations could help alleviate rural distress. Will the budget give them a boost?

The app is available on Android, iOS and Windows phones.

When you download UMANG app, it asks you to link your Aadhaar with the app. Currently, this is optional and you can use UMANG app without seeding in your Aadhaar in it.

With the acquisition of Vanity Cube, founded by Renu Bisht and Pragya Upadhyay in 2014, VLCC plans to tap into the growing on-demand beauty services market.

Companies that have understood the ecosystem are partnering with us in our skilling initiative in a big way, Union Minister of State For Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Rajiv Pratap Rudy, tells Anilesh S. Mahajan.

India's \"demographic dividend\" is often cited as a major reason for India becoming an economic superpower in the next couple of decades.

India has embarked on the world's biggest skill development programme. Can this bridge the talent gap?

\"Under Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana, our target is to skill one crore people in the youth sector. We will further bring 2,300 institutions across India under Pradhan Mantri Yuva Yojana and another 3.5 crore under SANKALP scheme in the next four years. The ministry has tied up with the World Bank to give India its share of employable youth. The budget announced has further strengthened and augmented our resolve to create entrepreneurs for industry,\" said a Skill and Development ministry official.