Day: December 18, 2018

NSIC organized 36437 Programmes of Skill Development and Self-Employment in 2017-18: MSME Minister

open view web desk Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME), Giriraj Singh informed the Lok Sabha today that the National Small Industries Corporation Limited (NSIC), a PSU under MSME Ministry, has organized 15129 Entrepreneurship Skill Development Programme (ESDP) and 1341 Entrepreneurship Development Programme […]

CEO, KVIC kicks off Khadi Bazar at Borivali Kora Kendra

open view web desk Chief Executive Officer, KVIC, Ms Preeta Verma inaugurated the Khadi Bazar in western suburbs of Mumbai at C.B. Kora Institute of Village Industries, Borivali today. Sponsored by KVIC, this exhibition cum sale is organised by Dharavi Mahila Audyogik Uttpadak Sahakari Sanstha Ltd. In her inaugural […]

Minimum Pension

open view web desk As regards Employees’ Pension Scheme (EPS), 1995, a minimum pension of Rs. 1,000/- per month has been prescribed with effect from 01.09.2014 for the pensioners under Employees’ Pension Scheme (EPS), 1995. In the case of Atal Pension Yojana (APY), depending upon the pension plan selected, […]

Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Cess

open view web desk Pursuant to the directions of Hon’ble Supreme Court contained in its judgement dated 19.03.2018 in W.P. (C) No. 318/2006, the Central Government has formulated a model welfare scheme for BOC workers which, inter alia, envisages following maternity benefit, out of the BOCW welfare cess […]

Rehabilitation of Bonded Labour

open view web desk As per the information received from the States/UTs, the number of bonded labourers identified and released so far is as under: Name of the State Number of Bonded Labourers Identified and Released Andhra Pradesh 38,141 Arunachal Pradesh 3,526 Assam 12 Bihar 17,886 Chhattisgarh 3,548 […]

BHASHA SANGAM Program to provide multilingual exposure to students in Indian Languages

open view web desk The Department of School Education & Literacy has initiated Bhasha Sangam – A Celebration of Linguistic Diversity which marks the appreciation of the unique symphony of languages of our country, from 20thNovember to 21st December, 2018. In order to celebrate the unique characteristic of our […]

Various Scholarship Schemes of HRD Ministry for Students

open view web desk The Ministry of Human Resource Development is implementing the following important scholarship schemes: (i) National Means-Cum Merit Scholarship Scheme: Under the scheme, scholarship is awarded to the eligible meritorious students, having parental income up to Rs.1.5 lakh per annum, with the objective to arrest their […]

UBA running successfully to bring transformational change in rural development process

open view web desk The Government has launched Unnat Bharat Abhiyan (UBA) on 11th November, 2014. In this initial phase of “Unnat Bharat Abhiyan” 143 Institutes were selected on challenge mode. Subsequently UBA 2.0 has been launched on 25th April, 2018 and till now 1832 institutes are part of […]

Process of filing applications for affiliation to CBSE made entirely online under new revamped system

open ivew web desk Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has informed that as per Rule-11.1 of  their revamped affiliation Bye-Laws, no School shall be affiliated to the Board without inspection by an  inspection committee, of not less than two members, at least one of whom has to […]

Several steps have been taken to promote e-Education in the country

open view web desk The key e-Learning Projects being run by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) are as follows: ICT in Education Curricula for School system: ICT in Education Curricula for students, teachers and teacher educators has been developed at the national level and being implemented […]

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