Youth need to be employed to boost productivity: Skills Secretary

Youth need to be employed to boost productivity: Skills Secretary

India has a demographic window and the government is working towards ensuring that its young cohort is productive and useful to the economy, skills development secretary Atul Kumar Tiwari said, adding that the onus lies on the government, industry and academia to take advantage of the situation. “We have a window during which our working-age … Read more

ITI scores improve in latest grading; 8.9% receive grade 8 rating | News

ITI scores improve in latest grading; 8.9% receive grade 8 rating | News

3 min read Last Updated : Sep 06 2024 | 12:21 AM IST In what could be a forerunner of better employment prospects, Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) have shown an improvement in performance in a grading by the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.   Of about 15,000 ITIs graded this year, 18.9 per cent … Read more