Tag: Promotion

Sub-Mission on Agroforestry Scheme is being implemented by this Department since 2016-17 to encourage tree plantation on farm land in a complementary and integrated manner with crops and livestock, to help the farmers to get additional income and make their farming systems more climate resilient and adaptive. Presently, the scheme is being implemented in 21 States viz. Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, Mizoram, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland and 2 UTs viz. Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh.The extant scheme is ... Read more

As per the National Policy for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, 2015 India has a target to train 402.87 million by 2022. This includes 104.62 million new entrants to existing workforce in the country who need to be skilled to meet industry requirement. In addition 298.25 million of existing workforce need to be reskilled/upskilled. The Ministry has been implementing PradhanMantriKaushalVikasYojana (PMKVY), Jan ShikshanSansthan(JSS) Scheme and National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (NAPS) for providing short term Skill Development training to the youth belonging to all section of the society including tribal community.All of the above Schemes has the mandatory provision of utilization of ... Read more