A lot of the 100-day programmes would be 'milestone-based' with timelines for achieving targets for social-sector schemes.
Modi will unfurl the national flag and deliver the customary address to the nation from the ramparts of the historic monument.
Even as the government seeks to recruit one million people in 18 months, it is interesting that the record of its flagship skill development programme, which aims to enhance the employment potential of Indians, has been poor. To be sure, the progress was not great to begin with, and it inevitably deteriorated during the two years of the pandemic. When the government announced its first skill development initiative in 2015, it aimed to train as many people as possible and provide them with placements.
The aim was to skill 1 crore by 2020.
India should emerge as the 'human resource capital' of the world as China has become a global 'manufacturing factory'.
The Prime Minister will formally launch the Rashtriya Kaushal Vikas Yojana and the National Skills Mission on July 15
Modi wanted to reap the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas's success in the 2019 election, but officials say blaming Rudy alone for its slow progress was unjust.
Syed Firdaus Ashraf/Rediff.com lists 11 Modi flagship schemes that may have been gamechangers in the Lok Sabha election.
EduBridge is emerging as a strong player in training unemployed youth.
Increase in taxes on luxury cars will not have any effect on the demand
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A review of key pronouncements he made in his first Independence Day Speech on August 15, 2014.
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