The programme aims to enhance students employability by providing them with industry-relevant skills, exposure to digital technologies, and practical experience.

The budget this year is focused on skilling the youth and generating more employment opportunities for them.

The move to set up 10 new Arts and Science colleges in Tamil Nadu would make higher education accessible to the rural students and also to those from the state-run schools who are now being provided a monthly grant of Rs 1,000 to pursue their collegiate education.

The partnership aims to further strengthen the vocational and technical training framework while making India's youth employable by creating avenues for them to access better work opportunities.

IIM Ranchi and Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India will jointly develop certificate courses on entrepreneurship development and skill enhancement. Chairman of IIM Ranchi says this collaboration will help tribal youths who have potential but need direction.

The state government of Punjab is helping the people recovering from drug addiction to stand on their feet and get back into society by developing their skills and motivating them to earn a livelihood and become financially independent

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is considering a proposal to set up cabinet committees to address the two biggest challenges his government faces - slowing growth and rising unemployment.

Toyota aims to develop core employability skills and competency standards along with providing training in advance technologies through such initiatives.

"The state government has no shortage of funds for skilling youth in the state," said Dipak Kumar Singh, principal secretary, Labour Resources and CEO, Bihar Skill Development Mission (BSDM)

Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan Thursday said skill development centers will be opened in all the districts of Odisha in phases to enhance skills, income and employment capability of youths indifferent trades.

Accusing the BJP government in Rajasthan of misleading the youth of the state in the name of creating job opportunities, the Congress has demanded that the Vasundhara Raje dispensation release a white paper on skill development and employment.

Skill development initiatives in Northeast India has received an impetus with the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) giving thrust to several sectors to promote employment and entrepreneurship.

The Andhra Pradesh State Skill Development Corporation (APSSDC) and Internshala have partnered to provide internships and training to college students in the state. This move will help in improving students' technical competency, soft skills and thus employability quotient.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis today launched a web portal 'Mahaswayam' that will cater to job seekers, employers, entrepreneurs, and training institutes who can avail details regarding skill development and employment.

Wangki Lowang, the Agriculture Minister for Arunachal Pradesh today said that the youth of the state need skill training in order to grab more employment opportunities. He also said that the youth in the state need skill training in masonry, carpentry, haircutting and other similar trades.

In a response to the Lok Sabha, the Minister for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Rajiv Pratap Rudy informed that more than 10,000 youths were offered jobs through multiple Rozgar Melas which were organized by Skill Development Ministry.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation of Indian Institute of Skills in Kanpur today with the aim of making youths more employable and self-reliant.

In an effort to reach out to people of Jammu and Kashmir, the Centre is in the process of providing employment opportunities to 1.40 lakh young men in the state through various means, including skill development training and jobs in police and paramilitary forces.

India Yamaha Motor Pvt Ltd has inaugurated its Yamaha Training School (YTS) at the premises of Don Bosco Yuva Kendra, a technical skill development institute at Nangloi Road, Najafgarh, Delhi. Yamaha and Don Bosco Yuva Kendra aim to create a 'Centre of Excellence' where youngsters will receive two-wheeler technical training that will enable them to become expert two w...

Low-income single women from eleven states today urged the government to draft a special policy for them in order to provide "employment opportunities" and "skill development programs".

Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Nabam Tuki today said the state budget to be tabled in the Assembly on July 15 next, is going to be a path breaking one with main thrust on employment generation and skill development for the unemployed youths.

The Centre will issue smart cards to workers in the unorganised sector in the country and set up a National Vocational Training Institute for skill development, Minister of State for Labour and Employment Bandaru Dattatreya said in Thiruvananthapuram today.

Tihar Jail administration will hold English, Punjabi and Urdu language classes for inmates to impart reading, writing and speaking skills for their personality development and to make them employment ready.

Arunachal Pradesh has bagged India's Best Project-2014 award for implementation of skill development and employment generation in the state for the benefit of youth, mostly less-educated and school drop-outs.