Content for Mains Enrichment (CME)
Source: Niti Aayog
Every day, in this section we are bringing best practices from each category. Today’s best practices will cover the ‘Skill development’
Initiatives:
Initiative Name | Objective | Implementing Agency |
Project Excel – progress of the Marginalized in Gujarat | Empower marginalized communities to access government schemes and entitlements through a tech platform. | Village council body and a cadre of soochna sathis (Information Friends) |
Strengthening of handloom culture in Sahaspur (Uttrakhand) | Enable handloom weavers and local artisans for market-oriented skills, quality standardization, and branding | Uttarakhand and UNDP India |
Rural Self-Employment Training Institute in Goalpara | Provide training to rural youth in entrepreneurship development | District Administration, Goalpara, Assam, and Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India |
Navpravartan: A Startup Zone in Chanpatia, West Champaran | Launched in May 2020 and with support from the Bihar government ‘Zila Audyogik Navpravartan Yojana’, Navpravartan startup zone provides innovative solutions to the returnee migrants | The district administration, West Champaran (Bettiah), Bihar |