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‘Navya’ will empower
NEWS BRIEFS
adolescent girls
To empower adolescent girls and achieve the
goal of Viksit Bharat by 2047, the Ministry of
Women and Child Development in collaboration
with the Ministry of Skill Development and
Entrepreneurship (MSDE) has launched the
‘Navya’ (Nurturing Aspirations through Vocational
Training for Young Adolescent Girls) initiative.
The aim of the Navya programme is to provide
Tripura became the vocational training to adolescent girls aged 16-18
3rd in the country to years for employment mainly in non-traditional
and emerging sectors. In the pilot phase, Navya is
achieve full literacy being launched in 27 aspirational districts of the

Following the implementation of Northeast and 112 aspiring districts covering 19
the National Education Policy 2020, states. Under the programme, it has been decided
encouraging news has come for the to train adolescent girls in skills such as graphic
Northeast region. After Mizoram and design, telecommunications, financial services,
Goa, Tripura has now become the smartphones, drone assembly, solar PV, CCTV
third fully literate state in the country. installation and hand embroidery. Training centres
A key contributor to this achievement have been set up in each participating district
is the Ullas scheme, introduced to provide job-role-specific vocational courses
under the policy to provide basic according to the needs of adolescent girls.
literacy, mathematical calculations and
important life skills to non-literate
youth and individuals above the age
of 15. Tripura, which had a literacy
rate of just 20.24% in 1961, has now
impressively reached 95.6% literacy.
As per the national standard of 95
per cent literacy among persons aged
15 years and above, they have been
recognised as fully literate. The state
has been given the status of full
literacy under the ‘Ulllas-Nav Bharat
Saksharta Program’ .

Railways to finalise reservation charts 8 hours ahead of train departure
Keeping in view the convenience of passengers travelling by train across the
country, Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has taken an important decision.
The Railway Minister has directed the railway board to implement the initiative
of preparing reservation charts eight hours before the departure of the train in a
phased manner. This arrangement will reduce the uncertainty of passengers with
waiting list tickets. Also, in case the ticket is not confirmed on the waiting list,
passengers will get more time to make alternative arrangements. It has been said
that the chart for trains departing before 2 pm should be prepared by 9 pm on
the previous day. The ticketing system should be smart, transparent, smooth, and
efficient. Railways is taking several steps to make ticket booking easier.

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