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PROMOTING A SKILLED
WORKFORCE FOR AN Can we take a pledge that
AATMANIRBHAR BHARAT in 2022, when 75 years of
independence are being
n Under Integrated Skill Development completed, at least till that
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Scheme, during the financial year 2010- time, we should insist on
11 to 2017-18, 11.14 lakh people were
trained and 8.43 lakh people were given buying local products of
employment in the textile sector. India? Can we insist on buying
such things made in India,
n Expansion of skill development program
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as an enabler scheme for capacity made by our countrymen,
building in the textile sector for the which has the smell of the
period up to 2023-24. sweat of our countrymen? I am
n Allocation to various implementation not saying this for a long time,
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partners for the training program of but only till 2022, by the time
about 3.3 lakh beneficiaries. of 75 years of independence,
24,956 we should do it.
- Narendra Modi,
persons were trained, 13,633 Prime Minister
under-going training and 13,071
persons provided employment.
of dry Mahua has been sent to France for the
n Through the Kumhar Sashaktikaran first time. In the light of these developments, it
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Yojana, 4-5 times increase in the could be said that the farmers of India are now
production and income of potters, more feeding not only the country but also the world.
than 18,000 electric powered automatic Not only in agriculture but also in defense and
wheels have been distributed. other products, the impact of Swadeshi is
visible. Union Home Minister Amit Shah has
announced to use only indigenous products
inside the Central Police Welfare Store to
promote Vocal for Local so that the resolve of
EVENTS LIKE TOYCATHON, TOY self-reliant India is proved and the country
FAIR HAVE BEEN ORGANIZED FOR moves towards becoming a $5 trillion
THE FIRST TIME TO GIVE A NEW economy.
IDENTITY TO THE INDIGENOUS REVOLUTIONARY INITIATIVE TO ENCOURAGE
TOY INDUSTRY. INDUSTRIES
For the first time, the Central Government has
introduced Production Linked Incentive (PLI)
by identifying 13 important sectors in order to
promote local products and to manufacture
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