Describing micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) as growth engines of our economy, Nirmala Sitharaman's Budget proposes enhanced limits for micro-enterprises and certain professionals for availing the benefit of presumptive taxation.
The scheme will emphasize on On-job training, industry partnership, and alignment of courses with needs of industry. She further highlighted that the scheme will also cover new age courses for Industry 4.0 like coding, AI, robotics, mechatronics, IOT, 3D printing, drones, and soft skills.
To skill youth for international opportunities, 30 Skill India International Centres will be set up across different States, the Finance Minister said.
"Congress-ruled states Rajasthan and Himachal Pradesh have restored the OPS and there is a demand to restore OPS is also being raised in Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and some other states," he added.
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik approved a proposal for the creation of 50 posts of fire service personnel under Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS)-UDAN scheme.
CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Tuesday asked former CM and PCC Chief Kamal Nath that when crops were damaged during your tenure due to excessive rains, floods, cold, etc, did he give even a single penny under crop insurance scheme?
Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Tuesday virtually inaugurated IndiaOne Air's Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) Flight Operations for Jamshedpur-Kolkata under the UDAN scheme.