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Insights, a blog published by IMPRI.

NAPS 2.0 apprentices receiving industry-based skill training in India

National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme 2.0: A Federal Lens on Regional Disparities in Skill Development (2022–2026) 

India's demographic dividend is the biggest economic asset that the country has but a long-standing mismatch between academic learning and industry demanded skills has been a longstanding issue of restricting the employment of the youth. The Government of India's primary intervention has been the National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (NAPS), a flagship Central Sector Scheme (CSS) of Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE), which was started in August 2016 under Apprentices Act, 1961 and relaunched as NAPS 2.0 in FY 2022-23 to expand the outreach, easy disbursal of stipend and increase penetration into Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs).

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A COMPREHENSIVE RELOOK AT THE (PM-KISAN) PRADHAN MANTRI KISAN SAMMAN NIDHI ,2018 SCHEME

PM Kisan is a Central Sector scheme with 100% funding from Government of India.

Under the scheme which  became operational from 1.12.2018, an income support of 6,000/- per year in three equal installments will be provided to all land holding farmer families. Definition of family for the scheme is husband, wife and minor children.

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India Infrastructure Project Development Fund (2007; Revamped 2022): Strengthening India’s PPP Infrastructure Pipeline

India’s infrastructure requirements are expanding rapidly, making private investment an important complement to public spending. The National Infrastructure Pipeline (NIP) envisaged investments of about ₹111 lakh crore between FY2020 and FY2025, underscoring the scale of financing required. Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) can help bridge this requirement by combining public oversight with private capital and expertise.

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Banking BHASHINI: Assessing Algorithmic Inclusion in Rural Credit Underwriting Markets

India's financial inclusion landscape is undergoing a structural paradigm shift, transitioning from expanding basic brick-and-mortar banking access to deploying an intelligent, real-time digital public ecosystem. Traditionally, financial inclusion has been defined as the process of ensuring access to financial services, with timely, adequate, and affordable credit, primarily for vulnerable populations and low-income groups. However, actualizing this definition in rural credit markets has historically been hindered by two structural barriers: a lack of verifiable credit histories among thin-file borrowers and the linguistic exclusion of regional-language-speaking communities.

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Mapping the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI): Policies, Schemes and Initiatives

The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) came into being as an independent Ministry on 15 October 1999, formed by merging the erstwhile Department of Statistics with the Department of Programme Implementation. Its statistical lineage traces back to foundational institutions conceptualized by P.C. Mahalanobis is regarded as the architect of India's statistical system who established the National Sample Survey (NSS) in 1950, followed by the creation of the Central Statistical Organisation (CSO) in 1951.

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