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SANKALP Scheme, 2018: Strengthening Institutional Capacity for Skill Development

The Government of India approved the Skill Acquisition and Knowledge Awareness for Livelihood Promotion (SANKALP) scheme through the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) in October 2017 and launched it on 19 January 2018. Implemented by the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) with loan assistance from the World Bank, SANKALP forms part of India's broader Skill India Mission, alongside flagship schemes such as the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY), the National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (NAPS), and the National Skills Qualifications Framework (NSQF). While these other schemes focus on direct skills training, apprenticeship engagement, or standardizing qualifications respectively, SANKALP was designed to address a different, structural gap: the absence of a strong institutional architecture connecting skill development efforts at the Central, State, and District levels, essentially the administrative backbone that other schemes rely on to function effectively at the ground level.

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National Education Policy 2020 in Jammu & Kashmir: Implementation in Higher Education

The higher education system in Jammu and Kashmir has historically struggled under the weight of a rigid, examination-oriented structure that prioritized theoretical memorisation over practical skill acquisition and critical thinking. For decades, the region’s academic landscape was shaped by unique and severe challenges, including geographical isolation, deep-seated socio-political instability, and frequent disruptions to the academic calendar that often crippled the teaching-learning process.

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Namami Gange Programme: Assessing Progress as Phase II Nears Its 2026 Deadline

According to Hindu mythology, the Ganga is revered as a goddess who descends on earth from the great heavens. She was brought down to earth for the penance of King Bhaghirata. Ganga’s civilisational importance sits uneasily alongside an assessment of the river's current material condition. The Ganga’s length is over 2,525 kilometres. More importantly, the river supports 43 per cent of India’s population (CAG, 2017). Unfortunately, decades of industrial, religious and agricultural waste have severely degraded its ecological health. This has prompted the Government of India to launch the Namami Gange Programme (NGP) in June 2014. Under the Ministry of Jal Shakti's Department of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation.

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National Skills Qualifications Framework (NSQF), 2013: Standardising Skills for a Future-Ready Workforce

The National Skills Qualifications Framework (NSQF) was launched by the Government of India in December 2013 to address a basic problem: the country had no common way to compare a diploma, an ITI certificate, and skills picked up informally on the job. As an outcome and competency-based framework, NSQF organizes qualifications across a series of levels defined by learning outcomes, the knowledge, skills, and aptitude a person must demonstrate, regardless of whether that learning happened through formal education, non-formal training, or informal experience. This let millions of Indians who had gained skills outside the classroom get that learning formally recognized through Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL).

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DEEN DAYAL LADO LAKSHMI YOJANA 2025: ASSESSING WOMEN’S INCOME SUPPORT IN HARYANA

Women’s economic insecurity in India is shaped not only by low incomes but also by unpaid care work, limited control over household resources, dependence on family members and unequal access to employment. State governments have increasingly responded through direct cash-transfer programmes that place money directly into women’s bank accounts. Haryana’s Deen Dayal Lado Lakshmi Yojana (DDLLY) is part of this wider shift toward women-focused income support.

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Jal Jeevan Mission 2.0: Greywater Management & IoT-Based Monitoring Policy (2026) – Implementation Challenges 

Policy UpdateAshi Verma Background  Jal Jeevan 2.0 represents a strategic goal to ensure universal access to safe and adequate drinking water through modern governance and technology. The Mission which was launched in August 2019 with the objective of providing tap…

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