Livelihoods Update: 28 January 2022

Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry launched Swachhata Startup Challenge to give a thrust to sanitation and waste management start-ups. The Challenge invites innovators to provide socially impactful solutions that can be replicated across India.

Microsoft India launched a digital skilling initiative yesterday to help small and medium businesses (SMBs) in India. It is centralizing all its relevant skill-building resources to provide digital skills via e-learning.

India’s renewable energy (RE)sector has the potential to employ 1 million people by 2030. This would be 10 times more than the current workforce of 1.1 lakh people employed in the sector: Report.

Tea Industry representatives ask for Incentives, export subsidies and Tea Boutiques, in the coming Budget. This comes in the wake of tea exports falling by 9% in 2021 and losses due to climate change events.

KT Rama Rao (Telangana Urban Development Minister) seeks a urban employment scheme like MGNREGS, in the coming Central Budget.

Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry launched Swachhata Startup Challenge to give a thrust to sanitation and waste management start-ups. The Challenge invites innovators to provide socially impactful solutions that can be replicated across India.  Microsoft India launched a digital skilling initiative yesterday to help small and medium businesses (SMBs) in India. It is centralizing all its relevant skill-building resources to provide digital skills via e-learning.  India's renewable energy (RE)sector has the potential to employ 1 million people by 2030. This would be 10 times more than the current workforce of 1.1 lakh people employed in the sector: Report.  Tea Industry representatives ask for Incentives, export subsidies and Tea Boutiques, in the coming Budget. This comes in the wake of tea exports falling by 9% in 2021 and losses due to climate change events.  KT Rama Rao (Telangana Urban Development Minister) seeks a urban employment scheme like MGNREGS, in the coming Central Budget.  #LivelihoodsUpdate #SwachhataStartupChallenge #wastemanagement #sanitation #MicrosoftIndia #digitalskills #renewableenergy #tea #budget  #teaindustry #MGNREGS #Telangana #urbanemploymentgenerationscheme
Livelihoods Update: 28 January 2022

 

 

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