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Union Cabinet takes 23 decisions, CCEA five ahead of polls’ announcement

Union Cabinet takes 23 decisions, CCEA five ahead of polls’ announcement

Narendra ModiNew Delhi : With Election Commission expected to announce the schedule of Lok Sabha elections in the first week of March, the Union Cabinet on Tuesday took 23 decisions and the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved five proposals which will benefit various sections including Central government employees and farmers.

The decisions, taken by the Union Cabinet and the CCEA presided over by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, included approval of four ordinances as the related bills could not be passed in the Budget Session of Parliament that ended earlier this month. It was the last parliament session before the Lok Sabha polls.

The government decided to re-promulgate the triple talaq ordinance even as most of the opposition parties are opposed to it. The BJP apparently hopes to get support of sections of Muslim community, particularly women, with its earlier push to the bill and the approval of the ordinance.

It also approved banning of unregulated deposit schemes ordinance, which is expected to find a mention in poll speeches in West Bengal.

The government gave its approval to the release of an additional instalment of Dearness Allowance (DA) to Central government employees, and Dearness Relief (DR) to pensioners. It will benefit about 48.41 lakh Central government employees and 62.03 lakh pensioners.

The CCEA approved Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan with the objective of providing financial and water security to farmers.

Other decisions of the cabinet include approval of the Ahmedabad Metro Rail Project Phase II and Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut corridor of RRTS (regional rapid transit system). It also approved the proposal of National Policy on Electronics which is aimed at creating lakhs of jobs apart from other benefits.

Some of the decisions also relate to international agreements and other government matters.

—IANS

Cabinet approves new skill development scheme for textile sector

Cabinet approves new skill development scheme for textile sector

textile sectorNew Delhi : The Union Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on Wednesday approved a new skill development scheme, covering the textile sector’s entire value chain excluding spinning and weaving in the organised sector, from 2017-18 to 2019-20 at an outlay of Rs 1,300 crore, an official statement said.

The “Scheme for Capacity Building in Textile Sector (SCBTS)” will have National Skill Qualification Framework (NSQF) compliant training courses with funding norms as per the common norms notified by Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, it said.

“The objectives of the scheme are to provide demand driven, placement oriented skilling programme to incentivise the efforts of the industry in creating jobs in the organised textile and related sectors…

“…to promote skilling and skill up-gradation in the traditional sectors through respective sectoral divisions/organisations of Ministry of Textiles; and to provide livelihood to all sections of the society across the country,” said the statement.

The skilling programmes would be implemented through textile industry/units, reputed training institutions relevant to textile sector, and institutions of Ministry of Textiles/state governments, it said, adding that 10 lakh people are expected to be skilled and certified in various segments of textile sector through the scheme, including about one lakh in traditional sectors.

—IANS