To make skills and crafts practiced by minority communities more profitable, another ambitious initiative of Government, “USTTAD (Upgrading the Skills and Training in Traditional Arts/ Crafts for Development)” was formally launched on 14th May, 2015. The scheme aims at capacity building and updating traditional skills of master craftsmen and artisans. The scheme will also set standards for traditional skills. The …
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Launched on 8th August, 2015, this scheme will benefit minority youths who do not have a formal school leaving certificate, i.e., those in the category of school-dropouts or educated in community education institutions like Madarsas, with a view to enabling them to seek better employment in the organized sector and thus to equip them for better lives. The World Bank …