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After decades of being inflicted by terrorism and no employment generation, leading to the Jammu and Kashmir youth migrating to other states to find employment, the <keyword id="6387077" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="80" keywordseo="Narendra-Modi-government">Narendra Modi government</keyword> has finally come to their rescue. The government has begun a vigorous push to the corporate jobs scheme in J&amp;K this month, coinciding with the <keyword id="2736975" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="80" keywordseo="PDP-BJP-Government">PDP-BJP government</keyword>'s take over. As many as eight mega recruitment rallies are being held all over J&amp;K. 
 According to a report filed by the Economic Times, the scheme named 'Udaan', originally conceived and operationalised during the UPA regime, has already helped provide jobs to 1,785 youths from J&amp;K in top Indian companies such as Accenture, Tata Consultancy Services and <keyword id="10862" type="CITY" weightage="80" keywordseo="Wipro">Wipro</keyword> and nearly 5300 J&amp;K youth are being trained by various other prominent corporates. 
 From March 9, the report says, the <keyword id="6359327" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="80" keywordseo="Home-Ministry">Home Ministry</keyword> started what an <keyword id="6354852" type="POSITION" weightage="80" keywordseo="official">official</keyword> described was a "major step-up" in efforts to push the job scheme all over the state. "We started a mega recruitment drive from March 9 by taking corporates to the District Employment Exchange and Counseling Centres in various districts. Corporates have visited these exchanges in Budgam on March 9-10, Anantnag on March 12-13, Ganderbal on March 14-15, Baramullah on March 16-17, are visiting Doda on March 19-20 and are next headed to Kisthwar on March 21, Reasi on March 23 and Kathua on March 25-26. We are in full drive mode now," a <keyword id="1735963" type="POSITION" weightage="80" keywordseo="senior-home-ministry-official">senior home ministry official</keyword> said. 
 Many corporates earlier visited J&amp;K after issuance of advertisements to set up camps every two months or so "as per their convenience", the official said. "It is now a much more sustained effort...the corporates are visiting the district employment exchanges after due tie-ups as many unemployed youth in J&amp;K may miss recruitment camps but remain in <keyword id="30450" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="80" keywordseo="Touch">touch</keyword> with employment exchanges. These exchanges also have a ready database," the <keyword id="151049" type="POSITION" weightage="80" keywordseo="ministry-official">ministry official</keyword> told ET. 
 
More than 54 companies have till now committed to train nearly 68738 graduates and post-graduates in J&amp;K over the next four-five years and later offer them jobs as well, if they fit the bill. The cost of the training, boarding and lodging, is borne by the central government. If a candidate is selected for a job after completing training, the government reimburses the training cost to the company. 
 
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Finally ‘Udaan’ takes wings in J&K. 8 Mega
recruitment rallies in the foray for the state’s youth

The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) is getting more vigilant over foreign funding to Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) and has asked the home ministry to tighten rules of Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA). 
 
Acting on the instructions, the home ministry will scrutinise foreign-funded NGOs based on recommendations of Intelligence Bureau. 
 
The home ministry expedited its review of FCRA rules after the PM's Principal Secretary Nripendra Misra wrote to Home Secretary LC Goyal asking him to put a mechanism in place "without any delay" to monitor foreign funding of NGOs. 
 
The PMO wants to put in place new measures by June 15 in the interest of India's "economic security", officials told Economic Times, explaining the urgency of the matter. The FCR rules were brought in by the Congress-led Indian government after FCRA was enacted in 2010. 
 
Under the proposed changes, NGOs may have to provide details of all foreign funding within two days to ensure transparency. 
 
"NGOs would be mandated to have a website on which they will be required to put out the details of each foreign inflow for public viewing within 48 hours of receiving the funds. This will include the source of funds, the intended activity for which the funds are expected to be used and the details of its partner NGOs in that specific project," a senior government official told ET. Annual audited reports for previous years should also be made public, the official said. 
 
The official added that the 'oversight' part of the new measures would allow the government to keep close tabs on NGOs through stricter checks and inspections. 
 
A senior ministry official told ET that the PMO communication to home ministry had stressed the "need for effective linkage between MHA, Reserve Bank of India and banks for effective monitoring" of NGOs. 
 The move comes amid criticism faced by PM Narendra Modi over his clamp down on foreign-funded NGOs. The US-based <keyword id="57946" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="80" keywordseo="Ford-Foundation">Ford Foundation</keyword>, one of the biggest non-profit organisations across the world, was put on a watch list by home ministry. 
 
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Modi government to keep an eagle eye on foreign-funded NGOs

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is sto be the mascot of 'Incredible India' campaign with the Tourism Ministry finally deciding to do away with plans to rope in any Bollywood stars, including Amitabh Bachchan, for the role which was lying vacant after ouster of Aamir Khan earlier this year, as per a news report by the agency. 
 
No Bollywood actor will be engaged for the campaign aimed at attracting foreign travellers and video footages of Modi during the last two-and-a-half years where he has talked about tourism in India and abroad, will be used for the campaign, a senior ministry official said. 
 
The ministry is planning to use -- for radio and audio release -- two types of videos of different durations where Modi had talked about the uniqueness and diversity of the various places in the country, the official told the agency. 
 
At present, the ministry is "working on selecting the footages", the official said, adding that the campaign would be released in the next 40-45 days as the Indian 'tourism season' starts by November-end due to favourable weather as also the Christmas holidays and New Year celebrations. 
 
The official said the process of selecting the agency, which will carry out the task of running the campaign, is also under the process. 
 
Earlier, Tourism Minister Mahesh Sharma had endorsed Modi's persona for the role, saying he is the "best face" to promote Incredible India campaign. He had asserted that the country has witnessed a jump in the tourists inflow from the countries the Prime Minister had visited. 
 
He had said that the ministry need not have any Bollywood face for the campaign to attract tourists from overseas. 
 
"The perception about India has changed significantly in the last two years with Prime Minister Modi visiting a host of countries during the period. So, who else could be the better face for Indian tourism than our Prime Minister," Sharma had said. 
 
Supporting Sharma's remarks, a senior ministry official said tourist inflow from countries like the US, Germany, Fiji, Brazil, Australia, the UK, Canada and Myanmar, among others, has witnessed a significant jump after Modi's visit to these nations. 
 
Earlier names of megastar Amitabh Bachchan and actress Priyanka Chopra were doing rounds for the campaign aimed at promoting India as a favourite tourist destination abroad after actor Aamir Khan's ouster as the campaign's brand ambassador. 
 
Though it was believed that Khan was eased out of the campaign in January after being associated with it for several years for his remarks on perceived intolerance, the Tourism Ministry had maintained that he was not hired by the government and that the contract with the advertising agency which engaged him had expired.

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If you’re a cricket crazy Indian, count till December. In a nerve thrilling cricket series, India would take on its immediate neighbour and a tough rival in the gentleman’s game, Pakistan. Both the nations believing cricket series to be a key to unlock the path to peace are keen on the game-treaty. Proof being, <keyword id="43712" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Pakistan-Cricket-Board">Pakistan Cricket Board</keyword> <keyword id="6369681" type="POSITION" weightage="20" keywordseo="chief">chief</keyword> <keyword id="273629" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Shahryar-Khan">Shahryar Khan</keyword> <keyword id="2850931" type="POSITION" weightage="20" keywordseo="meeting-finance-minister">meeting finance minister</keyword> <keyword id="42575" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Arun-Jaitley">Arun Jaitley</keyword> yesterday to discuss the same. 
 Anurag Thakur, the <keyword id="44284" type="POSITION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Secretary">secretary</keyword> of the <keyword id="81008" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Board-of-Control-for-Cricket-in-India">Board of Control for Cricket in India</keyword> (<keyword id="6354756" type="CITY" weightage="20" keywordseo="BCCI">BCCI</keyword>) told The Economic Times that there is no final commitment yet and that these are just initial talks. Thakur had also met Khan in Delhi yesterady. 
 As per the news report published in the ET, a few <keyword id="14666" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="BJP">BJP</keyword> MPs had raised objections to a proposed India-Pakistan series. Modi had told his party men at a BJP parliamentary party meeting on Tuesday that the government has taken a decision to start a cricket series between the two countries to improve relations. 
 PCB chief Khan had said earlier this week, after a meeting with Indian cricket board president <keyword id="82274" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Jagmohan-Dalmiya">Jagmohan Dalmiya</keyword>, that Pakistan was ready to host India in the UAE in December. 
 A <keyword id="160569" type="POSITION" weightage="20" keywordseo="senior-official">senior official</keyword> told the financial daily that the home ministry had been broached for its views on the prospect of holding a India-Pakistan cricket series in the UAE and has conveyed that since the series is proposed in a third country, it falls outside the MHA remit. The <keyword id="6354852" type="POSITION" weightage="20" keywordseo="official">official</keyword> said MHA view is that this is "purely a ministry of external affairs matter as it concerns international relations". "Had the series been proposed in India, we would have surely done a domestic assessment of the same considering the security scenarios. But a series in a third country is purely in the domain of the MEA. This has been conveyed by us," said a <keyword id="1735963" type="POSITION" weightage="20" keywordseo="senior-home-ministry-official">senior home ministry official</keyword>, on condition of anonymity. 
 
The December series is likely to have three Tests, five ODIs and two T20 matches. Khan, however, was quoted as saying that there was one more hurdle to overcome. 
 A <keyword id="306885" type="POSITION" weightage="20" keywordseo="senior-BCCI-official">senior BCCI official</keyword> said Khan was referring to differences between the two boards on broadcast rights as PCB has an association with Ten <keyword id="6356028" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Sports">Sports</keyword>, owned by <keyword id="2850930" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Subhash-Chandra-run">Subhash Chandra-run</keyword> Zee group. Chandra has been in the news for trying to set up a rival cricketing league and BCCI does not approve of PCB's association with Ten.

India might play cricket with
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New Delhi, Jan 20 () Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of State for Finance Anurag Thakur and senior officials of the finance ministry on Monday participated in the symbolic 'Halwa Ceremony' that marks the launch of formal printing of Budget 2020-21 documents.
The second Budget of the Modi 2.0 government will be presented on February 1. 
Finance Secretary Rajeev Kumar, Revenue Secretary Ajay Bhushan Pandey, Economic Affairs Secretary Atanu Chakraborty, DIPAM Secretary Tuhin Kanta Pandey, and Expenditure Secretary T V Somanathan too attended the customary pre-Budget event.
"To maintain the secrecy of Budget, there is a 'lock-in' of the officials involved in making the Budget. Budget Press, situated inside North Block, houses all officials in the period leading up to the presentation of the Union Budget," the finance ministry said in a statement. 
These officers and staff will come in contact with their near and dear ones only after the Budget is presented in Parliament, it said.
Later, the finance minister took a round of the press and acquainted herself about the Budget printing process.
As part of the ritual, 'halwa' is prepared in a big 'kadhai' (large frying pot) and served to the entire staff in the ministry.
The significance of the event is that after the sweet dish is served, a large number of officials and support staff, who are directly associated with the Budget making and printing process, are required to stay in the ministry and remain cut off from their families till the presentation of the Budget in the Lok Sabha.
They are not even allowed to contact their near and dear ones through phone or any other form of communication, like e-mail.
Only very senior officials in the finance ministry are permitted to go home. DP MKJ

Customary 'Halwa Ceremony' kickstarts process of printing Budget documents

New Delhi, The corporate affairs ministry is probing various Chinese companies, especially those with links to loan apps, for alleged violations and some of the investigations are at an advanced stage, according to a senior official. In recent times, Indian authorities have been cracking down on entities that are operating loan apps illegally and the ministry has also been acting against companies and related individuals for hiding beneficial ownership. The senior official told PTI that enquiries by the ministry are going on against various Chinese companies, especially those linked to loan apps, and some of the enquiries are at an advanced stage. The ministry, which is implementing the companies law, is mainly looking at whether frauds have been committed at these companies and some of the cases are being probed by the <keyword id="20001098" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="serious-fraud-investigation-office" source="keywords">Serious Fraud Investigation Office</keyword> (SFIO), the official said. Further, the official said that the ministry receives complaints from the <keyword id="19899810" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="reserve-bank-of-india" source="keywords">Reserve Bank of India</keyword> (<keyword id="19899808" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="rbi" source="keywords">RBI</keyword>) and the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), among other entities, following which enquiries are initiated against the companies concerned. While it is difficult sometimes to track the funding sources for some companies, the official said efforts are made to ascertain the beneficial ownership. In January, the Registrar of Companies (RoC), <keyword id="20064135" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="nct" source="keywords">NCT</keyword> (National Capital Territory) of Delhi, and Haryana slapped penalties totalling more than Rs 21 lakh on an Indian company and its related individuals as well as entities. The move was part of cracking the whip for hiding the beneficial ownership links to a Chinese group. On February 6, the finance ministry informed <keyword id="19895397" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="parliament" source="keywords">Parliament</keyword> that Google has suspended or removed more than 2,200 fraudulent loan apps from its Play Store between September 2022 and August 2023. The government is constantly engaged with the RBI and other regulators and stakeholders concerned to control fraudulent loan apps. RBI has issued regulatory guidelines on digital lending, which aim at firming up the regulatory framework for digital lending while enhancing customer protection and making the digital lending ecosystem safe and sound.

Corp affairs ministry probing Chinese cos linked to loan apps; investigations at advanced stages

In order to insulate airlines and passengers from high user charges, the <keyword id="149609" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="100" keywordseo="Ministry-of-Civil-Aviation">Ministry of Civil Aviation</keyword> is reconsidering management contracts to private operators at India’s six airports. 
 
“We need to consider our learnings from the airport contracts awarded in the past,” a senior ministry official said. “One concern raised by stakeholders is the cost of turnaround of an aircraft. The turnaround cost for a jet is around $6,000 at an Indian private airport, whereas it costs $2,300 at Changi (Singapore) airport. We need to ensure privatisation does not increase the cost of the airport,” he added. 
 
The Civil Aviation Ministry will seek approval from an inter-ministerial group to give management contracts at six airports: Chennai, Kolkata, Lucknow, Guwahati, Jaipur and Ahmedabad. 
 
The ministry is also taking stock of the views expressed by the Comptroller and Auditor General on privatisation of Delhi and Mumbai airports. “We are looking into these concerns. All this will be debated in the inter-ministerial group,” the official added. 
 
The United Progressive Alliance government had initiated the process to award management contracts for these airports in 2013. 
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Govt Reviewing Airport
Privatisation To Control High User Charges

Indian PM <keyword id="6354477" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Narendra-Modi">Narendra Modi</keyword> has said that states should have a significant say in the implementation of the <keyword id="4594143" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Regional-air-connectivity">regional air connectivity</keyword> programme under the new civil aviation policy which is to be unveiled this week. 
 
He has said that giving states more space to decide on aviation-related matters is necessary since aviation should not only be a central subject. 
 
"The Prime Minister's Office had asked to provide more powers to states on deciding the airports they want to launch flights from and on a few other things," a senior ministry official told ET while requesting anonymity. The official added that these changes have been made in the policy document and have been sent to the Cabinet. 
 
As per the proposed regional connectivity scheme, the government will offer a subsidy to flights that connect currently non-operational airports at a pre-decided fare of Rs 2,500 per hour of flight. The analyst hired by the civil aviation ministry welcomed the government's move to bring states on board. 
 
"Giving powers to state will only make implementation better and is a welcome step," said Amrit Pandurangi, senior director at consultancy firm Deloitte. 
 
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Civil aviation should no longer be a central subject, asks PM Modi

New Delhi, The government might look at enhancing the scrutiny of certain class of corporates, including in terms of <keyword id="19910870" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="kyc" source="keywords">KYC</keyword> requirements, as efforts continue to weed out unscrupulous elements and curb possible misdoings, according to a senior official. The matters related to KYC (Know Your Customer), including a simplified and uniform system, are still under discussion, and a committee headed by the finance secretary is looking into various aspects. The senior official on Monday said that various aspects related to having a uniform KYC are being discussed and in the case of the corporate affairs ministry, Permanent Account Number (<keyword id="19939397" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="pan" source="keywords">PAN</keyword>) is being used for KYC requirements. The ministry is implementing the companies law and <keyword id="20735098" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="limited-liability-partnership" source="keywords">Limited Liability Partnership</keyword> (LLP) Act, among other legislations. Further, the official said enhanced KYC requirements might be explored for certain class of corporates. As many as 26,28,865 companies were registered in the country as on January 31, 2024, and out of the total, 16,65,438 companies, or 63 per cent were active, as per the latest official data. According to the data, a total number of 3,16,402 LLPs were active at the end of January this year. Meanwhile, the ministry-appointed panel is discussing possibilities of having a stricter regulatory regime for startups against the backdrop of instances of corporate governance concerns at some of the entities. The Company Law Committee (CLC), which was set up by the ministry in September 2019, is yet to firm its views and a final decision will be taken after receiving the panel's recommendations, the official said. Over a period of time, the ministry has been clamping down on entities, suspected of carrying out illegal activities. Last week, the <keyword id="20584362" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="financial-stability-and-development-council" source="keywords">Financial Stability and Development Council</keyword> (FSDC), chaired by Finance Minister <keyword id="19916618" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="nirmala-sitharaman" source="keywords">Nirmala Sitharaman</keyword>, discussed strengthening inter-regulatory coordination in the financial sector to support inclusive economic growth. The council also deliberated on prescribing uniform KYC norms, inter-usability of KYC records across the financial sector, and simplification and digitalisation of the KYC process, among others.

Govt may look at enhanced KYC requirements for certain class of corporates

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NEW DELHI: India could introduce a Vocational Training Act on the lines of the one in China, with the ministry of labour and employment working on the contours of the first of its kind initiative in the country to provide legal framework for the Narendra Modi-led NDA government’s Skill India programme that aims to provide quality training to millions of youths over the next seven years to make them employable. 
 As a large number of youths enter the workforce every year, India needs to improve quality of training so it matches international standards, a <keyword id="209888" type="POSITION" weightage="20" keywordseo="senior-ministry-official">senior ministry official</keyword> said. 
 
“We are currently studying the law on vocational education in China and plan to come up with our own legislation that will provide a framework for imparting vocational training in the country,” said the official, who did not wish to be named. 
 Countries such as <keyword id="87" type="COUNTRY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Germany">Germany</keyword> and China have dedicated laws for vocational training and the ministry is studying these to understand how a similar legislation best suited to India can be introduced in the country. “There is an incremental requirement of 347 million skilled manpower in 21 high growth sectors, including manufacturing sector, by the year 2022,” the ministry recently said in a reply to a Parliament question citing a study by the National Skill Development Corporation. 
 
 
 
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 In his <keyword id="117156" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Budget-speech">budget speech</keyword>, <keyword id="6355261" type="POSITION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Finance-minister">Finance Minister</keyword> <keyword id="42575" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Arun-Jaitley">Arun Jaitley</keyword> had announced a new national programme called Skill India to impart employability and entrepreneurship skills to the youth by merging various schemes from across ministries. India has the world’s youngest workforce with over 12 million new entrants in the <keyword id="6357125" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="labour-market">labour market</keyword> every year but it is short on skills as only 2.5per cent of the employees have any certified ability. 
 
As a result, the country’s demographic dividend has not materialised. The industry is unable to find employable workers, a situation that experts say could lead to socio-economic unrest if the youth remain unemployed and have no avenue for training. 
 
The target is to skill 500 million people by 2022 and the government is largely betting on private players for skill development programmes. 
 Recently, the ministry of labour and employment has signed flexi MOUs (memorandums of understanding) with <keyword id="46894" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Tata-Sons">Tata Sons</keyword>, Flipkart, Raymonds and the <keyword id="2470780" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Gujarat-Industrial-Power-Company-Ltd">Gujarat Industrial Power Company Ltd</keyword> (GIPCL) that will give companies the flexibility to design training programmes at Industrial Training Institutes in a manner that the youth are skilled according to the specific needs of the industry.

India's Vocational Training Act To Provide Legal Framework For Skill India Programme

Government officials on foreign trips will no longer enjoy the work trips as paid vacations. As per a new move by the government, they would have to maintain an account of their expenses, and furnish the details to their seniors. 
 
Details of trips undertaken from 2013-14 would have to be submitted in the coming few days. 
 
This move has come because of the common perception that these trips, undertaken for gaining experience and insights are often turned into pleasure jaunts by government officials. 
 
There have been cases when officials travelled abroad in more numbers than required, even stretching the durations of their stays and visiting irrelevant places. 
 
These details would be uploaded on a website especially created for this purpose by Software Management Information System. Ministries and departments have been given a deadline of December end, to upload the details. 
 
Not only this, all ministries and departments have been directed to prepare a "rolling plan" which would include the plans for all future foreign visits. 
 
"The idea behind the rolling plan is to submit the proposed trips of officials in the next quarter. This can be updated and amended. Government wants foreign trips by officials on government expenditure to be result-oriented," a senior government official told ET. 
 
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The Indian government has sought help from <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=ola&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Ola</a> and <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=uber&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Uber</a>, asking them to train one lakh commercial drivers annually, majority of them women. 
 
In a bid to address the shortage of trained drivers, the government has asked the <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=taxi+aggregators&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">taxi aggregators</a> to set up driver training institutes in small towns. 
 
Top officials of the <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=road&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">road transport and highways ministry</a> raised the issue in a recent meeting with senior executives of <keyword id="1042120" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Uber">Uber</keyword>. 
 
"Operations of Uber have grown massively in the country. There's a huge shortfall in supply for commercial drivers. We want these technology-based app companies to train one lakh drivers a year," a senior transport ministry official told ET. 
 While <keyword id="6354720" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Ola">Ola</keyword> and Uber will train drivers, the government will make sure that they get a commercial driving licence in less time. Presently, it takes one year to obtain a commercial licence and the government is mulling to reduce it to three months. 
 
According to a road ministry estimate, over 1.6 million vehicles in India are licensed to run as city cabs but there are not as many quality drivers. According to an estimate, India's organised taxi-hailing market is estimated to grow to $15 billion by 2022 from the current $1.2 billion. 
 
"We have already told Uber to train drivers. Ola executives are meeting us shortly. We want them to commit to training drivers every year as they will need them too because of growing demand and also because they have their own fleet growing," the official told ET. 
 
This programme will also give impetus to <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=prime+minister+narendra+modi&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">PM Narendra </a><a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=prime+minister+narendra+modi&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Modi</a>’s ‘<a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=skill+india&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Skill India’</a>. 
 
"It will be like a short-term skill development course and we will ensure that all aspirants who complete this course get commercial licences in three months," the transport ministry official quoted above said.

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