TEJAS Skilling Project- Relevance for UPSC Exam
- GS Paper 2: Governance, Administration and Challenges- Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation.
TEJAS Skilling Project in News
- Recently, Union Minister Shri Anurag Thakur launched TEJAS (Training for Emirates Jobs And Skills), a Skill India International Project to train overseas Indians.
- The MoU was signed between India’s National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) and Gulf counties based EFS, Dulsco, Artificial Intelligence Organization, FutureMilez, Lulu International Exchange, EDI and Prime Health Group.
- He also visited the country pavilions of UAE, Saudi Arabia and Italy at the Dubai Expo.
Key Points about TEJAS Skilling Project
- About: TEJAS (Training for Emirates Jobs And Skills), is a Skill India International Project to train overseas Indians.
- Objective: The Tejas project is aimed at skilling, certification and overseas employment of Indians.
- Tejas is aimed at creating pathways to enable the Indian workforce to get equipped for skill and market requirements in UAE.
- Tejas aims at creating a 10,000 strong Indian workforce in UAE during the initial phase.
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Significance of TEJAS Skilling Project
- Tejas will skill the overseas Indian population and provide the world with a large skilled workforce from India.
- TEJAS will act as a pathway between India and UAE.
- TEJAS will create pathways between India-UAE and enable the Indian workforce to be equipped with the skills required for the market in the UAE.
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Key Points about Dubai Expo 2022
- The Dubai Expo 2020 is one of the largest events to be held in the Middle East and South Asian region following the coronavirus pandemic.
- The six-month-long Dubai Expo that commenced in October last year witnessed the participation of as many as 192 countries.
- India’s pavilion at Dubai Expo 2020 is a massive affair that spans across four floors over nearly one lakh square feet.
- India’s pavilion is a massive affair that spans across four floors, and over nearly one lakh square feet.
- Fifteen states and nine central ministries from India are participating in this expo, which will be ending on March 31, 2022.
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