IBPS2020

The Ramon Magsaysay Award, Asia’s premier prize and highest honor, celebrates greatness of spirit and transformative leadership in Asia.  In the past five decades, the award has been bestowed on over three hundred outstanding men, women and organizations whose selfless service has offered their societies, Asia, and the world successful solutions to some of the most intractable problems of human development. The trustees of the Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation annually select the awardees.  Awardees are presented with a certificate and a medallion with an embossed image of Ramon Magsaysay facing right in profile.  The Award is presented to them in formal ceremonies in Manila, Philippines on August 31st, the    birth anniversary of the much-esteemed Philippine President whose ideals inspired the Award’s creation in 1957. 2015 Award winners: Kommaly Chanthavong, from Laos .   She is being ...

Modi, Karimov discuss regional issues including Afghanistan On his first visit to Central Asian countries, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday held talks with Uzbekistan President Islam Karimov on key bilateral and regional issues including the situation in Afghanistan as the two countries inked three pacts to boost cooperation between their foreign offices and in the field of culture and tourism. Mr. Modi, who arrived in the Uzbek capital on the first leg of his eight-day visit to Central Asia and Russia, was received at the airport by his counterpart Shavkat Miromonovich Mirziyoyev and was accorded a ceremonial welcome. Strategic, economic ties Mr. Modi and Mr. Karimov discussed ways to enhance strategic, economic and energy ties apart from reviewing key regional issues including the situation in Afghanistan. Addressing a joint press event with Mr. Karimov, Mr. Modi said, “I have begun my journey in Uzbekistan underlining its importance for India, not just in this ...

Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) isthe flagship outcome-based skill training scheme of the new Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (MSDE). The objective of this skill certification and reward scheme is to enable and mobilize a large number of Indian youth to take up outcome based skill training and become employable and earn their livelihood.Under the scheme, monetary reward would be provided to trainees who are successfully trained, assessed and certified in skill courses run by affiliated training providers. Key features of the PMKVY are: Standards- Training will be done against standards (National Occupational Standards - NOS and Qualification Packs - QPs for specific job roles) formulated by industry-driven bodies, namely the Sector Skills Councils (SSCs). Third party assessments for skill training will be done based on national (and often) global standards. Direct Fund Transfer-  It will have complete transparent fu...