Government ties up with Samsung for technical educational institutions The Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) and Samsung Electronics have signed an MOU to set up the MSME-Samsung Technical School, with an aim to establish a total of ten such schools for conducting joint training programmes across the country. Students at this facility will be provided trade-specific training on repair and troubleshooting for consumer electronics products like mobile phones, home theatres, televisions among others. The students will also be educated in soft skill to provide good customer service. Samsung mentioned that it will source a lot of parts and components of their products from Indian industries, especially MSMEs to promote ‘Make in India’. Prime Minister addresses Economic Times Global Summit At the Prime Minister’s inaugural address at the Economic Times Global Business Summit, he said the government should nurture an ecosystem where the economy promotes all-round development, generating employment and producing goods with quality to meet global standards. Additionally, he also said consensus has arrived with States for amending the Constitution to implement GST. He said a National Program for PDS computerisation and the National Institution for Transforming India, NITI Aayog will be setup. The Prime Minister also spoke about government transparency, reforms in the power sector, in infrastructure and FDI, inflation, economic inclusivity among other things. He said what we need is not just more production, but mass production and production by masses. Finance Minister meets with representatives of the IT industry In a pre-budget meeting with…
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