TEJAS Skilling Project

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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.

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.

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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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.

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.