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Skilling the ‘Nirman’ Workers

The Central Government lately has been taking all the right
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Another unique initiative on this front was recently announced by Editor: Shrirang Krishnan
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& Natural Gas, Government of India, for skill training of construction
workers called ‘NIPUN’ i.e. National Initiative for Promoting Upskilling Assistant Editor: Prerna Sharma
of Nirman workers. The project NIPUN is an initiative of the Ministry of edit@constructionopportunities.in
Housing & Urban Affairs (MoHUA) under its flagship scheme of the Chief Executive Officer: V Anand
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(DAY-NULM) to train over 1 lakh construction workers, through fresh
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Speaking on the occasion, Puri said that he has been emphasizing Creative Designer & Coordinator:
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what should have been done. The construction industry has been
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Urban Affairs in this regard is really praiseworthy and should expand
to cover larger number.
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All such pathbreaking announcements are setting the precedence 609, 6th Floor, Swastik Chambers, Sion-Trombay
for the construction stakeholders to ride the growth momentum by Road, Chembur (East), Mumbai – 400 071.
collaborating with the government in bringing such construction Editor: Shrirang Krishnan
marvels to fruition. Skill development, which has been one of the
most neglected areas in the construction industry, has also got its The information on products and projects on
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