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INDIAN FOOD: A BLEND OF MELODY INDIAN RAILWAYS AND GROWTH
While witnessing the zest, The Indian railways will become the growth engines
I’ve been to the lands where of the nation’s ‘Vikas Yatra’.
the tunes cherish your soul; - NARENDRA MODI
Just as the food to your stomach. Indian railways are one of the largest railway networks
in the world. It is controlled and operated by the
The Indian food is red, yellow, white and green government of India. It was introduced back in 1853.
doesn’t this sound more like a dream? Today, it is a major sector in public transport operating
The tradition welcomes you, around 29 states and 7 union territories, and provide
Child listens to lullaby in her mother's arms. international services to its neighbors, Nepal, Bangladesh
and Pakistan.
Ah, the aromatic steam, It is the busiest rail network in the world carrying
puts you to a slumber sleep. around 18 million passengers daily. And considering the
With your legs you jump round, fact that it provides employment to a large number of
Up-notes and down-notes in a sound. people.
You witness savouries all around. A significant change in the Indian railways came after
the year 2004. The 156 years old Indian railways was
The taste lingers on my tongue regarded as a hopeless, loss making organization, with
The fragrance floats in the air, too little revenue, too many problems. Steps were taken
While witnessing the zest; to increase the demand rather than the price. A team of
The guitar strings play with its flair. experts proposed and applied some simple techniques
PARISHI GUPTA XII-B effectively on a per train basis. After 2010, the railways
went back into problematic phase. The funds started
NATIONAL SKILLS DEVELOPMENT MISSION OF shrinking, therefore improvement in passenger
amenities could not be carried out.
INDIA It faces a lot of problems, sometimes proving even a
burden to the Indian Government. The age-old and
Skill Development is the process of identification of crumbling infrastructure, low fares, lack of maintenance,
the skills gap in youth and providing skilling training & mismanagement, lack of quality service deliverance etc.
employment benefits to them. Skill development pro- are all the major issues with the railways. A sharp decline
grams aim to acknowledge the ability of the youth and in the earnings and serious escalation in expenditure
extend their support by serving them with the proper has posed even more problems for Indian Railways.
guidance, infrastructure, opportunities, and encourage- Additionally, the ever-increasing prices of fuel, coal, the
ment that help them achieve their ambitions. Skill India number of accidents, cost of maintenance etc. further
campaign was launched by Prime Minister Narendra increases the problems.
Modi on 15 July 2015 to train over 40 crore people in However, the recently elected government has again
India in different skills by 2022. brought in a ray of hope for the good days for ‘Indian
The Indian government launched numerous campaigns Railways’. Surprisingly, Indian train fares are among
under skill India mission. Some of them are as follows: - the cheapest in the world. With such fares, Railways
 National Skill Development Mission paced its steps well with the technological advancement.
 National Policy for Skill Development and En- The e-ticketing for making reservations and mobile
trepreneurship, 2015 app system to track train schedule are some major
 Skill Loan scheme breakthroughs.
 Rural India Skill ASHNA MITTAL XII-D
 Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yozana (PMKVY)
This mission is to provide a robust institutional frame-
work at the Centre and States to implement skilling
activities in the country. As of 15 February 2016, the
"Indian Leather Development Programme" trained
51,216 youth in a span of 100 days and it plans to train
1,44,000 young people annually. Four new branches
of "Footwear Design & Development Institute" — at
Hyderabad, Patna, Banur (Punjab) and Ankleshwar
(Gujarat) — are being set up to improve training infra-
structure. The industry is undergoing acute skill short-
age and most of the people trained are being absorbed
by the industry. We aim to build a skilled workforce in
India to fulfil the gap between demand and supply.
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