Skills Development Ministry launches Mahatma Gandhi National Fellowship in partnership with IIMs

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The Union Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship has launched the nationwide Mahatma Gandhi National Fellowship (MGNF) programme to strengthen skills training at district level.
The two-year government-funded programme has been launched under the World Bank loan assisted programme SANKALP (Skills Acquisition and Knowledge Awareness for Livelihood Promotion).
To implement this programme, the Ministry has partnered with the top nine Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) across India.
The selected fellows under the programme will be given a stipend of about Rs 50,000 per month during the first year and Rs 60,000 per month during the second year.
Initially, the fellows will be imparted training by the nine top IIMs of the country and after that the fellows will work on strengthening the District Skill Committees and the District Skill administration.