{"id":5218,"date":"2025-11-06T23:16:30","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T17:46:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ichelnewsnetwork.com\/?p=5218"},"modified":"2026-01-19T05:18:34","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T05:18:34","slug":"awareness-campaign-on-pm-naps-launched-in-manipur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ichelnewsnetwork.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/06\/awareness-campaign-on-pm-naps-launched-in-manipur\/","title":{"rendered":"Awareness Campaign on PM-NAPS Launched in Manipur"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <strong>Directorate of Craftsmen Training under the Skill, Labour, Employment and Entrepreneurship (SLEE)<\/strong> <strong>Department<\/strong>, Government of Manipur, launched an Awareness Campaign on the <strong>Pradhan Mantri\u2013National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (PM-NAPS)<\/strong> for the North East Region at Hotel Classic Grande, Imphal today.<\/p>\n<p>The event was graced by<strong> Shri Anurag Bajpai<\/strong>, IFS, Additional Chief Secretary (Textiles, Commerce &amp; Industry and Transport) as Chief Guest; <strong>Smt. N. Bandana Devi<\/strong>, IAS, Secretary (SLEE) as Guest of Honour; and <strong>Shri Yaiphaba Longjam<\/strong>, MCS, Joint Director, Craftsmen Training, as President.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5219\" src=\"https:\/\/ichelnewsnetwork.com\/Ichel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/4-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5220\" src=\"https:\/\/ichelnewsnetwork.com\/Ichel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/3-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5221\" src=\"https:\/\/ichelnewsnetwork.com\/Ichel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Addressing the gathering, Shri Anurag highlighted that the scheme under the <strong>Skill India Mission<\/strong> is crucial in bridging education, training, and industry. He emphasized that strengthening local industries and <strong>promoting MSMEs<\/strong> would enhance <strong>youth employment<\/strong> and <strong>economic self-reliance<\/strong> in Manipur.<\/p>\n<p>Smt. Bandana Devi described PM-NAPS as a flagship initiative of the Government of India and urged establishments and youth to participate actively. She reminded that establishments with <strong><em>over 30 employees<\/em> <\/strong>must engage apprentices and that trainees are entitled to <strong>monthly stipends<\/strong> between <strong>\u20b96,000 and \u20b912,000<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>In his presidential remarks, Shri Yaiphaba Longjam said apprenticeship is one of the most <strong><em>effective<\/em><\/strong> forms of skill training, combining theory with hands-on experience.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5222\" src=\"https:\/\/ichelnewsnetwork.com\/Ichel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/33-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As part of the programme, the <em>NAPS-2 Campaign Video<\/em> and <em>Awareness Campaign for the North Eastern Region<\/em> were launched, followed by a seminar and the flagging off of a promotional vehicle to spread awareness about the scheme.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Directorate of Craftsmen Training under the Skill, Labour, Employment and Entrepreneurship (SLEE) Department, Government of Manipur, launched an Awareness Campaign on the Pradhan Mantri\u2013National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (PM-NAPS) for &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ichelnewsnetwork.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/06\/awareness-campaign-on-pm-naps-launched-in-manipur\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5223,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_joinchat":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,33],"tags":[682,724,725,726,727],"class_list":["post-5218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-inn","category-state","tag-anurag-bajpai","tag-economic-self-reliance","tag-naps-2-campaign-video","tag-pradhan-mantri-national-apprenticeship-promotion-scheme-pm-naps","tag-skill-india-mission","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ichelnewsnetwork.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ichelnewsnetwork.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ichelnewsnetwork.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ichelnewsnetwork.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ichelnewsnetwork.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5218"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ichelnewsnetwork.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5218\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8471,"href":"https:\/\/ichelnewsnetwork.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5218\/revisions\/8471"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ichelnewsnetwork.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ichelnewsnetwork.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ichelnewsnetwork.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}