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PM inaugurates new BIETC campus and launches Boeing Sukanya Program
⇒ The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi inaugurated the new state-of-the-art Boeing India Engineering & Technology Center (BIETC) campus in Bengaluru, Karnataka on 19 January 2024. The Prime Minister also launched the Boeing Sukanya Program.
BIETC Campus:
Built with an investment of Rs 1,600 crores, the 43-acre campus is Boeing’s largest such investment outside the USA.
- Boeing’s new campus in India will become a cornerstone for partnership with the vibrant startup, private and government ecosystem in India, and will help develop next-generation products and services for the global aerospace and defence industry.
Boeing Sukanya Program:
The Prime Minister also launched the Boeing Sukanya Program which aims to support the entry of more girl children from across India into the country’s growing aviation sector.
- The program will provide opportunities for girls and women from across India to learn critical skills in the science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) fields and train for jobs in the aviation sector.
- For young girls, the program will create STEM Labs at 150 planned locations to help spark interest in STEM careers.
- The program will also provide scholarships to women who are training to be pilots.
Ayush Diksha - A Human Resource Development Centre for Ayush professionals of future
⇒ The Union Minister of Ayush and Ports, Shipping & Waterways Shri Sarbananda Sonowal laid the foundation stone for ‘Ayush Diksha’, a first of its kind centre for development of human resources for Ayush professionals of future on 20 January 2024.
- The foundation stone laying ceremony for the construction of ‘Ayush Diksha – A Human Resource Development Centre of the Government of India’, of Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences, Ministry of Ayush, New Delhi was held at Central Ayurveda Research Institute (CARI).
- This state-of-the-art centre will be developed within the campus of Central Ayurveda Research Institute (CARI), Bharatpur, Bhubaneshwar, Odisha.
About Ayush Diksha Project:
- Ayush Diksha project with an approved budget of Rs 30 crore will promote state-of-the-art facilities.
- The construction will consist of two Auditoriums with a capacity of 30-40 trainees each, 40 Central Air-Conditioned Rooms with attached bathrooms for apprentice accommodation, VIP and VIP suites.
- An area dedicated to a natural library and discussion room, adequate parking space, Modular pantry, dining lounges and other necessary facilities are included.
- The Institute will provide a teaching-training programme to all the stakeholders of Ayush in general and Ayurveda in particular at the national level.
- It will also help in collaborating with other national institutions for capacity development, strengthening human resources in Ayurveda, facilitating research and development, maintaining high quality standards and generating revenue besides achieving self-sufficiency.
- The Centre will provide training programmes throughout the calendar year and is part of the current Governments initiative towards strengthening quality human resources in the Ayush sector.
About CARI:
- CARI (Central Ayurveda Research Institute), Bhubaneswar is an autonomous body of the Ministry of Ayush, Government of India.
- This unprecedented initiative is an important step towards promoting and furthering research in Ayurveda on a scientific basis.
PM lays foundation stone for 8 AMRUT projects in Solapur
⇒ The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of 8 AMRUT (Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation) projects worth around Rs 2,000 crores in Solapur, Maharashtra on 19 January 2024.
- Shri Modi dedicated to the nation more than 90,000 houses completed under PMAY-Urban in Maharashtra and 15,000 houses of Raynagar Housing Society in Solapur, whose beneficiaries comprise thousands of handloom workers, vendors, power loom workers, rag pickers, Bidi workers, drivers, among others.
- He also initiated the distribution of 1st and 2nd instalments to 10,000 beneficiaries of PM-SVANIDHI in Maharashtra during the programme.