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NABCB secures international equivalence
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The National Accreditation Board for Certification Bodies (NABCB), India’s national accreditation body, secured international equivalence for its accreditation programmer for personnel certification bodies in the annual meetings of the Asia Pacific Accreditation Cooperation in Singapore.
Personnel certification body
- A Personnel Certification Body is an organization that awards credentials to individuals meeting specific competence requirements relating to a profession, an occupation, a job or a portion of a job.
- A personnel certification body develops criteria against which an individual needs to demonstrate competencies and ensures that these criteria are held by applicants before certifying them.
- Most personnel certification bodies offer professional certification if an individual meets requirements such as a minimum number of years of related working experience, minimum education level and having passed a certification exam or equivalent.
Significance of international equivalence
- With the above recognition, NABCB hopes to facilitate export of Indian services and skills into the world market by attesting that persons are certified following international standards by the certifying bodies.
- Personnel Certification would support many professionals in India, especially thosewho do not have formal education or certificate program.
- This signifies that the accreditation of personnel certification bodies by NABCB is now accepted as equivalent at international level.
NABCB
- The National Accreditation Board for Certification Bodies provides accreditation to Certification and Inspection Bodies based on assessment of their competence as per the Board’s criteria and in accordance with International Standards and Guidelines.
- NABCB is internationally recognized and represents the interests of the Indian industry at international forums through membership and active participation with the objective of becoming a signatory to international Multilateral / Mutual Recognition Arrangements
- NABCB is already supporting Ministry of AYUSH and has accredited a certification body for certification for Yoga professionals. This would promote Yoga certification scheme internationally.
MoU signed between DAIC and DICCI
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A Memorandum of Understanding(MoU) was signed between Dr. Ambedkar International Centre (DAIC), Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment and Dalit Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DICCI
Areas of collaboration
- Strengthen the ties between DAIC and Industrial Organisations to make collaborative efforts in the fields of research and training.
- Make joint efforts for creating a knowledge bank which may be used to facilitate scholars, researchers and policy makers.
- Exchange academic materials and publications.
- Conduct lecture programmes, seminars, symposiums, and other types of academic discussions and undertake joint research attachment of staff for purposes of curriculum development and review, attendance of courses, upgrading of teaching and research skills.
- Conducting joint consultancy work.
- Prepare ground for induction of technological knowhow of the industry and administration in academia for better research and policy feeds.
- Prepare a common ground for the industries, institutions, universities, organizations, ministries, research centers and agencies for sponsoring/awarding projects to DAIC and DICCI for activities related to academic and policy research and policy advocacy and capacity building for start-ups and entrepreneurships.
- Both DAIC and DICCI will be having rights on intellectual property and knowledge products created through collaborative efforts.
- Provide free of cost mutual access to facilities available at their campus for purpose of fundamental academic research.
- Participation in experience-sharing and institution-building activities.
- Organize regular capacity building programmes in the form of national-level learning activities. This may, for example, include learning and support services for specialized projects and activities of Indian administration system.
- Training for Indian academics, officers and professionals, especially in the areas of training and learning methodologies, research and policy analysis, administration, social justice and social and financial inclusion.
- Research collaboration on emerging skill development and employment relations themes.
- Development of innovative learning platforms and education programmes with emphasis on low residency and learning at distance for workers and adult learners.
Major initiative to make life easy for Pensioners
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The Union Minister inaugurated the Integrated Grievance Cell & Call Center for Pensioners set up by the Department of Pension and Pensioners Welfare.
Significance of the initiative
- In addition to resolving grievances of the pensioners, it will help in value addition to the whole process, as the pensioners will gradually provide inputs and suggestions in the form of feedback that will help the Department in the long run.
- This centre will also act as pressure on the departments to resolve the problems of the elderly pensioners.
Digital Life certificate From Home
- Life Certificate: Life certificate or certificate of existence is a document signed by a responsible person to assure that Pensioner is still alive to receive the pension.
- Keeping in view the great discomfort experienced by very senior and ailing Pensioners in queuing up outside Banks in the month of November to give their Life Certificate, the Department undertook a path breaking initiative.
- Involve Pensioners’ Associations in 8 cities on a pilot basis and obtain ‘Digital Life certificate From Home’ of such Pensioners. This was a pilot program conducted in 8 cities, this year, this facility would be extended from 8 to 20 cities.
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