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Singapore to set up Skill Center in Northeast: Dr Jitendra Singh

Updated: Sep 19, 2017 12:01:24pm
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Singapore to set up Skill Center in Northeast: Dr Jitendra Singh

New Delhi, Sept 19 (KNN) The Government of Singapore will set up a Skill Center at Guwahati which will cater to the entire North-Eastern region, said DoNER Minister Dr Jitendra Singh.

He said this after a meeting with a high-level delegation represented by the High Commissioner of Singapore Lim Thuan Kuan here yesterday.

As far as Skill Centre at Guwahati, it was stated that an MoU has already been formalized between Singapore and the State Government of Assam. As a follow-up to this, a Skill Center is proposed to be set up at Guwahati by the year 2019 and the Ministry of DoNER will coordinate in this initiative. 

The Singapore delegation also expressed its preference to engage with India in the area of Space Technology for collaboration in “peaceful uses of Outer Space”.

To this, Dr Singh said that the issue will be followed up in an appropriate manner. 

The Singapore delegation also wanted to seek the experience and expertise of India's Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions to bring about value addition in public administration and governance in Singapore.

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