Daily Current Affairs – 23-02-2025

Tamil Nadu

NCSK tenure extended

® The Union Cabinet has approved a 3-year extension for the National Commission for Safai Karamcharis (NCSK) , functioning under the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. ® The extension, aims to: ® Improve the socio-economic status of sanitation workers ® Improve working conditions of sanitation workers ® Achieve zero fatalities during hazardous cleaning ® The NCSK is headed by M Venkatesan . ® The first NCSK was established in 1994 and functioned as a statutory body till 2004.

Skill India Programme outlay increased

® The central government has restructured its skilling initiatives, merging three schemes into the Skill India Programme . ® The Cabinet has approved an outlay of ₹8,800 crore for the programme for a three-year period ending in 2026 . The following schemes are now components of the Skill India Programme: ® PM Kaushal Vikas Yojana 4.0 (PMKVY 4.0) ® PM National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (PM-NAPS) ® Jan Shikshan Sansthan (JSS) Scheme

Bharat Mobility Global Expo 2025

® PM Narendra Modi inaugurated Bharat Mobility Global Expo 2025 , India’s largest and world’s 2nd largest mobility expo at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi . ® The expo theme was “ Beyond Boundaries: Co-creating Future Automotive Value Chain ”.

NMM to become autonomous

® The central government has initiated steps to make the National Mission for Manuscripts (NMM) autonomous , allocating ₹491.6 crore until 2031 through a Special Finance Committee. ® The NMM, established in 2003 by the Ministry of Tourism and Culture , aims to unearth and preserve India’s manuscript wealth. ® Earlier, it functioned as a part of the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA).