New Delhi: The Union government has approved a covid-19 allowance in the skills ecosystem that would be utilized for sanitation of training infrastructure and for safety protocol, and 1.5% of the training cost is likely to be used for this purpose amid rising cases.The issue was first discussed in November last year as institutions were re-opening after the situation started improving.
Initially, the common norms committee of the government related to skills mission was of the view that “granting of 1-2% as covid allowance for sanitation requirements" is a feasible option.The Union ministry of skill development and entrepreneurship has decided that 1.5% of the average training cost per trainee will be used for covid allowance and it has got.