1.
Spain’s
Battery Hub project may save 23,000 Nissan plant workers’ jobs
These car plants are about to be closed down and
are awaiting government intervention to help save the jobs of those directly
and indirectly employed there. Nissan’s three car plants in the Barcelona
area that planned to close down in 2020, are a means of livelihood for about
23,000 people in Spain. Now, it looks like only the Battery Hub project of the
Spanish government can save their jobs. These plants had 3,000 workers working
directly for them and about 20,000 employed indirectly. The plan to shut down
was postponed for a year so that the Spanish government could look for other
organisations to take over the units that are built on public land. The
Government is now thinking of turning these plants into battery production
factories, so that these workers do not lose their jobs. The demand for
electric cars is on the rise and the EU is encouraging the production of
batteries within Europe so that there is less reliance on batteries imported
from China.
2.
2.3% growth expected in
Indian tech space
FY 2021 will
see the technology industry in the country touching $194 billion in terms of
revenue. A
recent report by the National Association of Software & Services Companies
(Nasscom) reveals that a positive growth of 2.3 per cent is expected in the
Indian technology industry, which will take its revenue to $194 billion in 2021
as compared to $190 billion in the last year. Although the growth is not much,
it is the rapid adoption of technology and increasing digitalisation that will
make this happen. Exports in the technology sector will also witness growth,
albeit slightly less, of 1.9 per cent, touching $150 billion. However, the
year-on-year growth of the domestic technology sector is expected to be 3.4 per
cent, touching $45 billion. The IT industry witnessed a growth of six to seven
per cent in previous years, so clearly this growth of 2.3 per cent, though
positive, given the ongoing pandemic, is not very high.
3.
Japan to
enhance skill, HRD, infrastructure in Assam
Japan has already entered
into a partnership with IIT-Guwahati to set up a new eco-system for
entrepreneurs in the state. Japan, which is already lending its support to
various connectivity projects in the North East of India, now has its eyes set
on enhancing the infrastructure and skills in Assam. Japan has also committed
to human resource development, for which it has partnered with IIT, Guwahati to
establish a new eco-system of entrepreneurs in the state. Through various
internship initiatives and training programmes, Japan will help the youth of
Assam to acquire and develop skills. Satoshi Suzuki, Japanese Ambassador to
India, said at a convention recently, that Japan will collaborate with Assam to
train its human resources, which will help them bag job opportunities in Japan.
For India, the development of North East is indispensable and the country is
mobilising all the abundantly available resources in the region, including
Assam, the envoy said.
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