Srinagar 28 August (KNB): Northern Coalfields Limited (NCL), a Miniratna company under the Ministry of Coal is going to launch a 3.5 Crore skill development project.
A statement by the Ministry of Coal said that NCL, a Miniratna company under the Ministry of Coal will be imparting-training to 500 youth, living in and around the operational areas of NCL, in Plastic Engineering trade and ensure their job readiness in the competitive market. The training will be organised with the help of the Central Institute of Petrochemicals Engineering and Technology (CIPET), Chennai.
NCL will spend Rs 70000 per trainee under CSR for this residential training program containing course fee, course material, uniform, training kit, accommodation and other overhead charges. The selected candidates will be imparted training in plastic processing, injection moulding, blow moulding, plastic recycling, etc., by CIPET at its Centers located at Bhopal, Gwalior and Lucknow. This training program has been prepared as per the norms set by the National Skill Qualification Framework (NSQF) and approved by the National Skill Qualification Committee (NSQC).
In this regard an MoU has been signed between the holding company of NCL, Coal India Limited and (CIPET), Chennai.
For selection of candidates, NCL in association with CIPET has organised a two day screening session atNigahi and Khadia projects and subsequently 345 eligible candidates were selected for the skill development programme. The remaining candidates will be selected in upcoming screening rounds.
Notably, NCL has spent around Rs 130 crores during the financial year 2020-21, and set a target to spend Rs 132.75 crores in the year 2021-22 on CSR activities.
NCL, Singrauli based Miniratna company of the Government of India operates with 10 highly mechanised opencast coal mines and accounts for 15 percent of national coal production. The company had produced over 115 million tonnes of coal in the last fiscal. (KNB)