State’s Initiative Helps About 120 SC, ST Youths Get Jobs

Kolkata: At least 120 youths, belonging to the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe categories, received jobs in the automotive sector during the pandemic after getting trained under an initiative of West Bengal Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe and Other Backward Classes Development and Finance Corporation.

The youths were posted to companies in Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu. They are natives of Shilda, which was once a Maoist-dominated area. The duration of the training programme is 4 to 6 months. The youths were trained to repair engines and paint vehicles, among other things. The training programme had ended before the lockdown was announced on March 24.

After coming to power, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee gave special importance to training and skill development of SC and ST youths.

The corporation in collaboration with the Central Institute of Plastics Engineering and Technology offers training to SC and ST youths at Haldia.

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