labour, Employment and Training Department today signed a Memorandum of Association (MoA) with Eastern Coalfields limited (ECl) at Nepal House in Ranchi to run an Industrial Training Institute (ITI) at Sikatia in Godda under Corporate Social Responsibility. Earlier, the institute was being run by Jindal Steel and Power limited, but it withdrew recently after its coal block was cancelled.
“The Memorandum of Association was signed between Special Secretary RK Singh and Director (Personal) of ECl AS Patro. ECl will only help in running the Institute on the conditions of the State Government,” said labour, Employment and Training Minister Raj Paliwar.
The minister further added that only cost of running the institute will be borne by the ECl while the Institute will be managed by the State Government on its own conditions.
“Presently, 210 students are admitted in a batch every year where they are imparted training in 10 trades. Earlier, the Institute was being run for the last 7 years by Jindal Power and Steel limited, but it later withdrew as its coal blocks were cancelled in the area,” said Paliwar.
Minister said that he was approached by the students of the Institute to do something to save their future, following which he requested ECl to take the responsibility, which readily accepted the proposal.
“I had told the children that I will not let them down and will do something in this regard and made a proposal before ECl officials which they accepted readily to run the institute under CSR,” said the Minister. ECl presently, is having Asia’s biggest project in Godda, he said.