Chennai : The Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Tuesday announced a range of welfare schemes for skill development of youth, including setting up of Amma Training Centre for two-wheeler repair works initially in 35 panchayat unions and establishing Technical Skill Development Institutes at a cost of Rs 546 crore.
Fulfilling an electoral promise of the AIADMK during May 16 Assembly polls, she said the Amma Training Centres would eventually be opened in all panchayat unions. Initially, these centres would be opened in government industrial training centres in 35 panchayat unions. 30 persons would be trained in each centre for three months with a stipend of Rs 3,000 per month. It would be implemented at a cost of Rs 1.68 crore, she said.
She also announced vocational training for youth to enable them to get jobs or start their own businesses. Under the scheme, 60 youth, who have passed Classes X and Plus-Two would be given training in each government industrial training centre functioning in 60 blocks, for three months. This would benefit 3,600 persons and they would be given Rs 3,000 per month as stipend. This would be implemented at Rs 2.94 crore.
She said to improve the skills of youth in the service sector, 20,000 youth chosen from corporations, town panchayats and municipalities would be trained by the Tamil Nadu Skill Development Corporation at a cost of Rs 18 crore.
Under the public-private partnership, the government, in association with Siemens and Designtech, would set up a Centre of Excellence and five Technical Skill Development Institutes (t-SDIs) at a cost of Rs 546.84 crore. The government’s share of Rs 54.68 crore had been allocated for the scheme.
The Centre of Excellence would come up at MIT campus of Anna University and the five t-SDIs would be set up at Central Polytechnic College, Taramani, Anna University college in Kancheepuram and Villupuram, Murugappa Polytechnic College, Avadi and Government Polytechnic College, Vellore. The operational cost for the first three years would be borne by Siemens and Designtech.
The Chief Minister also announced a centre for training construction workers,which would come up on five acres at Chengalpattu at a cost of Rs 28 crore. Nearly 5,000 persons would be given training per year by the Construction Industry Development Council (CIDC).
On the health front, Jayalalithaa said 11 new ESI dispensaries would be opened at Uthukuli, Duraisamipuram, Mannachanallur, Kalpakkam, Mahabalipuram, Athipattu, Kulathur, Thirumudivakkam, Panruti,Perumanallur and Kulasekaram at a cost of Rs 12.70 crore.
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