New Delhi: Northern Coalfields Limited (NCL), a Miniratna company under the Ministry of Coal, will impart training to 500 youths, 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 organized 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 centres 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), said the NCL in a statement.

In this regard an MoU has been signed between the holding company of NCL, Coal India Limited and (CIPET), Chennai. For the selection of candidates, NCL in association with CIPET organized a two-day screening session at Nigahi 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 crore 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 mechanized opencast coal mines and accounts for 15 per cent of national coal production. The company had produced over 115 million tonnes of coal in the last fiscal. /BI/