TSMFC proposes 4 skill development centres in Telangana

Hyderabad, Oct 19 (KNN) With the aim to offer employment-oriented training to the youth from minority communities , the Telangana State Minorities Finance Corporation (TSMFC) plans to set up four skill development centre in state.

As per reports, the TSMFC has set a proposal to the state government to setup the centres at the cost of Rs.25 crore each. The corporation is planning to open centres in Hyderabad, Mahabubnagar and Warangal.

Speaking about the proposal sent to the state government, TSMFC vice-chairman and managing director AHN Kanthi Wesley said the corporation had asked the government to sanction Rs.100 crore for setting up these skill development centres.

She stated that through the new skill development centres, the corporation intends to provide integrated training to the youth in market driven skills.

In the last eight years, about 39,700 youth were trained under the training, employment and placement programme of the corporation and out of them, 18,061 got placement in various organisations and 21,639 had set up their own businesses.

TSMFC has also sent a proposal to set up new Minorities Community Training & Production centres in the State, she said, adding that the corporation has about Rs 1.24 crore fund available under the head of Training Employment and Placement, which could be utilised for setting up new centres

Already, 10 training and production centres were functioning in Hyderabad, Ranga Reddy and Jagtial districts, wherein minority girls, women, widows, destitutes and orphans were being trained in industrial sewing machines. So far, about Rs 2 crore was spent on the training of 4,500 beneficiaries in these centres and about 10,072 sewing machines were distributed among them.  (KNN Bureau)