CNN Central News & Network-ITDC India Epress/ITDC News Rourkela, Odisha: A three-party agreement signed on October 22 will support vocational training and entrepreneurship among Scheduled Tribe youth through the Livelihood Business Incubation Centre in Rourkela, Odisha. The agreement brings together the National Scheduled Tribes Finance and Development Corporation, NSIC and SAIL's Rourkela Steel Plant, according to the Ministry of Tribal Affairs.
The centre combines practical training with support for people seeking to start small enterprises. Its courses for the current year cover beauty services, tailoring, computer operation with accounting, electrical work, bread and bakery production, and mushroom farming. The ministry said training also needs to be linked with financial knowledge, marketing and branding skills.
Under the arrangement described in the release, Rourkela Steel Plant provides the site, machinery is installed through the MSME Ministry's ASPIRE scheme, and recurring expenses are met by NSTFDC using a Tribal Affairs Ministry grant. The ministry said more than 600 students had benefited from the centre, with trainees establishing businesses in trades including baking, mushroom cultivation, beauty services and tailoring.
Officials also met trainees and faculty to discuss the centre's operation. The discussions covered candidate mobilisation, the functioning of existing training modules and trainees' progress. Representatives of NSTFDC, NSIC and Rourkela Steel Plant attended the programme.
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