Chairman and CEO, RAILWAY Board, Sunit Sharma and other senior railway officers were also present on the occasion.
On the occasion Vaishnav said that it is an auspicious day as Vishwakarma Jayanti is being celebrated across the country. He also wished the Prime Minister on his birthday. Vaishnav dedicated the Rail Kaushal Vikas Yojana to the Prime Minister as a gift from the Railways on his birthday. The vision of Skill development is an integral part of the vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and 50,000 youth will be trained under Rail Kaushal Vikas Yojana. The objective of this initiative is to impart training skills to the youth in various trades to bring about qualitative improvement. He also emphasized that training should be given in remote areas under Rail Kaushal Vikas Yojana. He stressed that the youth should take advantage of the training process.
Out of 75 training centers of Indian Railways started by the Minister through video conferencing on September 17, three training centers of East Central Railway are also included. Under the Supervisor Training Center, Basic Training Center / Harnaut under Samastipur Division of ECR and Electric Traction Training Center at Gaya Colony, Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay Junction under Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay Division, youth will be trained under Rail Skill Development Scheme. . On the launch, the Minister was asked by Aniket Kumar Singh, a trainee at Supervisor Training Center/Samastipur, about his interest in his trade. On this occasion, the General Manager of East Central Railway, Anupam Sharma along with senior officials of the Headquarters and Divisions were present at Samastipur.
Under Rail Kaushal Vikas Yojana, training will be provided to 50,000 candidates over a period of three years. Initially, training will be provided to 1,000 candidates. The training will be provided in four trades i.e. Electrician, Welder, Machinist and Fitter and will consist of 100 hours of introductory basic training. Based on the assessment of regional demands and needs, training programs in other trades will be added by Zonal Railways and Production Units. The training will be provided free of cost and the participants will be selected on the basis of marks in Matriculation from the applications received online following a transparent mechanism. 10th pass and candidates between 18-35 years will be eligible to apply. However, on the basis of this training, the participants of the scheme will not have any claim of getting EMPLOYMENT in the Railways.