THREE high impact, high visibility corporate social responsibility (CSR) projects aimed at empowering the youth of coal field areas were inaugurated virtually by Union Minister for Coal, Mines and Parliamentary Affairs, Pralhad Joshi on January 31, 2024 at New Delhi.

 

The CSR project inaugurated were skill development of 655 candidates from peripheral areas of coal mines which will be implemented by Tata Strive at Nagpur, Chindwada, Varanasi and Kamrup centres. The second project was ‘Supporting Digital Education’ in 11 coal mining districts of Jharkhand. The third project was setting up Multi Skill Development Institutes (MSDIs) in subsidiaries of CIL starting with Jaria and Bhurkunda, in the first phase.

The event was conducted in the presence of Secy (Coal), senior officers from Ministry of Coal, top management of the implementing partners viz Tata Strive, EdCIL and NSDC. CMDs and others.