Skill Development Initiative

The Hindu Hrudaysamrat Balasaheb Thackeray Maharashtra Samruddhi Mahamarg is expected to make a manifold increase in Maharashtra’s contribution to the country’s industrial growth. It will also generate employment on a large scale. Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC), the implementing authority of the project, has taken the initiative to provide skill development training so that skilled labour, which will then be required, is made available locally from the regions along the expressway itself. The development of the new towns and expressway is expected to generate self-employment opportunities, for which skilled human resources will be required on a large scale. Against this backdrop, MSRDC has implemented a skill development training programme. The main objective of this initiative is to provide skill development training to the family members of those landowners whose lands have been acquired for the project and make them employment-ready in the future.

Training managed by construction companies

The construction of the Samruddhi Expressway has been divided into 16 packages. Skill development training programmes have been organised under the management of the construction packages in their respective neighbouring areas. Under this initiative, 30 candidates have completed their multi-skilled technician training managed by the construction package at Ghaigaon-Jambargaon (Tal. Vaijapur) in Aurangabad district. MSRDC provided the trainers and notes from the syllabus, and on completion of the course, the candidates were certified by the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC).

Deputy Collector and Administrator (New towns) While sending trainees from Nandgaon Khandeshwar taluka of Amaravati district for training.

The training programme for candidates from Buldhana and Amaravati districts was inaugurated by Dinesh Geete, Deputy Collector and Administrator (New Towns)

Assisting start-ups under Maharashtra State Innovation Society

The Corporation has received a list of registered start-ups from the Maharashtra State Innovation Society. A private organisation included in the list is being assisted to produce ink from the smoke of genset. Information about manufacturing portable cold storages in the villages neighbouring the Samruddhi Mahamarg is also being shared.

Free of cost online training

Since actual training had to be stopped owing to the current lockdown situation, the corporation has initiated registration for free-of-cost online training in association with renowned NGOs in the state. This initiative has seen an overwhelming response, with 216 candidates registered for the same.

In association with Government’s skill development training programme, various other skill development training schemes including the Pramod Mahajan Kaushalya Udyojakta Vikas Abhiyan (PMKUVA), Kiman Kaushalya Vikas Karyakram, Udyojakata Vikas Karyakram are being implemented by the state government. Similarly, schemes such as Deendayal Upadhyay Gramin Kaushalya Yojana, Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY), Rashtriya Nagari Upajivika Abhiyan, Mitcon, and RSETI Skill Development Training Programme under the leading district level banks are being implemented by the central government.

The prospective candidates for the skill development training programme from the villages around the Samruddhi Expressway are being contacted with the help of communicators and are encouraged to join the programme. So far, 150 candidates have registered and trained for skill development training. With the participation of aspiring youth from the regions along the Samruddhi Expressway in various government skill development training schemes, there is no need for the corporation to set up its own skills development training system. To provide employment opportunities based on skill development training in the areas along the expressway and encourage the candidates, the senior officers of the corporation have interacted with the trainees by making direct visits to various skill development training institutes.

Mr. Kamlakar Phand, Chief Administrator (New Towns), Mr. Bharat Bastewad, General Manager (Land) and Dr. Vivek Ghodke, Deputy Collector from MSRDC visited Vidyabharati Sanstha in Amaravati and interacted with the trainees who participated in the driver-cum-mechanic training programme.

Plumber and electrician training camp was organised for the trainee candidates at Aurangabad. The camp was attended by candidates from Aurangabad, Amaravati, Washim and Buldhana districts.

In association with Government’s skill development training programme

Various skill development training schemes such as the Pramod Mahajan Kaushlya Udyojakta Vikas Abhiyan (PMKUVA), Kiman Kaushayalya Vikas Karyakram, Udyojakata Vikas Karykram are being implemented by the state government. Similarly schemes such as Deendayal Upadhyay Gramin Kaushalya Yojana, Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY), Rashtriya Nagari Upajivika Abhiyan, Mitcon and RSETI Skill Development Training Programme under the leading distrct level banks are being implemented by the central government.

The prospective candidates for the skill development training programme from the villages around the Samruddhi Mahamarg are being contacted with the help of communicators and are encouraged to join the programme. So far, 150 candidates have registered and trained for skill development training. With the participation of aspiring youth from the regions along the Samruddhi Mahamarg in various government skill development training schemes, there is no need for the corporation to set up its own skills development training system. To provide employment opportunities based on skill development training in the areas along the expressway and encourage the candidates, the senior officers of the corporation have interacted with the trainees by making direct visits to various skill development training institutes.

Data Collection for self-help groups

Information about the number of students in the district, traditional occupations, local resources are being collected with the help of local teachers. Along with this, data of people in the age group of 18 to 45 in the areas along the Samruddhi Expressway is being collected in the prescribed format with the help of rural employment workers. The corporation is trying to prepare a list of all the job seekers in the village and provide them opportunities as per their qualifications. The corporation plans to market local products of self-help groups in the proposed new towns.

Tehsildar Vidya Munde-Kendre inaugurated the training programme on the establishment of L&T Company at Jambhala in Aurangabad district.

Marketing of local products of women's self-help groups

Information is being collected from the Project Director, District Rural Development Institutions, and District Coordinator, Women Economic Development Corporation, in the villages along the expressway and their membership and production.

Information on women’s self-help groups has been collected from Amaravati, Jalana, Washim, and Aurangabad districts, and the work is underway in other districts as well. Planning is being done to manufacture products through self-help groups in sectors like manufacturing sports equipment, handicrafts, food and fruit processing, toys, leather goods, ayurvedic medicine, electronic goods, plastic products, etc.

Data collection for Micro Enterprises

The Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC), in collaboration with MSMEs, is compiling a list of micro-enterprises in the areas along the Samruddhi Expressway that can be set up by landowners with a low investment. Under this project report, the total cost of setting up the industry, availability of raw materials, the market for manufactured goods, and employment opportunities. The main objective of the corporation is to encourage the landowners to become entrepreneurs.

Trainee candidates undergoing training for Assistant Fire Operator module at Aurangabad.

Data Collection in Samruddhi villages

Samruddhi Expressway will pass through 10 districts and 392 villages. Information about the number of students in the district, traditional occupations, local resources are being collected with the help of local teachers. Information from around 54 villages in the Washim district has been collected, and data collection in the remaining districts is in progress

Land Pooling Scheme

Development projects open up a new avenue for employment. New Infrastructure development projects are proposed to improve connectivity that allows for fast movement of goods and services and connects major hubs. Infrastructure development is foresightedly done to provide new employment opportunities and increase industrial, agricultural growth, and allied activities. The infrastructure and cultural development provide growth opportunities to the adjoining areas as well. Megaprojects that are required to power the economy and create jobs often get stuck at the land acquisition stage to complete the project. Land ownership in vast parts of India is fragmented and disorganised, making the direct acquisition a challenge for a private entity. These lands are acquired for projects which serve a ‘public purpose.’ Besides, land-owners might end up with an unfair deal.

Under this scheme, the government of Maharashtra has taken utmost care of transparency in the process of land acquisition, rehabilitation, and restoration helps the landowners to get fair compensation and strengthens the economy.

Direct Purchase Scheme

GR – 12/5/2015

Subject: Direct purchase of the land (mentioned in the document) in the areas for irrigation and other projects through direct negotiation.

GR – 03/2015

Department of Revenue and Forest

03/2015/34/A – 2 Date: 30th September 2015