Skill training programme to make Kaushambi jail inmates self-reliant
PRAYAGRAJ: Kaushambi jail administration has organised an agriculture skill training programme for inmates. Prisoners are being imparted skills in agriculture and other trades so that they become self-dependent after being released from the jail.
The agriculture training programme under the Pradhanmantri Kaushal Vikas Yojna was recently inaugurated by Kaushambi jail superintendent BS Mukund.
According to the jail administration, the training is being provided to jail inmates in batches of 35 at a time. The trained prisoners will also be provided loan to start their own business so that they can earn living on their own instead of indulging in crimes and other illegal activities.
The prisoners who do not own agricultural fields will also be given tips to earn living through agriculture products and agro-based business.
Trainer Atramram Giri said prisoners were being taught different agricultural techniques and how they could grow more crops in less area of land and lesser work. The prisoners were also being informed about different schemes of the government to promote farming and encourage agricultural activities, he said.
Kaushambi Jail Superintendent
BS Mukund said that the prisoners would be given certificate after completion of their training session which would help them in their future endeavors.
Recently, the prisoners have turned barren lands of Kaushambi jail into fertile to grow vegetables. Earlier, prisoners had also been given training for different skills under Kaushal Vikas Yojna to help them join main stream of the society.