Northeast Frontier Railway moves ahead to empower youths in 'Skill India Mission '

GUWAHATI: The NFR (Northeast Frontier Railway) has taken a leap forward in the 'Skill India Mission' through the 'Rail Kaushal Vikas Yojana' (RKVY) and the trainees have expressed a lot of satisfaction of completion of their training in this regard. In pursuance of the Prime Minister's 'Skill India Mission', Ashwini Vaishnaw, Union Minister of Railways, Communications, Electronics & Information Technology launched the 'Rail Kaushal Vikas

Yojana' (RKVY) over Indian Railways on September 17, 2021.

The RKVY is designed to address training needs of the youth and aptitude vis-à-vis the industry requirements over a period of three years from 2021 to 2024. The Indian Railways have set a target of imparting RKVY training to minimum 2500 aspirants per year by each zonal railway and production unit. The non-residential training of 100 hours/18 working days will be imparted free of cost in 75 nominated railway training institutes.

Trainee applicants between 18-35 years of age are shortlisted as per merit based on marks obtained in Class-X Board examinations. Applications can be submitted by online/off-line modes and details can be obtained from RKVY portal http://railkvy. indianrailways. gov.in and official websites of railway zones as provided in newspaper advertisements.

Over NF Railway, a total of six training institutes have been identified under the scheme to impart training viz., the Supervisors' Training Centre/New Bongaigaon, the Multi-Disciplinary Zonal Training Institute/Alipurduar, the Multi-Disciplinary Divisional Training Institute/Katihar, the Multi-Disciplinary Divisional Training Institute/Rangiya, the Specialized Training Centre/Pandu, Guwahati and the Specialized Training Centre/Dibrugarh in 10 trades i.e., four trades launched by Minister of Railways i.e., Electrician, Fitter, Machinist, Welder, and another six trades introduced by the NFR -- Mechatronics, Track Laying, Concreting, AC Mechanic, Earthing and the 'Basics of Information Technology, Signalling & Telecommunication in the Indian Railways.

Under the leadership and guidance of Anshul Gupta, the General Manager of the zonal railway has set a target of imparting RKVY training in 75 batches during 2021-22 by Railway Training Institutes of NF. Northeast Frontier Railway takes a leap in Skill India Mission.

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