TATA Power in continuation with its efforts towards development of communities around its project areas, has undertaken various initiatives to increase employment generation opportunities and encourage entrepreneurship amongst women from villages around its Tiruldih Project.
For this purpose, TATA Power is in the process of forming women SHGs in and around villages of Tiruldih project area. The SHGs will be engaged in manufacturing designer eco friendly carry bags, vanity bags, folders and files made of waste paper, old newspaper, packing boxes and old clothes.
Further, TATA Power is exploring tie up with a Kolkata based NGO SENATE (Social Engineering and Advance Technical Education). The NGO is engaged in imparting training for development of entreprenuership, technical innovation as well as capacity building of relevent micro and medium enterprises. The initiative is aimed at cultivating entreprenuership and employment generation opportunites for the local communities.
Initially, a group of 20 to 25 women through Self Help Groups, will be trained to manufacture the eco friendly products and the initiative will be gradually scaled-up. The products manufactured have huge demand and are likely to generate good sales, thus enabling individual women to earn around INR 2500 per month. SENATE will leverage its strong network of outlets across Kolkata for sale of the products. Kolkata Engineering College and BIT Mesra (Ranchi), NIFT and NABARD will provide the technical support required for manufaturing of the eco friendly products. Additionally, SENATE’s expertise in manufacturing products of daily use from various industrial, official & domestic wastage at low prices will be leveraged to train SHG members.
Speaking on the occasion, Mr Praveer Sinha EVP and head eastern region projects of TATA Power said that “We are committed to the well-being of local communities and have introduced various initiatives focused on creating livelihood opportunities and entrepreneurship in harmony with nature. We are certain that the initiatives will receive encouraging response from women folk in the nearby villages.”
The SHGs will have the capabilities to customize the products as per specific requirements of clients which will also be sold in the open market. TATA Power has already purchased products from the SHGs, which will be used arcoss various units and divisions of the organization.
