CSR: NCL to train local farmers in Singrauli in mushroom farming

Singrauli: Northern Coalfields Limited (NCL), a subsidiary of Coal India Limited (CIL), on Thursday launched a two-month-long training programme to train the local farmers in Singrauli for cultivation and processing of 'Mushroom' under the corporate social responsibility (CSR) programme of NCL. The training will be given to the farmers under the skill development programme with the support of NCL-IIT (BHU) Incubation Center, Varanasi.

District Collector of Singrauli RS Meena virtually inaugurated the training programme at Semuwar Village Panchyat. NCL's General Manager (CSR) Atmashwar Pathak and General Manager (Block-B Area) Harish Duhan were also present virtually in the inaugural ceremony.

On this occasion, Meena praised the endeavour of NCL and said that this programme is in line with PM's vision of 'Atmanirbhar Bharat' and is a significant step towards self-reliance of local farmers as well as increasing their income.

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Start-ups of NCL-IIT BHU Incubation Centre are playing an instrumental role in organising the said mushroom cultivation and processing-based training programme.

Under this programme, on-site training to 20 local villagers and 20 students of ITI-Waidhan will be provided by a team of professionals on various aspects like initial setup, post-harvest management, storage, marketing, etc. NCL will assist in providing a market to sell the grown crop as post-training assistance.

Notably, NCL is also working on the plans to help in the cultivation and processing of vegetables and pearl under its skill development programme which are in the pipeline for implementation in the near future.

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