The Hindu Business Line : Sarda Group plans training centre for jute products

The Rs 2,000-crore turnover Sarda Group, which has business interests in jute, real estate and IT, has firmed up plans to set up a training centre for unskilled workers in the jute industry.

The Group, which currently has under its ambit eight jute mills which together produce 500 tonnes of jute products daily, plans to set up a jute mill in Alwar, Rajasthan, at an estimated investment of Rs 100 crore.

Mr Ghanashyam Sarda, Chairman, Sarda Group, told newspersons that the jute industry was faced with a shortage of skilled manpower. Even so, the 100-year-old industry had not yet been able to set up a proper training centre that could impart education and technical skills to people seeking employment in the jute industry, he said.

From advanced training in jute production and shop floor processes and applications, workers would be trained to improve their employability in the jute industry. To begin with, 100 people would be trained for a period of six months. Over the next one year, around 1,000 would be engaged in the training process. During the training period, trainees would be paid a stipend of Rs 30 per day and also be provided with one meal.

According to Mr Sarda, if the experiment proved successful, the group would set up more such training centres in other parts of the State.

On the jute mill in Alwar, he said, “We have chosen Alwar as the location because the maximum consumption of jute bags and jute fabrics is in North India”.

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