UP: Kaushal Vikas Yojna comes to the aid of female inmates at Agra District Jail
India Today
As many as 144 women prisoners lodged in Agra District jail are benefitting from the Kaushal Vikas Yojna scheme under which they get beautician training or learn sewing.
The people of Uttar Pradesh are reaping the rewards of beneficial schemes initiated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's government. It has helped Yogi become the first CM in the state to have been elected for a second time in a row.
Around 144 women prisoners lodged in Agra District jail are benefitting from the Kaushal Vikas Yojna scheme during their sentence period.
A woman prisoner told India Today that they have tried to become self-reliant by getting training in tailoring and beauty parlors under this scheme. Notably, Jail Superintendent PD Salonia had an important role to play.
Salonia told India Today that in the first batch of training, 35 women prisoners received training and certificates. The certified women prisoners said now they considered themselves completely self-reliant.
After getting out of jail, they would be able to take care of themselves and their family by working at beauty parlors or taking up sewing work. About half a dozen women prisoners pledged to run a boutique.
In the district jail, women prisoners are being trained under the "Rural Development and Self-Employment Training Center". They have also been given toolkits and vars along with certificates.
Director of the organisation Avnish Kumar told India Today that PM Modi and CM Yogi have shown the way for women in the country and the state to become self-reliant, under the same scheme, it is the effort of our organisation that those who come out of jail should become self-reliant.
