Nagaland witnessing steady inflow of CSR initiatives: FM Sitharaman
Dimapur : Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said Nagaland is witnessing a steady inflow of corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives, which are becoming more purpose-driven and tailored to local needs.
Inaugurating the AI & Future Skills Centre of Excellence at Nagaland Tool Room & Training Centre (NTTC), Dimapur, Sitharaman recalled that there was a genuine concern that CSR support was not reaching Nagaland a few years ago. She said in response to the concern, the central govt organised the CSR conclave in Nagaland in 2022, which became a turning point.
“Many companies, some of which had no manufacturing units or service centres in the state, were persuaded to participate and consider Nagaland as a destination for meaningful CSR initiatives,” Sitharaman said. She added the ongoing CSR-supported programmes at National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology (NIELIT) Kohima and the NTTI Dimapur are clear examples of this new momentum.
Sitharaman inaugurated NIELIT Kohima on Friday. She said at NIELIT Kohima, the Tata Group has stepped in to train youth in advanced areas connected to semiconductor-related technologies, with their experts set to serve as master trainers.
In Dimapur, the AI & Future Skills Centre of Excellence has been established by the Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI), with technical assistance from CYIENT, with an investment of Rs 62 lakh to empower the youth of Nagaland with a combination of AI-driven learning and hands-on vocational training, she added.
Later at a press briefing, Sitharaman said her tour to the state was focused more on a visit to the aspirational district of Kiphire to understand the progress made by it.
Sitharaman said whenever she visits any aspirational district, she takes the banks along so that the credit outreach programme can be held where retail loans or farming loans or personal loans or business development loans or startup-related loans or industrial development loans, which are for MSMEs in particular, are all taken up at one go. She also briefed the media about the other initiatives taken up in state during her three-day visit, which concluded on Saturday.
Inaugurating the AI & Future Skills Centre of Excellence at Nagaland Tool Room & Training Centre (NTTC), Dimapur, Sitharaman recalled that there was a genuine concern that CSR support was not reaching Nagaland a few years ago. She said in response to the concern, the central govt organised the CSR conclave in Nagaland in 2022, which became a turning point.
“Many companies, some of which had no manufacturing units or service centres in the state, were persuaded to participate and consider Nagaland as a destination for meaningful CSR initiatives,” Sitharaman said. She added the ongoing CSR-supported programmes at National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology (NIELIT) Kohima and the NTTI Dimapur are clear examples of this new momentum.
Sitharaman inaugurated NIELIT Kohima on Friday. She said at NIELIT Kohima, the Tata Group has stepped in to train youth in advanced areas connected to semiconductor-related technologies, with their experts set to serve as master trainers.
In Dimapur, the AI & Future Skills Centre of Excellence has been established by the Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI), with technical assistance from CYIENT, with an investment of Rs 62 lakh to empower the youth of Nagaland with a combination of AI-driven learning and hands-on vocational training, she added.
Later at a press briefing, Sitharaman said her tour to the state was focused more on a visit to the aspirational district of Kiphire to understand the progress made by it.
Sitharaman said whenever she visits any aspirational district, she takes the banks along so that the credit outreach programme can be held where retail loans or farming loans or personal loans or business development loans or startup-related loans or industrial development loans, which are for MSMEs in particular, are all taken up at one go. She also briefed the media about the other initiatives taken up in state during her three-day visit, which concluded on Saturday.
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