The cabinet meeting also approved development projects and schemes worth Rs 3867 crore, including the in-principle approval to the Lokmata Devi Ahilyabai Holkar Training Scheme, aimed at providing employment-oriented skill development to state’s youth. Under the scheme, eligible individuals will receive an annual interest subsidy of Rs 1,000, with a lifetime cap of Rs 10,000 per person on loan interest. The scheme will entail an annual expenditure of approximately Rs 100 crore.Aiming to enhance women’s participation in the workforce in industrial areas by ensuring their safety and security through proper housing facilities, the cabinet approved construction of 26 working women hostels with total capacity of 5572 beds across four industrial areas/zones, among them Vikram Udyogpuri (Ujjain), Pithampur Industrial Area Sectors 1&2 (Dhar), Malanpur-Ghirongi (Bhind) and Mandideep (Raisen). A sum of Rs 249 crore-plus has been allocated for the hostels in four industrial areas.To be built by the MP Industrial Development Corporation (MPIDC) with central assistance under the “Special assistance to states for capital investment 2024-25” scheme, the hostels will include modern amenities like parking, food courts, recreational spaces, and crèches for children.“We’re starting by building working women hostels in these four industrial areas, efforts will be made in future to encourage industries to come up with similar hostels through the CSR fund money. Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode will also be explored in future for building such hostels, which will help in enhancing women participation in the industrial workforce in MP,” Vijayvargiya said.
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