CRPF to secure skill development trainers, signs MoU with Ministry

 The mainstay force for anti-Naxal operations in the country–CRPF–will provide security cover to trainers of the Skill India Mission when they travel to interior areas to meet locals as part of an MoU signed on Tuesday between the paramilitary force and Skill Development Ministry.

The force also committed that the spouses and eligible children of CRPF personnel, widows of martyrs and those disabled in action will be enrolled for training under the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojna (PMKVY) and these men and women will be trained in apparel making, food processing, Information Technology and other related streams.

 A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the two sides in the presence of Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Union, Skill Development Minister Rajiv Pratap Rudy and Central Reserve Police Force DG K Durga Prasad here.