Mumbai

The Maharashtra Cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Monday gave nod for naming Maharashtra State Skills University after Ratan Tata, the former chairman Emeritus of Tata Sons. This is one of the many decisions taken by the cabinet in its recent meetings, even as the state prepares for imminent assembly elections.

Maharashtra State Skills University is a specialized University first of its kind, to create highly skilled and employable youth, to encourage job creation, and to promote the delivery of high-quality skill education, startups, incubation, employability, training, counselling, apprenticeship, on-job training, and placements in an integrated manner with industry partnership.

It is also meant to promote inclusive growth by facilitating employment and providing self-employment guidance for the youth to enhance their incomes, to support the economically backward communities in terms of providing skill development, employment, entrepreneurship, and self-employment opportunities and to provide a job-ready workforce to the industry.

University Vice Chancellor Apoorva Palkar, visibly elated over the move said, ‘”Our focus shall remain to be a University that shall scale up employability both by way of developing job seekers and job givers.’’

The cabinet also cleared the establishment of a corporation for the Agri community which is predominantly situated in the Thane, Raigad, and Palghar districts. The community is involved in fishing, salt making, and paddy agriculture.

The state cabinet approved Career Advancement Scheme for Teachers in Social Work Colleges, Damanganga One-way Godavari River Linking Scheme, revised approval for Ashti lift Irrigation Scheme, administrative approval for Shanidevgaon Barrage of Vaijapur, transfer of State Agriculture Corporation Land to Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation, allotment of land at Panchpakhadi area for Thane Municipal Corporation’s administrative building and land at Kidkali at free of cost for Hybrid Skill University.