IMPHAL, June 12: Union Minister of Chemical & Fertilizer Ananth Kumar and Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh jointly inaugurated the newly constructed Academic Block and Boys and Girls Hostel of Central Institute of Plastic Engineering and Technology (CIPET) Imphal Centre at Takyelpat today.
Speaking at the inaugural function, Union Minister Ananth Kumar assured that discussion will be held to set up a plastic park in the State and for this he had invited Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh and Commerce & Industries Govindas Konthoujam to come to the national capital for discussions.
He said that around 500 acres of land will be required to set up the plastic park and appealed to the State government to provide the required land to do the needful.
Announcing that there is a plan to sanction an amount of Rs 13 crore for constructing additional boys and girls hostel and machine room for CIPET Imphal Centre if the State could provide 5 acres of land, the Union Minister further assured that intake capacity of the centre will be increased to 3500 seats from the present 1500.
The quantity of plastic consumed in India in a year is 10 tonne million. After five years, the amount of plastic that will be required will be around 20 tonne million per year. To meet the demand, there is a need to produce 100000 plastic engineers in a year, he explained.
CIPET produced around 43000 plastic engineers in a year; he informed, adding that plastic engineers passed out from the centre are in demand not only in the country but in abroad as well.
Noting that CIPET is playing a key role in generating jobs for youths, the Union Minister acknowledged that CIPET Imphal Centre was the first centre amongst other centres situated in different parts of the country to get placement for the first time.
In his speech, CM Ibobi said that the centre is functioning since 1987 imparting training to youths of Manipur and other north eastern states and informed that a total of 820 trainees have been benefitted and many of them were assisted in securing their placement in many reputed companies in India and abroad.
The CM maintained that the centre is also actively conducting vocational skill development and entrepreneurship development programmes sponsored by various Ministries, Central Government, Departments, State government departments and through these programmes about 2100 unemployed/underemployed youths have been trained and benefitted.
As a part of its role in promoting, motivating and nurturing entrepreneurship in the region, the Centre also extends technology support services to the aspiring entrepreneurs as well as existing entrepreneurship of the State by allowing the machineries and other facilities of CIPET Imphal to be utilized at a very nominal rate, he said.
Observing that the need of the hour is to equip youths with skills to meet the demand at national and international level, Ibobi said that the civil and technical infrastructure facilities of the centre have been strengthened in the 12th Plan period through grants from Government of India for machinery and new hostels for boys and girls with all basic facilities.
He assured that the State government will extend full cooperation to CIPET in training the youth of Manipur as well as from other parts of the country.
Today`™s inauguration function was also attended by Commerce & Industries Minister Govindas Konthoujam; MP Dr T Meinya; Secretary of Chemical and Petrochemical Surjit K Choudhury; Chief Secretary PC Lawnkunga and Director General of CIPET Dr SK Naik.
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