Tata Steel, which is setting up a six million tonne per annum greenfield steel plant at Kalinganagar steel hub in Jajpur district, has set a new benchmark in Rehabilitation and Resettlement (R&R) for the families affected by the project.
This model R&R scheme, being implemented under the banner of Tata Steel Parivar, focuses on reassuring communication, customised rehabilitation & resettlement and rechecking of its implementation for each family through self and independent social audits. Each family covered under the scheme is assured of the benefits for a period of ten years.
While the government policy has stipulated for provision of employment for one member from each core household, the Tata Steel Parivar policy promises employment opportunities for each major member of the core house who are identified as extended families. Besides, the company is providing training facilities for personality and technical skill up gradation.
Further, scholarships are also being provided for displaced families pursuing higher education in professional education like that in Medicine, Engineering, and Management. An amount of Rs 2.21 lakh is also being provided as one time assistance in lieu of employment.
Under the Tata Steel Parivar policy, each family is given a monthly maintenance allowance of Rs 2000-2300 till they get an employment in the plant whereas the policy stipulates for payment of maintenance allowance for 12 months only.
Apart from offering the homestead plots, the Tata Steel Parivar scheme has developed modern rehabilitation colonies at Trijanga, Sansailo and Gobarghati with 20 km of motorable roads, 32 km of drainage and 300 sodium vapor halogen lamps for street lighting in the colonies.
