For the first time in the country, a jail will cater to the production unit of India's leading car makers under a public-private partnership, providing training and better employment opportunities to the inmates.
The Director General of Delhi Prisons Alok Verma on Friday inaugurated the small scale automotive workshop in jail number two of Delhi's Tihar Jail here.
"The inmates will profit in both long term and short term working here. They'll be paid wages and will gain special work experience which will be very useful for them to rehabilitate themselves after completing their terms here," Delhi Prisons DIG and PRO Mukesh Prasad told PTI.
The manufacturing unit has been set up by Minda Furukawa Electric Pvt Ltd (MFE), a joint venture company between, Spark Minda, Ashok Minda Group of India and Furukawa of Japan.
In this manufacturing unit, wire harness product, a key automotive component, will be manufactured by the convicts and will be supplied to the company's key customer, Maruti Suzuki India Limited, according to an MoU signed between MFE and Tihar Jail authorities on March 30.
The inmates working in the unit will be supervised by technical professionals from MFE and will earn more wages in comparison to other inmates working in the jail.
"We are hopeful of making the inmates able to earn their living once they are out of jail by gaining technical experience. It will be helpful for them in finding better employment in future. We want to send a good message to the society," Prasad said.
The venture was inaugurated in the presence of Delhi Prisons DG, DIG, Chairperson of Spark Munda, Sarika Minda, President of MFE, A Maenishi and other senior officials.
