Udaan Scheme

Participation of PSUs in the Scheme Udaan has been approved by competent authority subject to the condition that the entire cost of implementation of the Scheme will be borne by the PSUs under their Corporate Social Responsibility. Proposals of six PSUs (National Thermal Power Corporation, Oil & Natural Gas Corporation, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited, Canara Bank and Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited) to train 3675 candidates over a period of 5 years have been approved. NTPC and BHEL have commenced training of first batch of candidates.

This was stated by Shri R.P.N.Singh, Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs in written reply to a question by Shri Dhruv Narayana, Shri Ponnam Prabhakar and Shri M.Krishnasswamy in the Lok Sabha