Sunday, January 22, 2012

[ZESTCaste] Flying dreams of dalit girls grounded

http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/cities/chennai/flying-dreams-dalit-girls-grounded-761

Flying dreams of dalit girls grounded

January 22, 2012
By Kavitha Muralidharan
DC
chennai

Around 100 dalit girls had joined an academy to train as airhostesses
under a government scheme launched in 2006, but soon found their
dreams dashed.

Now TN has stepped in by refusing to pay the academy in full on the
grounds that it has not "fulfilled its contractual obligations" of
finding the girls jobs after the training.

The government intervened as it is mandatory for any organisation
entering into a contract with the Tamil Nadu Adi Dravidar Housing and
Development Corporation (TAHDCO) to find 50 per cent of its candidates
placements at the end of the training.

"Usually 50 per cent of the payment is made when signing the contract
and the rest after the contractual obligations are fulfilled," say
official sources.

The sources revealed that the academy too received 70 per cent of its
payment in advance, but can claim the rest only after it fulfills its
contractual obligations.

The scheme, launched with much fanfare by the previous DMK government
, was meant to provide training to 100 Dalit girls every year at an
expenditure of Rs 1 crore.


------------------------------------

----
INFORMATION OVERLOAD?
Get all ZESTCaste mails sent out in a span of 24 hours in a single mail. Subscribe to the daily digest version by sending a blank mail to ZESTMedia-digest@yahoogroups.com, OR, if you have a Yahoo! Id, change your settings at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTMedia/join/

PARTICIPATE:-
On this list you can share caste news, discuss caste issues and network with like-minded anti-caste people from across India and the world. Just write to zestcaste@yahoogroups.com

TELL FRIENDS TO SIGN UP:-
If you got this mail as a forward, subscribe to ZESTCaste by sending a blank mail to ZESTCaste-subscribe@yahoogroups.com OR, if you have a Yahoo! ID, by visiting http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/join/

Also have a look at our sister list, ZESTMedia: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTMedia/Yahoo! Groups Links

<*> To visit your group on the web, go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/

<*> Your email settings:
Individual Email | Traditional

<*> To change settings online go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/join
(Yahoo! ID required)

<*> To change settings via email:
ZESTCaste-digest@yahoogroups.com
ZESTCaste-fullfeatured@yahoogroups.com

<*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
ZESTCaste-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com

<*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to:
http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/

No comments:

Post a Comment