Soon nine prisons across Uttar Pradesh could see inmates receive training in developing crop seeds, even as prisoners in 12 other jails learn vermicomposting, as part of an initiative of the Prison Department, Seed Development Corporation and Agriculture Department.
Besides providing inmates an extra source of income inside the prison, authorities are hopeful the skills they pick up could prove handy for them after their release. For now, inmates with an agricultural background and serving short-term sentences will be selected for the training.
Around 30 inmates each in nine prisons would learn development of crop seeds, while five each in 12 jails would be trained in vermicomposting. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in this regard was signed on September 6 between the Managing Director (MD) of the Uttar Pradesh Seed Development Corporation, Director of the Agriculture Department, and Additional Director General (ADG), Prisons.
Read more of this in a report by Avaneesh Mishra published in The Indian Express...
(Such innovative ideas can be replicated around the country - Editor)
