State Bank of India has decided to extend benefits of over 100 Rural Self Employment Training Institutes (RSETIs) to differently-abled individuals under its corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiative.
SBI has decided to extend the benefit of RSETIs to the physically challenged individuals who are the most under privileged section of the society. On April 26, SBI through its 3 RSETIs entered into a tie-up arrangement with an ‘EnAble India’ in the state of Karnataka. EnAble India is an NGO working in the field of development of differently abled persons to get their real potentiality recognised in the society, SBI said in a statement.
RSETIs are non-profit institutions established and maintained with the support of State and Central Governments.
“The objective of this institute is to generate self employment in rural areas through proper training and by facilitating in settlement in vocations. RSETIs are imparting comprehensive quality training in personality and skill development areas to the rural youth and it facilitates them in settlement in vocations. Settlement is facilitated by enabling the trained candidates to launch profitable micro enterprises either with or without the credit linkage from financial institutions,” the bank said.
They are also facilitated to secure wage employment in their skill areas elsewhere. As on date, SBI has set up 116 RSETIs across the country, largely in geographically and socially challenging areas.