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The company has also approached NGOs and panchayats in Singur to provide training to locals at Ramakrishna Mission for developing technical skills in areas such as carpentry, plumbing, electrician, simple fitting jobs, etc.


If the need arises, key employees from Tata Motors plant can travel and impart training to students to bring to focus the jobs required at an auto plant and how these tasks are carried out on a regular basis.


Tata Motors has also proposed a weekly forum meeting where farmers meet company executives and clear doubts, and plans to replicate some of the programmes initiated in Pune and Jamshedpur for people in Singur.


As part of other initiatives to connect with the people, the company is organising special training programmes for women in areas such as tailoring, hand gloves making, garments, food products and handicrafts.


Tata Motors also plans to introduce technical subjects in local secondary schools by providing infrastructure support, sports facilities, career guidance and a teachers' training programme.