Question : TRAINING IN TEXTILES

(a) whether there is any gap between the needs of training in clothing segments and the training provided by the existing textiles industries both in terms of value and course;

(b) if so, the measures taken by the Government to overcome this gap;

(c) the places where Centres of National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) have been opened during each of the last three years, State and Union Territory-wise; and

(d) the funds allocated to these Centres for their functioning and maintenance during the said period, Centre-wise?

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF TEXTILES (SHRI E.V.K.S. ELANGOVAN)

(a) Yes, Sir.

(b) The Government had set up a Committee to study the existing infrastructure available for education and training in textiles in the country. The Committee had recommended that all the training institutes in the Government and private sector, which are carrying out industrial training, be re-structured and re-oriented by augmenting them and modernising their current infrastructure. Additional facilities will be created in association with various stake holders on the Public Private Partnership, (PPP) model.

(c) & (d) During the FYs 2004-05, 2005-06 and 2006-07, the National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) opened an extension centre at Rae Bareli in U.P. The Centre will commence working in FY 2007-08, and an amount of Rs. 2.00 crores has been provided.