(a) whether the Government proposes to launch Scheme for Capacity Building in Textile Sector; and
(b) if so, the details thereof along with the objectives and implementation status of the scheme?
(a) whether the Government proposes to launch Scheme for Capacity Building in Textile Sector; and
(b) if so, the details thereof along with the objectives and implementation status of the scheme?
MINISTER OF TEXTILES
(SMT. SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)
(a) & (b): Samarth-Scheme for Capacity Building in Textile sector is an ongoing programme, which aims at training and skill development for youth of the country across all value chains of textiles (except weaving and spinning being taken up under the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana). The Scheme provides for training 10 lakh persons with an outlay of 1300 Crore.
The objectives of the scheme inter alia include providing demand driven, placement oriented National Skills Qualifications Framework (NSQF) compliant skilling programmes to incentivize and supplement the efforts of the industry in creating jobs in the organised textile and related sectors and to provide skilling and skill-upgradation in the traditional sectors.
Further, the Ministry has allocated skilling target of 3.66 lakh persons to State Government agencies (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Kerala, Mizoram, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Tripura, Karnataka, Odisha, Manipur, Meghalaya, Haryana) and 43020 persons to Sectoral organisations of Ministry of Textiles (Central Silk Board, Development Commissioner of Handicrafts, Development Commissioner of Handloom and National Jute Board) for commencing the training programme under the scheme. Ministry has also allocated training target of 69,174 persons to textile industry/ Industry Associations.
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