Ministry of Textiles

Integrated Skill Development Scheme in the Textile Sector

Posted On: 22 NOV 2019 1:52PM by PIB Delhi

A stakeholder meeting was organised under Samarth-Scheme for Capacity Building in Textiles sector (SCBTS) on 14.05.2018 to familiarize the stakeholders about the scheme and its guidelines. In addition, regular interactive meetings are taking place at regular intervals with stakeholders in the Ministry on Samarth Scheme Implementation. State Governments are also associated in the implementation of various other schemes/projects of Ministry of Textiles.

 

Under Samarth Scheme for Capacity Building in Textiles sector(SCBTS), so far a total of 21 State Government agencies from 18 States have agreed to partner with the Ministry under the scheme. The Ministry has accorded in-principle approval for allocation of over 3.5 lakh targets to the agencies nominated by State Governments to undertake training programme under the scheme. Details of State government agencies and allocated targets are:

 

List of the State Government Agencies allocated training target under Samarth

S. No.

Name of Implementing Agency

State

Target Approved

1

Arunachal Pradesh Handloom & Handicrafts Society Lt.

Arunachal Pradesh

1,050

2

Jammu & Kashmir Entrepreneurship Development Institute

Jammu & Kashmir

600

3

Indian Institute of Handloom Technology, Kannur

Kerala

1,975

4

Handloom & Handicrafts Wing, Directorate of Commerce & Industries

Mizoram

6940

5

Handloom & Textiles

Tamil Nadu

1,400

6

Telangana State Textile Complex Cooperative Society

Telangana

1,440

7

U P Industrial Cooperative Association Ltd

Uttar Pradesh

20,160

8

Khadi Village Industries Board (UPKVIB)

Uttar Pradesh

48,000

9

Institute of Entrepreneurship Development, Kanpur

Uttar Pradesh

30,840

10

Uttarakhand Skill Development Society, Dehradun

Uttarakhand

25,000

11

Director of Handlooms & Textiles-Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh

12,000

12

Assam Skill Development Mission

Assam

17,065

13

Handloom Textiles & Sericulture Department

Assam

50,000

14

Madhya Pradesh Laghu Udyog Nigam

Madhya Pradesh

13050

15

Directorate of Skill Development

Tripura

3,540

16

Karnataka State Textile Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited

Karnataka

52,580

17

Institute of Entrepreneurship Development Odisha

Odisha

3,150

18

Department of Textiles, Commerce & Industry, Directorate of Handlooms & Textiles, Government of Manipur

Manipur

25000

19

Directorate of Industries & Commerce

Haryana

42,480

20

Directorate of Sericulture & Weaving

Meghalaya

7,200

21

Directorate of Handloom, Sericulture & handicraft

Jharkhand

3,200

 

Total

3,66,670

 

This information was given by the Union Minister of Textiles, Smriti Zubin Irani, in written reply in the Lok Sabha today.

 

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