- Sixteen State Governments signed MoU with Ministry of Textiles at a function in New Delhi today to take Samarth – Scheme for Capacity Building in Textile Sector (SCBTS) forward.
- Eighteen States have agreed to partner with the Ministry under the scheme out of which Jammu & Kashmir and Odisha were not present during function.
- Initially, the Ministry has allocated over 3.5 lakh targets to the agencies nominated by State Governments to implement this scheme. After the training employment will be provided to all these beneficiaries in various textiles related activities. The programme covers the entire value chain of the textiles sector except spinning and weaving.
About Training Programme
- The training programme involves advanced technology oriented features like Aadhaar Based Biometric Attendance System (AEBAS), CCTV recording, dedicated Call Centre, Mobile App based Management Information System and on-line monitoring.
- Speaking on the occasion, Union Minister of Textiles and Women and Child Development, Smriti ZubinIrani, said that the signing of MoUs with State Governments shows the commitment of the Ministry to extend its support to the state agency and make them equal partners for building the spirit of national development to boost the textiles sector.
- Smriti Zubin Irani also said that 75% of the workers engaged in the textiles sector and 70% of the beneficiaries of the Mudra loan are women. She further added that North Eastern States must focus on silk and jute sector and review the targets of skilling under Samarth scheme.
Samarth Scheme
- The Ministry of Textiles, as part of the Government’s broad focus on skill development, implemented the flagship scheme (2010 to 2017) of skilling in textiles sector, Integrated Skill Development Scheme with a target to provide 15 lakh additional skilled workers to the textiles sector by 2017. Under the scheme 11.14 lakh persons were trained by March, 2018 and 8.41 lakh persons were provided placement.
- With a view to leverage the institutional capability created by the Ministry and the synergy / collaboration achieved with the industry and the state governments, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs gave its approval for a new skill development scheme, titled “Samarth” -Scheme for Capacity Building in Textile Sector (SCBTS)” from 2017-18 to 2019-20. It is a placement oriented programme for meeting the skill requirements of textiles industry. The scheme aims at skill development of 10 lakh youth upto 2020 in the entire value chain of textiles, excluding spinning and weaving in the organized sector, with a projected outlay of Rs. 1300 crore.
