Lok Sabha Question No. 1931 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-29
Subject: Textiles Industry
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: Bheemrao Baswanthrao Patil

## TEXTILES INDUSTRY

## 1931.  SHRI B.B. PATIL:

## Will the Minister of TEXTILES वस्त्र मंरी be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether any target has been set to generate employment in the textiles industry in the next three years, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the Government has chalked out any plan to ensure availability of skilled human resources to  meet  the  requirement  of  employment  creation  in  textiles  industry  in  future,  if  so,  the  details thereof;
- (c) whether  the  prevailing  resources  would  meet  the  requirement  of  human  resources  in  the  textile industry in the country; and
- (d)   if not, the reasons therefor along with the steps taken by the Government in this regard?

## उत्तर

## ANSWER वस्त्र मंरी (श्रीमती स्त्म ृ तत ज़ूबिन इरानी)

## MINISTER OF TEXTILES (SMT. SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

(a) & (b): Government  has  taken  a  number  of  steps  for  promotion  of  investment,  production  and employment in the textile sector which inter-alia include the following:-

- (i)    For  skilling  unskilled  persons  to  become    skilled  employees  after  entering  the  textile  sector, Government have been implementing series of programmes including Integrated Skill Development Scheme (ISDS) from 2010-11 to 2017-18 for providing skill training  to  manpower   in  the textile sector.  Under  the  scheme,  11.14  lakh  persons  were  trained  out  of  which  8.43  lakh  persons  were given placement.

In continuation, as a part of Government's focus on skill development and employment generation in the textile sector, Government is implementing the 'Samarth - Scheme for Capacity Building', to train  10  lakh  youth  for  a  period  of  three  years  from  2017-18  to  2019-20,  at  an  estimated  cost  of Rs.1300 crore. The scheme aimed at 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 organized and related sectors and to provide skilling and skill-upgradation  in  the  traditional  sector.  The  scheme  covers  handloom,  handicraft,  jute,  silk, technical textile, apparel, garmenting, textile processing and fashion segments. State Governments and the sectoral organisations including Textile Industry and Industry Associations are partnered in taking this programme forward.

- (ii)    Government  has  launched  a  special  package  of  Rs.6000  crore  in  2016  to  boost  investment, employment generation of around 1.11 crore jobs and exports in the garmenting and made-ups sector with  the  following  components  viz.,  (i)  full  refund  is  provided  under  Remission  of  State  Levies (ROSL) to the exporters for the State level taxes; (ii) production linked additional incentive of 10% is provided under the Amended Technology Up-gradation Fund Scheme (ATUFS)
- (iii) Amended Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme is being implemented to upgrade technology/machineries  of  textile  industry  with  an  outlay  of  Rs.17,822  crore  during  2016-2022 which will attract investment of Rs.1 lakh crore and generate employment in the textile sector by 2022.

Scheme for Production and Employment Linked Support for Garmenting Units (SPELSGU): Ministry  has  also  notified  the  Scheme  for  Production  and  Employment  Linked  Support  for Garmenting Units (SPELSGU) under ATUFS to incentivize production and employment generation in the garmenting sector.

- (iv)  Under the Scheme of Integrated Textile Park (SITP), Government provides 40% subsidy  with a ceiling of Rs.40 crore to set up Textile Parks for infrastructure creation and employment generation. 59 sanctioned textiles parks are under various stages of implementation, once fully operational it is expected to house about 5909 textile units and will generate employment for about 3,61,093 persons and attract investment of over Rs. 26,972 crore.
- (v)  A separate scheme for development of Knitting and knitwear has been launched recently to boost production in knitting and knitwear clusters which provide employment to nearly 24 lakh persons.
- (vi)  Handloom : Employment generation in the sector is through facilitation under various Government Schemes like Hathkargha Samvardhan Sahayata(HSS), weavers are provided looms & accessories and MUDRA loans at concessional rate. Handloom workers are provided training for up-gradation of their skills. From 2015-16 to 2019-20                     (upto 30 th September 2019), 53703 handloom workers  have  been  provided  training  to  upgrade  their  skill,  35119  Looms/Accessories  have  been provided under HSS and 118790 number of loans have been sanctioned to handloom weavers under the  MUDRA  Scheme  (during  2016-17  to  2019-20  (upto  30 th September  2019)  to  generate employment.
- (vii)    To  generate  employment  in  jute  sector  for  the  year  2019-20,  it  is  targeted  to  organize  skilling programming in at least 40 nos. of districts and in organized mill sector for giving beneficiaries for 10,000 and under SAMARTH, it aims to provide training to 10 lakh persons (9 lakh in organized and 1 lakh in traditional sector) covering handloom, handcraft, silk & jute sector.

(c) & (d): Apart from the aforesaid programmes, Government has been implementing various schemes for promoting investment, production, employment generation and for boosting exports in the textile sector. These  include PowerTex India Scheme - for Powerloom Sector Development,  Silk Samagra- the integrated silk  development  scheme,    Integrated  Processing  Development  Scheme  (IPDS),    North  Eastern  Region Textile Promotion Scheme (NERTPS),  Incentive Scheme for Acquisition of Plants and Machinery (ISAPM) for  Jute  Industry  and  Jute  Diversified  Products  Manufacturing  Units,  National  Handicraft  Development Programme  (NHDP)  and Comprehensive  Handicrafts  Cluster  Development  Scheme  (CHCDS)  to  provide sustainable livelihood opportunities including employment to the artisans, etc.

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