Lok Sabha Question No. 3049 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-06
Subject: Skill Development Programme
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: Rajesh Verma

## SKILL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

## 3049.  SHRI RAJESH VERMA:

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

- (a) the number of youth benefited from skill development programme in different fields of textile industry during the last three years;
- (b) the number of youth amongst them particularly belonging to backward/most backward class, State-wise;
- (c) whether the Government has any plan to promote handloom sector in the country; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## उत्तर

## ANSWER वस्त्र मंरी ( श्रीमती स्मृ तत ज़ू बिन इरानी )

## MINISTER OF TEXTILES

(SMT. SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

(a) & (b): Ministry  of  Textiles  has  been  implementing  training  and  skill  development  in  all segments of textile sector across all value chains, with a view for capacity building and employment generation in the sector. During the period 2010-2017, under Integrated Skill Development Scheme (ISDS) in the textiles sector, 11.14 lakh persons have been provided with skill development, out of which 8.43 lakh were given employment. The category-wise/ state-wise persons trained under ISDS are given at Annexure.

Further, the Government has approved a new skill development scheme titled Samarth-Scheme for Capacity Building in Textile Sector covering the entire value chain of the textile sector, excluding Spinning & Weaving in the organized sector, for a period of three years from 2017-18 to 2019-20 with an outlay of Rs.1300 crore to train 10.00 lakh persons.

(c) & (d): Yes, Sir. To Promote Handloom sector, the Office of the Development Commissioner for Handlooms, Ministry of Textiles is implementing the following schemes across the country:-

- (i) National Handloom Development Programme (NHDP)
- (ii) Comprehensive Handloom Cluster Development Scheme (CHCDS)
- (iii) Handloom Weavers' Comprehensive Welfare Scheme (HWCWS)
- (iv) Yarn Supply Scheme (YSS)

Under the above schemes, financial assistance is provided for raw materials, purchase of looms and accessories, design innovation, product diversification, infrastructure development, skill upgradation, lighting units, marketing of handloom products and loan at concessional rates.

## Annexure

## Details of trained Persons Year-wise/ Category-wise under ISDS

| S. No.   | State                  |   General | OBC    | SC     |    ST |   Grand Total |
|----------|------------------------|-----------|--------|--------|-------|---------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh         |     25439 | 47723  | 18708  |  4147 |         96017 |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh      |       230 | 79     | 118    |   296 |           723 |
| 3        | Assam                  |      2195 | 1936   | 615    |   847 |          5593 |
| 4        | Bihar                  |      6047 | 13175  | 8918   |   608 |         28748 |
| 5        | Chandigarh             |        76 | 10     | 43     |     2 |           131 |
| 6        | Chhattisgarh           |      2018 | 4923   | 993    |  3807 |         11741 |
| 7        | Dadra and Nagar Haveli |        25 | 45     |        |   104 |           174 |
| 8        | Daman and Diu          |       290 | 22     | 75     |   198 |           585 |
| 9        | Delhi                  |     12974 | 1935   | 4485   |    83 |         19477 |
| 10       | Gujarat                |     55109 | 30183  | 15889  |  9985 |        111166 |
| 11       | Haryana                |     34357 | 7924   | 11228  |   457 |         53966 |
| 12       | Himachal Pradesh       |       452 | 261    | 753    |   194 |          1660 |
| 13       | Jammu and Kashmir      |      3011 | 135    | 385    |    94 |          3625 |
| 14       | Jharkhand              |       891 | 3177   | 1563   |  5912 |         11543 |
| 15       | Karnataka              |     66323 | 27032  | 28175  |  6146 |        127676 |
| 16       | Kerala                 |      2187 | 2715   | 1995   |   941 |          7838 |
| 17       | Madhya Pradesh         |     16196 | 29929  | 19316  | 14574 |         80015 |
| 18       | Maharashtra            |     23343 | 8067   | 4412   |  1195 |         37017 |
| 19       | Manipur                |      1393 | 1888   | 141    |   846 |          4268 |
| 20       | Meghalaya              |       584 | 28     | 34     |   275 |           921 |
| 21       | Mizoram                |         1 | -      | -      |    58 |            59 |
| 22       | Nagaland               |         1 | 2      |        |    76 |            79 |
| 23       | Odisha                 |     13503 | 7296   | 9786   | 12500 |         43085 |
| 24       | Puducherry             |        40 | 545    | 400    |     4 |           989 |
| 25       | Punjab                 |      6412 | 858    | 3247   |   320 |         10837 |
| 26       | Rajasthan              |     29612 | 11518  | 6986   |  5054 |         53170 |
| 27       | Sikkim                 |       187 | 161    | 78     |   100 |           526 |
| 28       | Tamil Nadu             |     33997 | 100250 | 41754  |  3349 |        179350 |
| 29       | Telangana              |     10006 | 17950  | 6683   |  1765 |         36404 |
| 30       | Tripura                |      3128 | 2957   | 2037   |   505 |          8627 |
| 31       | Uttar Pradesh          |     49373 | 32913  | 33695  |   690 |        116671 |
| 32       | Uttarakhand            |       305 | 43     | 117    |    16 |           481 |
| 33       | West Bengal            |     45541 | 4346   | 9977   |  1519 |         61383 |
|          | Total                  |    445246 | 360026 | 232606 | 76600 |       1114545 |

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