Lok Sabha Question No. 3344 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-12
Subject: Employment Generation in Textiles Sector
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: Ramdas Chandrabhanji Tadas, Chandra Prakash Joshi

## EMPLOYMENT GENERATION IN TEXTILE SECTOR

## 3344.    SHRI RAMDAS C. TADAS:  SHRI CHANDRA PRAKASH JOSHI:

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

(a) whether any target has been set to provide 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 the future, if so, the details thereof;

(c) whether the existing resources will meet the requirement of human resources in the textile industry in the country; and

(d) if not, the detailed reaction of the Government thereto?

## उत्तर

## ANSWER

## वस्त्र मंरी ( श्रीमती स्मृ 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)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);  and  (iii)    full employer's contribution (12%) of the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) is provided under  the  Pradhan Mantri  Paridhan  Rozgar  Protsahan  Yojana  (PMPRPY)  for  a period of three years w.e.f 1 st April,2018 to employees of garment industry who are earning less than Rs. 15,000 per month  for all sectors including T&A sector.
- (ii)  Amended  Technology  Upgradation  Fund  Scheme  is  being  implemented  to  upgrade technology/machinaries 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 35.62 lakh employment in the textile sector by 2022.
- (iii)  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.
- (iv)      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.
- (v) 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  skillupgradation 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.

(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  Amended  Technology  Upgradation Funds  Scheme  (ATUFS);  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 etc.