Lok Sabha Question No. 204 (STARRED), answered on 2023-03-15
Subject: Scheme for Capacity Building in Textile Sector (SCBTS)
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: Chinta Anuradha

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *204 TO BE ANSWERED ON 15.03.2023

## SCHEME FOR CAPACITY BUILDING IN TEXTILE SECTOR (SCBTS)

## *204. SHRIMATI CHINTA ANURADHA:

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

- (a)  whether  it  is  a  fact  that  the  Government's  SAMARTH- Scheme for Capacity Building in Textile Sector (SCBTS) has achieved its target of training over 10 lakh persons (9 lakh persons in organized & 1 lakh persons in traditional sectors) over the period of 3 years (2017-2020);
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (c) whether the said scheme which was stopped due to Covid-19 induced lockdown has been restarted;
- (d) if so, the details of places, State-wise; and
- (e) if not, the reasons therefor?

उत्तर

ANSWER

## वस्त्र मंत्री ( श्री पीयूष गोयल )

MINISTER OF TEXTILES (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

- (a) to (e):A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  to  (e)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *204 TO BE ANSWERED ON 15.03.2023

(a) & (b): Scheme for Capacity Building in Textile Sector (Samarth) was formulated as a demand driven skilling scheme and approved on 20 th December, 2017 with the target to train 10 lakh persons in 3 years.

Subsequently, the tenure of implementation of the scheme was extended upto March, 2024 with an  outlay  of  Rs.  390  crore  upto  2023-24.  1,53,047  beneficiaries  have  been  trained  so  far  under  the scheme.

The  implementation  of  scheme  was  impacted  due  to  Covid-19  disruptions  and  time  taken  to streamline  the  processes/  procedures  for  direct  participation  of  textile  industry  units  for  ensuring placement linkage and implementation through end to end digital platform.

State/UT-wise details of total beneficiaries under Samarth scheme is given at Annexure-I .

(c) to (e): Covid-19  pandemic  had  largely  impacted  the  implementation  of  training  programmes under Samarth. The training programmes have been restarted post Covid-19 induced lockdowns. State / UT-wise details of places where Samarth scheme is implemented is at Annexure-II .

(As on 09.03.2023)

| S. No.   | States                                       | No of beneficiaries Trained   |
|----------|----------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| 1        | Andaman and Nicobar                          | 46                            |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh                               | 4,040                         |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh                            | 57                            |
| 4        | Assam                                        | 4,427                         |
| 5        | Bihar                                        | 2,335                         |
| 6        | Chandigarh                                   | 88                            |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh                                 | 1,600                         |
| 8        | Delhi                                        | 2,700                         |
| 9        | Goa                                          | 29                            |
| 10       | Gujarat                                      | 6,332                         |
| 11       | Haryana                                      | 8,439                         |
| 12       | Himachal Pradesh                             | 276                           |
| 13       | Jammu and Kashmir                            | 1,682                         |
| 14       | Jharkhand,                                   | 1,442                         |
| 15       | Karnataka                                    | 31,403                        |
| 16       | Kerala                                       | 1,490                         |
| 17       | Madhya Pradesh                               | 3,259                         |
| 18       | Maharashtra                                  | 6,645                         |
| 19       | Manipur                                      | 1,082                         |
| 20       | Meghalaya                                    | 110                           |
| 21       | Mizoram                                      | 425                           |
| 22       | Nagaland                                     | 834                           |
| 23       | Odisha                                       | 3,776                         |
| 24       | Puducherry                                   | 277                           |
| 25       | Punjab                                       | 677                           |
| 26       | Rajasthan                                    | 5,726                         |
| 27       | Sikkim                                       | 66                            |
| 28       | Tamil Nadu                                   | 34,290                        |
| 29       | Telangana                                    | 5,111                         |
| 30       | The Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | 1,369                         |
| 31       | Tripura                                      | 954                           |
| 32       | Uttar Pradesh                                | 20,126                        |
| 33       | Uttarakhand                                  | 465                           |
| 34       | West Bengal                                  | 1,469                         |
| Total    | Total                                        | 1,53,047                      |

(As on 09.03.2023)

| S. No.   | State               | District       |
|----------|---------------------|----------------|
| 1        | Andaman and Nicobar | South Andamans |
|          |                     | Anantapur      |
|          |                     | Chittoor       |
|          |                     | Krishna        |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh      | Kurnool        |
|          |                     | SPSR Nellore   |
|          |                     | Visakhapatanam |
|          |                     | West Godavari  |
|          | Arunachal Pradesh   | East Siang     |
| 3        |                     | Papum Pare     |
|          |                     | Baksa          |
|          |                     | Barpeta        |
|          |                     | Biswanath      |
|          |                     | Darrang        |
|          |                     | Dhemaji        |
|          |                     | Dibrugarh      |
|          |                     | Goalpara       |
|          |                     | Golaghat       |
|          |                     | Hojai          |
|          |                     | Jorhat         |
| 4        | Assam               | Kamrup         |
|          |                     | Kamrup Metro   |
|          |                     | Kokrajhar      |
|          |                     | Lakhimpur      |
|          |                     | Marigaon       |
|          |                     | Nagaon         |
|          |                     | Nalbari        |
|          |                     | Sivasagar      |
|          |                     | Sonitpur       |
|          |                     | Tinsukia       |
|          |                     | Udalguri       |
|          |                     | Bhagalpur      |
|          |                     | Gaya           |
|          |                     | Gopalganj      |
|          |                     | Jehanabad      |
| 5        | Bihar               | Kishanganj     |
|          |                     | Madhepura      |
|          |                     | Madhubani      |
|          |                     | Muzaffarpur    |
|          |                     | Nawada         |

|    |                  | Patna           |
|----|------------------|-----------------|
|    |                  | Purnia          |
|    |                  | Rohtas          |
|    |                  | Siwan           |
|    |                  | Supaul          |
|    |                  | Vaishali        |
| 6  | Chandigarh       | Chandigarh      |
|    |                  | Balod           |
|    |                  | Bastar          |
|    |                  | Bilaspur        |
| 7  | Chhattisgarh     | Janjgir-Champa  |
|    |                  | Kondagaon       |
|    |                  | Raigarh         |
|    |                  | Raipur          |
|    |                  | Central         |
|    |                  | East            |
|    |                  | New Delhi       |
|    |                  | North East      |
| 8  | Delhi            | South           |
|    |                  | South East      |
|    |                  | South West      |
|    |                  | West            |
| 9  | Goa              | South Goa       |
|    |                  | Aahmadabad      |
|    |                  | BanasKantha     |
|    |                  | Dang            |
|    |                  | Dohad           |
|    |                  | GirSomnath      |
| 10 | Gujarat          | Jamnagar        |
|    |                  | Kachchh         |
|    |                  | Surat           |
|    |                  | Surendranagar   |
|    |                  | Vadodara        |
|    |                  | Valsad          |
|    |                  | Ambala          |
|    |                  | Faridabad       |
|    |                  | Fatehabad       |
|    |                  | Gurugram        |
| 11 | Haryana          | Kurukshetra     |
|    |                  | Palwal          |
|    |                  | Panipat         |
|    |                  | Sonipat         |
| 12 | Himachal Pradesh | Chamba Hamirpur |
|    |                  | Kangra          |

|              | Solan                 |
|--------------|-----------------------|
|              | Anantnag              |
|              | Badgam                |
|              | Bandipora             |
|              | Baramulla             |
|              | Ganderbal             |
| 13 Jammu and | Jammu                 |
|              | Kupwara               |
|              | Pulwama               |
|              | Shopian               |
|              | Srinagar              |
|              | Udhampur              |
|              | Dhanbad               |
|              | Dumka                 |
|              | East Singhbum         |
|              | Godda                 |
| 14 Jharkhand | Hazaribagh            |
|              | Khunti                |
|              | Palamu                |
|              | Ranchi                |
|              | West Singhbhum        |
|              | Bagalkote             |
|              | Ballari               |
|              | Belagavi              |
|              | Bengaluru Rural       |
|              | Bengaluru Urban       |
|              | Bidar Chamarajanagara |
|              | Chikkaballapura       |
|              | Chikkamagaluru        |
|              | Chitradurga           |
|              | Dakshina Kannada      |
| 15 Karnataka | Davangere             |
|              | Dharwad               |
|              | Gadag                 |
|              | Hassan                |
|              | Haveri                |
|              | Kalaburagi            |
|              | Kolar                 |
|              | Koppal                |
|              | Mandya                |
|              | Mysuru                |
|              | Raichur               |
|              | Ramanagara            |

|                | Shivamogga                |
|----------------|---------------------------|
|                | Tumakuru                  |
|                | Uttara Kannada Vijayapura |
|                | Ernakulam                 |
| 16 Kerala      | Kannur                    |
|                | Thiruvananthapuram        |
|                | Thrissur                  |
|                | Ashoknagar                |
|                | Betul                     |
|                | Bhopal                    |
|                | Dhar                      |
|                | Dindori                   |
|                | Gwalior                   |
|                | Hoshangabad               |
| 17 Madhya      | Indore                    |
| Pradesh        | Jabalpur                  |
|                | Khargone                  |
|                | Mandla                    |
|                | Sehore                    |
|                | Sidhi                     |
|                | Ujjain                    |
|                | Vidisha                   |
|                | Beed                      |
|                | Kolhapur                  |
|                | Latur                     |
|                | Mumbai                    |
|                | Nagpur                    |
|                | Nanded                    |
| 18 Maharashtra | Nashik                    |
|                | Palghar                   |
|                | Raigad                    |
|                | Ratnagiri                 |
|                | Sangli                    |
|                | Satara                    |
|                | Thane                     |
|                | Imphal East               |
| 19 Manipur     | Imphal West               |
| Meghalaya      | East Khasi Hills          |
| 20             | West Garo Hills           |
| 21 Mizoram     | Aizawl                    |
|                | Kiphire                   |
| 22             | Kohima                    |
| Nagaland       | Mokokchung                |

|    |            | Wokha          |
|----|------------|----------------|
|    |            | Balangir       |
|    |            | Baleshwar      |
|    |            | Cuttack        |
|    |            | Dhenkanal      |
|    |            | Ganjam         |
| 23 | Odisha     | Jajapur        |
|    |            | Kalahandi      |
|    |            | Khordha        |
|    |            | Mayurbhanj     |
|    |            | Sambalpur      |
|    |            | Sundargarh     |
| 24 | Puducherry | Karaikal       |
|    |            | Yanam          |
|    |            | Barnala        |
| 25 | Punjab     | Ferozepur      |
|    |            | Hoshiarpur     |
|    |            | Ludhiana       |
|    |            | Barmer         |
|    |            | Bhilwara       |
|    |            | Bikaner        |
|    |            | Chittorgarh    |
|    |            | Hanumangarh    |
| 26 | Rajasthan  | Jaipur         |
|    |            | Jhunjhunu      |
|    |            | Jodhpur        |
|    |            | Pali           |
|    |            | Rajsamand      |
|    |            | Udaipur        |
| 27 | Sikkim     | West District  |
|    |            | Chennai        |
|    |            | Coimbatore     |
|    |            | Cuddalore      |
|    |            | Dharmapuri     |
|    |            | Dindigul       |
|    |            | Erode          |
|    |            | Kanchipuram    |
| 28 | Tamil Nadu | Kanniyakumari  |
|    |            | Karur          |
|    |            | Krishnagiri    |
|    |            | Madurai        |
|    |            | Nagapattinam   |
|    |            | Namakkal       |
|    |            | Pudukkottai    |
|    |            | Ramanathapuram |
|    |            | Salem          |

|    |                                              | Sivaganga           |
|----|----------------------------------------------|---------------------|
|    |                                              | Thanjavur           |
|    |                                              | The Nilgiris        |
|    |                                              | Theni               |
|    |                                              | Thiruvallur         |
|    |                                              | Thiruvarur          |
|    |                                              | Tiruchirappalli     |
|    |                                              | Tirunelveli         |
|    |                                              | Tiruppur            |
|    |                                              | Tiruvannamalai      |
|    |                                              | Tuticorin           |
|    |                                              | Vellore             |
|    |                                              | Villupuram          |
|    |                                              | Virudhunagar        |
|    |                                              | BhadradriKothagudem |
|    |                                              | Hyderabad           |
|    |                                              | Khammam             |
|    |                                              | Mahabubabad         |
| 29 | Telangana                                    | Nalgonda            |
|    |                                              | Ranga Reddy         |
|    |                                              | Vikarabad           |
|    |                                              | Wanaparthy          |
| 30 | The Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | Daman               |
|    |                                              | Dhalai              |
| 31 | Tripura                                      | Gomati              |
|    |                                              | West Tripura        |
|    |                                              | Agra                |
|    |                                              | Aligarh             |
|    |                                              | Ambedkar Nagar      |
|    |                                              | Amethi              |
|    |                                              | Amroha              |
|    |                                              | Auraiya             |
|    |                                              | Ayodhya             |
|    |                                              | Azamgarh            |
|    |                                              | Ballia              |
|    |                                              | Banda               |
| 32 | Uttar Pradesh                                | Barabanki           |
|    |                                              | Bareilly            |
|    |                                              | Basti               |
|    |                                              | Budaun              |
|    |                                              | Chandauli           |
|    |                                              | Chitrakoot          |
|    |                                              | Etawah              |
|    |                                              | Farrukhabad         |
|    |                                              | Gautam Buddha Nagar |
|    |                                              | Ghaziabad           |

|                | Ghazipur           |
|----------------|--------------------|
|                | Gonda              |
|                | Gorakhpur          |
|                | Hapur              |
|                | Jalaun             |
|                | Jaunpur            |
|                | Kanpur Dehat       |
|                | Kanpur Nagar       |
|                | Lucknow            |
|                | Mahoba             |
|                | Mathura            |
|                | Mau                |
|                | Meerut             |
|                | Mirzapur           |
|                | Moradabad          |
|                | Pilibhit           |
|                | Pratapgarh         |
|                | Prayagraj          |
|                | Rampur             |
|                | Saharanpur         |
|                | Sitapur            |
|                | Sultanpur          |
|                | Unnao              |
|                | Varanasi           |
|                | Almora             |
|                | Chamoli            |
| 33 Uttarakhand |                    |
|                | TehriGarhwal       |
|                | 24 Paraganas North |
|                | Birbhum            |
|                | Coochbehar         |
|                | DinajpurDakshin    |
|                | Dinajpur Uttar     |
| 34 West        | Howrah             |
|                | Jalpaiguri         |
|                | Kalimpong          |
|                | Kolkata            |
|                | Maldah             |
|                | Murshidabad        |

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