Lok Sabha Question No. 201 (STARRED), answered on 2022-12-21
Subject: SAMARTH Scheme
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: Sangamlal Kadedin Gupta, Ramapati Ram Tripathi

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *201 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.12.2022

## SAMARTH SCHEME

- *201. SHRI SANGAM LAL GUPTA: DR. RAMAPATI RAM TRIPATHI:

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

- (a)  the  details  of  implementation  of  Scheme  for  Capacity  Building  in  Textile  Sector  (SAMARTH) during the last five years;
- (b) the State-wise details of total beneficiaries of said scheme, including the States of Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh and Rajasthan;
- (c) the details of total cost borne by the Government in implementation of the said scheme;
- (d) whether the Government plans to scale the said scheme in the States of Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh and Rajasthan; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## 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. *201 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.12.2022

(a): The  Ministry  is  implementing  (Samarth)  -  Scheme  for  Capacity  Building  in  Textile  Sector (SCBTS), with the objective to provide demand driven, placement oriented National Skill Qualification Framework  (NSQF)  compliant  skilling  programmes  to  incentivize  and  supplement  the  efforts  to  the industry in creating jobs in the organised textile (excluding spinning & weaving) and related sectors and to  provide skilling and skill-upgradation in the traditional sectors. Samarth was initially approved for implementation from 2017-18 to 2019-20 on 20 th December 2017. Guideline of the scheme was issued on  23.04.2018.    Further,  the  scheme  has  been  extended  up  to  31.03.2024.  Samarth  Scheme  was formulated under the broad skilling framework adopted by M/o Skill Development & Entrepreneurship. The  scheme  is  implemented  and  monitored  through  a  robust  digital  platform  linked  with  Aadhaar Enabled  Biometric  Attendance  System  (AEBAS).  A  total  of  106  Textile  Manufacturers,  12  Industry Associations, 15 State/Central government agencies and 4 sectoral organizations have been on-boarded under the scheme with an allocated target of 4.17 lakh beneficiaries. A total of 1,31,161 beneficiaries have been trained, of which 79,999 have been provided placement.

(b): The  State  wise  details  of  total  beneficiaries  including  the  states  of  Uttar  Pradesh,  Himachal Pradesh and Rajasthan under Samarth scheme is given at Annexure.

(c): The details of fund utilized during the operation of Samarth scheme is as under:

(Rs. In crore)

| Financial Year   | Fund Utilized   |
|------------------|-----------------|
| 2017-18          | 100.00*         |
| 2018-19          | 16.99*          |
| 2019-20          | 72.06           |
| 2020-21          | 90.70           |
| 2021-22          | 85.69           |
| Total            | 365.44 #        |

*During  2017-18  and  2018-19,  the  disbursal  was  only  towards  committed  liabilities  of  previous Integrated Skill Development Scheme (ISDS).

# includes Rs.133.64 crore disbursed as liabilities of previous ISDS.

(d) & (e): Samarth  is  a  Pan  India  scheme  implemented  on  demand  driven  basis  to  address  the skilled manpower needs of textile sector. In addition to allocating targets to textile industry and Sectoral Organizations,  all  State  Governments  including  States  of  Uttar  Pradesh,  Himachal  Pradesh  and Rajasthan  were  requested  for  proposals  for  participation  under  the  scheme.  The  details  of  Samarth Programmes with  details  of  participation  of  state  agencies  and  other  implementing  partners  in  these States are given below:

(Data as on 15.12.2022)

| S. No.   | State            | No of Implementing Partners   | No of Implementing Partners   | No of training centres   | No of beneficiaries trained   |
|----------|------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------------|
| S. No.   | State            | State Agencies                | Other Implementing Partners   | No of training centres   | No of beneficiaries trained   |
| 1        | Himachal Pradesh | 0                             | 2                             | 4                        | 219                           |
| 2        | Rajasthan        | 0                             | 8                             | 30                       | 4726                          |
| 3        | Uttar Pradesh    | 2                             | 18                            | 245                      | 17985                         |

## State-wise details of total beneficiaries under Samarth Scheme

|   S. No. | States              |   No of beneficiaries trained (as on 15.12.2022) |
|----------|---------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR |                                               25 |
|        2 | ANDHRA PRADESH      |                                             3774 |
|        3 | ARUNACHAL PRADESH   |                                               57 |
|        4 | ASSAM               |                                             3639 |
|        5 | BIHAR               |                                             1578 |
|        6 | CHANDIGARH          |                                               88 |
|        7 | CHHATTISGARH        |                                             1417 |
|        8 | DELHI               |                                             2410 |
|        9 | GOA                 |                                               29 |
|       10 | GUJARAT             |                                             5595 |
|       11 | HARYANA             |                                             7424 |
|       12 | HIMACHAL PRADESH    |                                              219 |
|       13 | JAMMU AND KASHMIR   |                                             1651 |
|       14 | JHARKHAND           |                                             1258 |
|       15 | KARNATAKA           |                                            25309 |
|       16 | KERALA              |                                             1374 |
|       17 | MADHYAPRADESH       |                                             2868 |
|       18 | MAHARASHTRA         |                                             5912 |
|       19 | MANIPUR             |                                             1082 |
|       20 | MEGHALAYA           |                                              110 |
|       21 | MIZORAM             |                                              425 |
|       22 | NAGALAND            |                                              798 |
|       23 | ODISHA              |                                             3021 |
|       24 | PUDUCHERRY          |                                              255 |
|       25 | PUNJAB              |                                              636 |

|   S. No. | States                                     |   No of beneficiaries trained (as on 15.12.2022) |
|----------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
|       26 | RAJASTHAN                                  |                                             4726 |
|       27 | SIKKIM                                     |                                               66 |
|       28 | TAMILNADU                                  |                                            28821 |
|       29 | TELANGANA                                  |                                             4556 |
|       30 | THE DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELIANDDAMAN AND DIU |                                             1200 |
|       31 | TRIPURA                                    |                                              872 |
|       32 | UTTAR PRADESH                              |                                            17985 |
|       33 | UTTARAKHAND                                |                                              465 |
|       34 | WEST BENGAL                                |                                             1273 |

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