Lok Sabha Question No. 1190 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-02-09
Subject: Skill Training to Weavers
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: Nayab Singh

## SKILL TRAINING TO WEAVERS

## 1190. SHRI NAYAB SINGH:

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

(a)  whether  the  Government  formulated  made  any  scheme  to  impart  training  to  the  weavers  under modern skill training;

- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the details of the skill training imparted to the weavers during the last few years; State-wise;
- (d) the number of institutes with which the contract has been signed for skill training; and
- (e) the details of the number of weavers who were imparted skill training in Haryana State?

## उत्तर

## ANSWER )

## वस्त्र राज् य मंत्री ( श्रीमती दर्शना जरदोर्

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR TEXTILES (SMT. DARSHANA JARDOSH)

(a) to (e): Ministry of Textiles is implementing an umbrella skilling scheme viz. Samarth- Scheme for Capacity Building in Textile Sector (Samarth) for addressing the skilled manpower requirement in various textile segments including upskilling of weavers. Need-based skill upgradation programmes for handloom  workers  in  technical  areas  viz.  weaving,  dyeing,  designing,  etc.  conducted  earlier  under National Handloom  Development Programme  (NHDP)  and  Comprehensive Handloom  Cluster Development  Scheme  (CHCDS)  are  now  conducted  under  Samarth.  State-wise  including  Haryana details of skill training imparted to the handloom workers during last three years (2018-19 to 2020-21) is given at Annexure-I .

Under  Skill  India  Mission,  Ministry  of  Skill  Development  and  Entrepreneurship  (MSDE)  is implementing Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) to impart skill development training to prospective youth of the country including weavers. Presently, the third phase of PMKVY i.e. PMKVY 3.0 is being implemented. State wise including Haryana details of candidates trained under PMKVY 2.0 and PMKVY 3.0 schemes of Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) in weaver related job roles is given in Annexure II .

Since 2019, Ministry of Textiles has partnered with 13 State Government Agencies, 92 Textile Industry,  10  Industry  Associations/  Export  Promotion  Councils  and  4  Sectoral  Organizations  of Ministry of Textiles for  skill  development.  Under PMKVY 3.0, District Skill Committees have been entrusted with the task of identifying local demand, based on which training is arranged in the district.

State-wise details of the skill training imparted to the weavers during last three years

| S. No.   | State/Union Territories           | Number training   |   of weavers | imparted   | skill   |
|----------|-----------------------------------|-------------------|--------------|------------|---------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh                    |                   |         2555 |            |         |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh                 |                   |          700 |            |         |
| 3        | Assam                             |                   |         8466 |            |         |
| 4        | Bihar                             |                   |          860 |            |         |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh                      |                   |          407 |            |         |
| 6        | Gujarat                           |                   |          247 |            |         |
| 7        | Himachal Pradesh                  |                   |          518 |            |         |
| 8        | Haryana                           |                   |           60 |            |         |
| 9        | Jammu &Kashmir (including Ladakh) |                   |          549 |            |         |
| 10       | Jharkhand                         |                   |          220 |            |         |
| 11       | Karnataka                         |                   |          843 |            |         |
| 12       | Kerala                            |                   |          620 |            |         |
| 13       | Madhya Pradesh                    |                   |          111 |            |         |
| 14       | Maharashtra                       |                   |          406 |            |         |
| 15       | Manipur                           |                   |          241 |            |         |
| 16       | Mizoram                           |                   |          500 |            |         |
| 17       | Nagaland                          |                   |          405 |            |         |
| 18       | Odisha                            |                   |         1224 |            |         |
| 19       | Punjab                            |                   |           59 |            |         |
| 20       | Rajasthan                         |                   |           99 |            |         |
| 21       | Tamil Nadu                        |                   |         2000 |            |         |
| 22       | Telangana                         |                   |          120 |            |         |
| 23       | Tripura                           |                   |          151 |            |         |
| 24       | Uttar Pradesh                     |                   |         2194 |            |         |
| 25       | Uttarakhand                       |                   |          136 |            |         |
| 26       | West Bengal                       |                   |          434 |            |         |
|          | Total                             |                   |        24125 |            |         |

State wise  candidates  trained  under  PMKVY  2.0  and  3.0  schemes  in  weaver  related job  roles  (as  on 31.12.20 21

| S. NO.   | State/UT          | Trained under Short Term Training (STT)   | Trained under Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL)   | Total Trained   |
|----------|-------------------|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    | 169                                       | 11,047                                              | 11,216          |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh | 830                                       | 18,122                                              | 18,952          |
| 3        | Assam             | 3,046                                     | 64,115                                              | 67,161          |
| 4        | Bihar             | 210                                       | 60                                                  | 270             |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh      | 113                                       | 1,360                                               | 1,473           |
| 6        | Delhi             | 0                                         | 1,000                                               | 1,000           |
| 7        | Gujarat           | 1,198                                     | 2,249                                               | 3,447           |
| 8        | Haryana           | 46                                        | 400                                                 | 446             |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh  | 493                                       | 153                                                 | 646             |
| 10       | Jammu And Kashmir | 0                                         | 23,739                                              | 23,739          |
| 11       | Jharkhand         | 58                                        | 330                                                 | 388             |
| 12       | Karnataka         | 17                                        | 3,599                                               | 3,616           |
| 13       | Madhya Pradesh    | 327                                       | 2,254                                               | 2,581           |
| 14       | Maharashtra       | 180                                       | 861                                                 | 1,041           |
| 15       | Manipur           | 2,315                                     | 21,811                                              | 24,126          |
| 16       | Meghalaya         | 0                                         | 3,488                                               | 3,488           |
| 17       | Mizoram           | 0                                         | 700                                                 | 700             |
| 18       | Odisha            | 0                                         | 1,789                                               | 1,789           |
| 19       | Punjab            | 450                                       | 0                                                   | 450             |
| 20       | Rajasthan         | 0                                         | 9,818                                               | 9,818           |
| 21       | Sikkim            | 0                                         | 653                                                 | 653             |
| 22       | Tamil Nadu        | 210                                       | 8,945                                               | 9,155           |
| 23       | Telangana         | 0                                         | 10,134                                              | 10,134          |
| 24       | Tripura           | 615                                       | 3,004                                               | 3,619           |
| 25       | Uttar Pradesh     | 330                                       | 74,641                                              | 74,971          |
| 26       | Uttarakhand       |                                           | 550                                                 | 550             |
| 27       | West Bengal       | 0 65                                      | 0                                                   | 65              |
|          | Total             | 10,672                                    | 2,64,822                                            | 2,75,494        |

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