Lok Sabha Question No. 2671 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-12-16
Subject: Data on Trained Women under SAMARTH Scheme
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: Dr. Kalyan Vaijinathrao Kale, Shri Sunil Bose

## DATA ON TRAINED WOMEN UNDER SAMARTH SCHEME

## 2671. SHRI SUNIL BOSE: DR. KALYAN VAIJINATHRAO KALE:

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

(a)  the  data  on  the  number  of  youth  including  women  trained  under  SAMARTH  Scheme  since  2021 onwards, broken-down by sectors identified under the scheme, State and year-wise;

(b) the data on the number of Dalit, Adivasi and Women trained under the scheme, State-wise;

(c) the data on the number of trainees under the scheme working in the organised sector and unorganised sector, State-wise; and

(d) whether the Government has taken any steps to ensure that the training provided under the scheme aligns with current industry requirements and if so, the details thereof?

## उत्तर

## ANSWER

## वस्त्र राज्  य मंत्री ( श्री पबित्र मार्घेररटा )

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR TEXTILES (SHRI PABITRA MARGHERITA)

(a) & (b): Samarth  (Scheme  for  Capacity  Building  in  Textiles  Sector)  of  Ministry  of  Textiles provides  demand  driven,  placement-oriented  skilling  programmes  to  supplement  the  efforts  of  the industry in creating jobs in the organized textile and related sectors, covering the entire value chain of textiles, excluding Spinning and Weaving in organized sector, on pan India basis. Under the Scheme, a total  of  5.26  lakh  beneficiaries  which  include  4,67,596  women,  1,44,708  SCs  and  68,621  STs beneficiaries have been trained (pass) since (FY 2021-22) till 11.12.2025. State/UTs-wise, Sector-wise and Year-wise number of beneficiaries passed which include women, SCs, STs as on 11.12.2025 under Samarth Scheme are given in Annexure I .

(c) :  State/UTs-wise  number  of  beneficiaries  placed  under  Samarth  scheme  (which  include  both organized and traditional sector)(as on 11.12.2025) is given in Annexure II .

(d) : The Ministry of Textiles has taken several steps to ensure that the training under Samarth scheme is aligned with the current requirements of the textile sector.

- i. All training courses are aligned with National Skill Qualifications Framework (NSQF) and these courses  are  periodically  reviewed  and  updated  every  3  years  in  consultation  with  industry stakeholders.
- ii. Periodic  reviews  and  feedback  are  obtained  from  industry  partners  and  stakeholders  on  the content and effectiveness of training modules, ensuring their relevance and continuous improvement.

Annexure I

The details of beneficiaries passed (as on  11.12.2025) under Samarth Scheme in the State/UTs-wise and Yearwise are given hereunder:

| Sr   |                     |                     | No of beneficiaries Trained (pass)   | No of beneficiaries Trained (pass)   | No of beneficiaries Trained (pass)   | No of beneficiaries Trained (pass)   | No of beneficiaries Trained (pass)   |
|------|---------------------|---------------------|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
| No.  | State/UT            | Sector              | 2021-22                              | 2022-23                              | 2023-24                              | 2024-25                              | 2025-26                              |
| 1    | ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR | Handicrafts& Carpet | 21                                   | 20                                   | 47                                   | 0                                    | 0                                    |
| 2    | ANDHRA PRADESH      | Garment             | 1,123                                | 1,212                                | 2,377                                | 2,171                                | 2,913                                |
| 2    |                     | Handicrafts& Carpet | 308                                  | 241                                  | 55                                   | 60                                   | 29                                   |
| 2    |                     | Silk                | 0                                    | 0                                    | 57                                   | 99                                   | 299                                  |
| 2    |                     | Textiles &Handloom  | 733                                  | 182                                  | 346                                  | 156                                  | 73                                   |
| 3    | ARUNACHAL           | Handicrafts& Carpet | 0                                    | 57                                   | 30                                   | 0                                    | 0                                    |
| 3    | PRADESH             | Silk                | 0                                    | 0                                    | 0                                    | 0                                    | 25                                   |
| 4    |                     | Garment             | 20                                   | 0                                    | 159                                  | 0                                    | 20                                   |
| 4    |                     | Handicrafts& Carpet | 82                                   | 0                                    | 58                                   | 0                                    | 0                                    |
| 4    | ASSAM               | Silk                | 63                                   | 27                                   | 493                                  | 520                                  | 1,532                                |
| 4    |                     | Textiles &Handloom  | 1,279                                | 2,615                                | 2,441                                | 2,522                                | 1,973                                |
| 5    |                     | Garment             | 276                                  | 1,002                                | 3,805                                | 1,211                                | 6,826                                |
|      |                     | Handicrafts& Carpet | 190                                  | 336                                  | 584                                  | 2,036                                | 1,401                                |
|      | BIHAR               | Silk                | 0                                    | 55                                   | 381                                  | 0                                    | 0                                    |
|      |                     | Textiles &Handloom  | 203                                  | 159                                  | 473                                  | 93                                   | 76                                   |
| 6    | CHANDIGARH          | Handicrafts& Carpet | 58                                   | 29                                   | 0                                    | 0                                    | 0                                    |
|      |                     | Garment             | 324                                  | 351                                  | 395                                  | 337                                  | 363                                  |
|      |                     | Handicrafts& Carpet | 53                                   | 100                                  | 23                                   | 0                                    | 23                                   |
|      | 7 CHHATTISGARH      | Silk                | 72                                   | 49                                   | 215                                  | 111                                  | 68                                   |
|      |                     | Textiles &Handloom  | 363                                  | 72                                   | 295                                  | 194                                  | 458                                  |
|      |                     | Garment             | 758                                  | 1,042                                | 2,110                                | 1,827                                | 2,309                                |
| 8    | DELHI               | Handicrafts& Carpet | 146                                  | 282                                  | 27                                   | 0                                    | 0                                    |
|      |                     | Textiles &Handloom  | 107                                  | 166                                  | 0                                    | 0                                    | 0                                    |
| 9    | GOA                 | Handicrafts& Carpet | 29                                   | 0                                    | 54                                   | 23                                   | 0                                    |
|      |                     | Garment             | 2,002                                | 1,600                                | 2,337                                | 2,227                                | 2,795                                |
|      |                     | Handicrafts& Carpet | 209                                  | 258                                  | 108                                  | 29                                   | 0                                    |
|      |                     | Jute                | 0                                    | 27                                   | 0                                    | 0                                    | 0                                    |
| 10   | GUJARAT             | Processing          | 299                                  | 146                                  | 150                                  | 23                                   | 16                                   |
|      |                     | Silk                | 0                                    | 291                                  | 105                                  | 125                                  | 59                                   |
|      |                     | Textiles &Handloom  | 496                                  | 93                                   | 262                                  | 210                                  | 88                                   |
|      |                     | Garment             | 3,250                                | 3,937                                | 5,446                                | 6,395                                | 7,591                                |
| 11   | HARYANA             | Handicrafts& Carpet | 55                                   | 55                                   | 59                                   | 0                                    | 0                                    |
|      |                     | Textiles &Handloom  | 68                                   | 0                                    | 117                                  | 95                                   | 50                                   |
|      |                     | Garment             | 0                                    | 0                                    | 177                                  | 339                                  | 120                                  |
|      |                     | Handicrafts& Carpet | 0                                    | 175                                  | 29                                   | 0                                    | 31                                   |
| 12   | HIMACHAL PRADESH    | Processing          |                                      | 60                                   | 81                                   | 28                                   | 0                                    |
|      |                     | Silk                | 0                                    | 0                                    | 0                                    | 0                                    | 160                                  |
|      |                     | Textiles &Handloom  | 0                                    | 0                                    | 204                                  | 117                                  | 65                                   |
|      |                     | Garment             | 0                                    | 12                                   | 24                                   | 0                                    | 0                                    |
|      | JAMMU AND           | Handicrafts& Carpet | 296                                  | 689                                  | 135                                  | 0                                    | 18                                   |
| 13   | KASHMIR             | Silk                | 0                                    | 20                                   | 0                                    | 0                                    | 0                                    |
|      |                     | Textiles &Handloom  | 460                                  | 124                                  | 190                                  | 252                                  | 157                                  |
|      |                     | Garment             | 226                                  | 284                                  | 491                                  | 745                                  | 229                                  |
| 14   |                     | Handicrafts& Carpet | 153                                  | 180                                  | 57                                   | 20                                   | 42                                   |
|      | JHARKHAND           | Silk                | 0                                    | 0                                    | 102                                  | 81                                   | 140                                  |
|      |                     | Textiles &Handloom  | 155                                  | 93                                   | 426                                  | 131                                  | 64                                   |

|    | Garment                 | 8,037     | 18,907   | 35,439   | 18,850   | 28,830   |
|----|-------------------------|-----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|
|    | Handicrafts& Carpet     | 564       | 620      | 822      | 728      | 829      |
| 15 | Processing              | 0         | 47       | 25       | 0        | 0        |
|    | Silk                    | 0         | 309      | 1,124    | 168      | 179      |
|    | Textiles &Handloom      | 617       | 84       | 291      | 181      | 225      |
| 16 | Garment                 | 0         | 19       | 67       | 14       | 14       |
| 16 | Handicrafts& Carpet     | 201       | 168      | 55       | 50       | 40       |
| 16 | Textiles &Handloom      | 557       | 447      | 467      | 155      | 132      |
| 17 | Handicrafts& Carpet     | 0         | 0        | 26       | 0        | 0        |
| 18 | Garment                 | 564       | 948      | 3,008    | 5,856    | 6,085    |
| 18 | Handicrafts& Carpet     | 283       | 311      | 76       | 0        | 89       |
| 18 | Processing              | 0         | 82       | 18       | 50       | 230      |
| 18 | Textiles &Handloom      | 502       | 199      | 390      | 209      | 181      |
| 19 | Garment                 | 1,912     | 2,101    | 2,697    | 2,989    | 2,732    |
| 19 | Handicrafts& Carpet     | 492       | 484      | 103      | 75       | 22       |
| 19 | Silk                    | 0         | 0        | 0        | 0        | 137      |
| 19 | Technical Textiles      | 0         | 0        | 0        | 0        | 74       |
| 19 | Textiles &Handloom      | 615       | 250      | 525      | 391      | 362      |
| 20 | Garment                 | 0         | 0        | 0        | 0        | 140      |
| 20 | Handicrafts& Carpet     | 57        | 50       | 27       | 0        | 0        |
| 20 | Textiles &Handloom      | 620       | 188      | 198      | 208      | 110      |
| 21 | Handicrafts& Carpet     | 86        | 24       | 29       | 49       | 26       |
|    | Silk                    | 0         | 0        | 0        | 0        | 47       |
|    | Handicrafts& Carpet     | 59        | 30       | 39       | 0        | 0        |
| 22 | Textiles &Handloom      | 194       | 28       | 260      | 227      | 178      |
|    | Garment                 | 0         | 0        | 0        | 0        | 0        |
| 23 | Handicrafts& Carpet     | 0         | 26       | 29       | 0        | 0        |
|    | Silk                    | 19        | 83       | 39       | 0        | 0        |
|    | Textiles &Handloom      | 125       | 446      | 239      | 159      | 176      |
|    | Garment                 | 464 2,275 |          | 2,442    | 508      | 297      |
|    | Handicrafts& Carpet     | 83        | 81       | 79       | 29       | 48       |
| 24 | Silk                    | 0         | 30       | 226      | 279      | 214      |
|    | Textiles &Handloom      | 293       | 372      | 349      | 455      | 163      |
| 25 | Garment                 | 0         | 48       | 57       | 24       | 138      |
|    | Handicrafts& Carpet     | 145       | 56       | 30       | 0        | 0        |
|    | Garment                 | 232       | 154      | 77       | 188      | 206      |
| 26 | Handicrafts& Carpet     | 28        | 29       | 27       | 0        | 0        |
|    | Textiles &Handloom      | 69        | 55       | 40       | 16       | 42       |
|    | Garment                 | 278       | 2,495    | 7,139    | 8,195    | 8,730    |
|    | Handicrafts& Carpet     | 202       | 481      | 81       | 16       | 426      |
| 27 | Knitting                | 134       | 135      | 192      | 102      | 266      |
|    | Processing              | 726       | 502      | 672      | 548      | 450      |
|    | Textiles &Handloom      | 147       | 183      | 165      | 144      | 138      |
| 28 | Handicrafts& Carpet     | 44        | 22       | 0        | 0        | 0        |
|    | Garment                 | 11,010    | 16,767   | 23,921   | 11,987   | 20,892   |
| 29 | Handicrafts& Carpet     | 501       | 1,348    | 2,113    | 1,088    | 1,423    |
|    | Knitting                | 0         | 8        | 0        | 21       | 25       |
|    | Processing              | 30        | 77       | 62       | 53       | 5        |
|    | Silk Textiles &Handloom | 0 866     | 19 359   | 312 856  | 936 498  | 286 513  |
|    | Garment                 | 1,163     | 1,964    | 1,833    | 1,181    | 2,763    |
| 30 | Handicrafts& Carpet     | 98        | 97       | 398      | 116      | 0        |

|    |                                              | Silk                | 0     | 22    | 260    | 51     | 136    |
|----|----------------------------------------------|---------------------|-------|-------|--------|--------|--------|
|    |                                              | Textiles &Handloom  | 916   | 196   | 584    | 179    | 129    |
| 31 | THE DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI AND DAMAN AND DIU | Garment             | 608   | 499   | 620    | 305    | 178    |
| 32 | TRIPURA                                      | Garment             | 0     | 15    | 114    | 43     | 26     |
| 32 |                                              | Handicrafts& Carpet | 77    | 187   | 152    | 40     | 56     |
| 32 |                                              | Textiles &Handloom  | 339   | 232   | 165    | 128    | 117    |
| 33 |                                              | Garment             | 3,536 | 6,833 | 10,475 | 12,461 | 22,069 |
| 33 |                                              | Handicrafts& Carpet | 1,906 | 3,702 | 6,433  | 11,093 | 18,625 |
| 33 | UTTAR PRADESH                                | Jute                | 0     | 43    | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 33 |                                              | Silk                | 0     | 40    | 744    | 234    | 608    |
| 33 |                                              | Textiles &Handloom  | 2,039 | 382   | 895    | 308    | 178    |
|    |                                              | Garment             | 0     | 0     | 0      | 0      | 80     |
| 34 |                                              | Handicrafts& Carpet | 135   | 103   | 56     | 29     | 65     |
|    | UTTARAKHAND                                  | Silk                | 0     | 0     | 45     | 18     | 54     |
|    |                                              | Textiles &Handloom  | 142   | 25    | 140    | 126    | 41     |
|    |                                              | Garment             | 0     | 110   | 189    | 10     | 27     |
|    |                                              | Handicrafts& Carpet | 165   | 147   | 84     | 0      | 29     |
| 35 | WEST BENGAL                                  | Jute                | 252   | 192   | 51     | 20     | 1      |
|    |                                              | Silk                | 0     | 19    | 43     | 0      | 0      |
|    |                                              | Textiles &Handloom  | 378   | 66    | 364    | 210    | 142    |

The details of beneficiaries placed under Samarth scheme in the State/UTs-wise, in organized sector and unorganized sector are as given as below:

|   Sr. No. | State/UT                           | No. of beneficiaries placed   |
|-----------|------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|         1 | Andaman and Nicobar                | 67                            |
|         2 | Andhra Pradesh                     | 10,338                        |
|         3 | Arunachal Pradesh                  | 30                            |
|         4 | Assam                              | 8,593                         |
|         5 | Bihar                              | 13,216                        |
|         6 | Chandigarh                         | 72                            |
|         7 | Chhattisgarh                       | 3,528                         |
|         8 | Delhi                              | 6,159                         |
|         9 | Goa                                | 83                            |
|        10 | Gujarat                            | 10,990                        |
|        11 | Haryana                            | 20,729                        |
|        12 | Himachal Pradesh                   | 1,111                         |
|        13 | Jammu and Kashmir                  | 1,537                         |
|        14 | Jharkhand                          | 2,681                         |
|        15 | Karnataka                          | 96,000                        |
|        16 | Kerala                             | 2,208                         |
|        17 | Ladakh                             | 26                            |
|        18 | Madhya Pradesh                     | 16,307                        |
|        19 | Maharashtra                        | 12,480                        |
|        20 | Manipur                            | 1,235                         |
|        21 | Meghalaya                          | 186                           |
|        22 | Mizoram                            | 500                           |
|        23 | Nagaland                           | 1,157                         |
|        24 | Odisha                             | 7,534                         |
|        25 | Puducherry                         | 389                           |
|        26 | Punjab                             | 854                           |
|        27 | Rajasthan                          | 24,960                        |
|        28 | Tamil Nadu                         | 83,467                        |
|        29 | Telangana                          | 10,011                        |
|        30 | The Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Diu | 2,179                         |
|        31 | Tripura                            | 1,281                         |
|        32 | Uttar Pradesh                      | 76,588                        |
|        33 | Uttarakhand                        | 926                           |
|        34 | West Bengal                        | 1,370                         |